555928 - HttpFox stops the display of 'Show Information' in the Update Addons Window

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Extension Compatibility, defect)

Description

[Claecout]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.2) Gecko/20100316 Firefox/3.6.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.2) Gecko/20100316 Firefox/3.6.2

While HttpFox <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6647> is monitoring HTTP traffic, no information is displayed in the 'Show Information' section when about to update addons; all that is seen is the throbber. Once HttpFox stops monitoring traffic, the information is displayed.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[q0k]

I think this is invalid bug here,
because it is not a Firefox issue.

I've submitted it at
http://code.google.com/p/httpfox/issues/detail?id=77

Comment 2

[Claecout]

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Install HttpFox, and an old version of any addon (For example, to install 
   an old version of ABP. Navigate to 
   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/1865, and install
   any version except for the first one, which is the current version).
2. Tools >> HttpFox >> Toggle HttpFox
3. Click the green triangle 'Start' (to start monitoring http traffic).
4. You may close the HttpFox window if you wish.
5. Tools >> Addons
6. Click the Extensions Tab.
7. Click 'Find Updates'.
8. Click the Updates Tab. The latest version of the old version addon will
   appear in the Updates Tab.
9. Click 'Show Information'.

What is the expected output?:
I expect to see information about this update.

What do you see instead?:
A throbber


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
It written in this report above: x86 -- Windows XP -- Firefox 3.6.2

Comment 3

[Svetlana Tkachenko]

The developer of that add-on accepted this issue
http://code.google.com/p/httpfox/issues/detail?id=77#c1

Thus, this is not Firefox Extension Compatibility fault
-> I think this is INVALID bug

Comment 4

[Andy McKay]

Legacy extensions are no longer valid in Firefox 57, closing.