720662 - Add-ons with overrides are displayed as enabled and incompatible if enabling/disabling strictCompatibility

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Virgil Dicu [:virgil] [QA]]

Attachment: Tab Utilities enabled

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0

1. Start Firefox with clean profile.
2. Enable strict compatibility (extensions.strictCompatibility=true)
3. Install an add-on with an override (e.g. Tab Utilities 1.1.2) and restart. (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-utilities/)
4. Disable strict compatibility (extensions.strictCompatibility=false)
5. Open Add-ons Manager.

The Tab Utilities add-on is displayed as incompatible, but enabled.

Workaround: After step 3 open Add-ons Manager. The add-on will be displayed as incompatible and disabled.

Comment 1

[BMO Automation]

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