546762 - Redirect from gmail fails on accessing the second link in share add-on email ;206(Partial Content) code returned

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect)

Description

[krupa raj[:krupa]]

Attachment: screenshot of empty page

steps to reproduce:
1.Share an add-on via email to gmail account
2.Log in to the gmail account
3.Click on the second link in the email

observed behavior:
redirect fails with 206(Partial Content) code.A blank page loads and the status bar shows "stopped"

additional info:
-First link redirects properly
-Copy+paste of the second link loads the correct page

Comment 1

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

Due to gmail's outgoing redirects, Firefox interprets this as an install attempt from mail.google.com (which is okay). On Firefox I get no yellow bar, while clouserw got one on SeaMonkey. Might be a client bug.

Nonetheless, clouserw wonders if maybe we should drop this link altogether, to discourage people from installing add-ons straight out of emails.

Comment 2

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

Nick, fligtar - comments?

Comment 3

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

I filed a bug on the underlying client issue: bug 546896.

Comment 4

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

Making this a blocker for 5.7.

Comment 5

[Nick Nguyen [:osunick]]

We can take out the link, but my concern is that we need to ensure that the link tracking works on the remaining link- since it's not a download link, download source tracking won't work.

Comment 6

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

(In reply to comment #5)
> since it's not a download link, download source tracking won't work.

This is not true.

Comment 7

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

I removed the link in r62674. Download source tracking has been added in bug 546733.

Comment 8

[Nick Nguyen [:osunick]]

rad

Comment 9

[krupa raj[:krupa]]

verified.The link has been removed.