549657 - Cannot restore Previous Sessions

Status: VERIFIED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Session Restore, defect)

Description

[Nishant]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100202 Firefox/3.5.8 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100202 Firefox/3.5.8 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

One feature I always loved about Firefox was the ability to restore previous sessions of web pages after a system crashes. In this way there was no need to remember the web pages browsed. On updating to new version of Firefox (3.5.8), I have found that I no longer can restore the previously opened web pages. I don't know if this is a bug or a feature that has been removed in this version but I would really like to see it back on all versions of Firefox

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type all the web pages again
2.
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Actual Results:  
I could recall some pages but for some it was hard to find.

Expected Results:  
should have opened all the tabs that I was viewing before the system crashed.

Comment 1

[Paul O'Shannessy [:zpao] (not bugmail, email directly)]

This feature was definitely not removed, so this would be a bug.

There is a chance that an add-on is misbehaving or something (likely an add-on) has flipped the crash recovery preference.

You can try disabling all addons (restarting to make sure they're disabled) and forcing a "crash" (just kill the process from task manager). Also make sure that browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash is true (you can check this via about:config).

Comment 2

[Nishant]

(In reply to comment #1)
> This feature was definitely not removed, so this would be a bug.
> 
> There is a chance that an add-on is misbehaving or something (likely an add-on)
> has flipped the crash recovery preference.
> 
> You can try disabling all addons (restarting to make sure they're disabled) and
> forcing a "crash" (just kill the process from task manager). Also make sure
> that browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash is true (you can check this via
> about:config).

Tried what you instructed but does not work..I had only 1 add on..i.e. forecastbar enhanced..but did not work even after disabling it..just counting my chances for a Mozilla T-Shirt...LOL

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Nishant, do you see this problem also with version 3.6? I restore frequently and don't see a problem

Comment 4

[Nishant]

i haven't installed version 3.6 but i will let you know if i notice the same problem..thanks

Comment 5

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Reporter -> Are you still experiencing this issue with the latest version of Firefox 3.6.15? Does the issue occur with the latest nightly? http://nightly.mozilla.org/

Comment 6

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Closing bug as Incomplete - if you are still experiencing this issue or have more information to provide feel free to post back here and we can re-open the bug. You can also get assistance by visiting the Firefox help site -> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Ask+a+question