681107 - many open tabs compromise uploaded file integrity

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core :: General, defect)

Description

[Olivier Rickmers]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0
Build ID: 20110811165603

Steps to reproduce:

- System info toshiba notebook, 2 GB mem, Win XP
- Backend web application: horde webmail

1.- symptoms: Pdf file mail attachments loose integrity, type changed to text/plain; reproducible
2.- Checking if same happens with other files (.doc an .jpg), apparently file integrity not lost, but I did not check thoroughly.
3.- tried the same with MS-IE: uploaded pdf files remain ok.
4.- remembered that yesterday I opened additional tabs to about 24 tabs in total
5.- After reducing tabs to about 12,  pdf files can be uploaded again without integrity loss, but type is image/text.
6.- No warning or any other hint regarding possible file integrity loss is issued.
 


Actual results:

see above


Expected results:

uploaded files should NEVER loose integrity due to opening additional tabs. AT WORSE, file upload should be denied with a message like "too many tabs open for file upload" or similar.

Comment 1

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Does the issue still occur if you start Firefox in Safe Mode? http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

How about with a new, empty profile? http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic%20Troubleshooting#w_8-make-a-new-profile

Reporter -> Are you still experiencing this issue with the latest version of Firefox 6?

Where are you uploading a file to?

Comment 2

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Olivier -> Any update? Please address comment 1

Comment 3

[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 -> https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/ask