682296 - history API throws NS_UNEXPECTED-ERROR when used from addons, scratchpad and Web console

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect)

Description

[Louis-Rémi BABE]

using history.pushState or history.replaceState from an addon, the Web console or scratchpad return such errors:

[16:59:17.753] [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED) [nsIDOMHistory.pushState]"  nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)"  location: "JS frame :: Web Console :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 1"  data: no]

test case:
1. Open the Web console
2. paste> history.pushState({}, "", "?bug")
3. there is no 3. unfortunately

Note: Doing the same in Firebug works fine.

Comment 1

[Louis-Rémi BABE]

BTW, the workaround for addons is to create a script tag with the call to history API in its innerHTML and then append that tag to the document body.

Comment 2

[Justin Lebar (not reading bugmail)]

Is this specific to pushstate?  history.back() also doesn't work for me.

Comment 3

[Louis-Rémi BABE]

As the bug title says, the problem is expected to affect the whole history API.
I've only tested pushState() and replaceState() methods, though.

Comment 4

[O. Atsushi (Torisugari)]

history.back() is working fine for me, but I can reproduce this with history.pushState(...).

Comment 5

[tamir.z3]

From a Greasemonkey script this I get this error only when I give a URL to history.pushState (giving only state object and title works fine). But from Scratchpad and Web Console I get this error also when I don't give a URL.

Comment 6

[tamir.z3]

*From a Greasemonkey script I get this error only when I give a URL to history.pushState

Comment 7

[Brandon Benvie [:benvie]]

The error has an explanation now:

[Exception... "The operation is insecure."  code: "18" nsresult: "0x80530012 (SecurityError)"  location: "debugger eval code Line: 1"]