790644 - Reloading bugzilla automatically shows the login form in the header, like user clicked on 'Log In'

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Bugzilla :: User Interface, defect)

Description

[Sebastian Hengst [:aryx] (needinfo me if it's about an intermittent or backout)]

Visiting https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ for the first time (without bugzilla.mozilla.org cookies) won't show the BrowserID 'Sign in' button, reloading the page fixes this.

Tested with:
Firefox 15.0.1, Windows XP SP3 32 bit
Firefox Mobile trunk nightly 20120912, Android 4.1.1

Comment 1

[:glob ✱]

works for me.

i've seen a lot of weirdness in recent firefox nightlies to do with loading resources (css, js), so that's what i suspect is going on.

can you retest using another browser?

Comment 2

[Sebastian Hengst [:aryx] (needinfo me if it's about an intermittent or backout)]

This works as expected with IE 8, latest stable Opera & Chrome.

It seems like reloading the page in Firefox (15.0.1 is a stable version) automatically shows the content you get after clicking the 'log in' link in the header (so the page looks like expected on first load, but not on second).

Comment 3

[:glob ✱]

i'm unable to reproduce using firefox 15.

when bugzilla is first loaded, the persona sign-in button is visible after i click on 'log in' in the header.

it's weird that refreshing the page results in the log in form being visible, but that issue is unrelated to persona.

Comment 4

[:glob ✱]

this issue is caused by bugzilla's placeholder-like javascript.  because bugzilla places real values into those fields, the field contents are retained when the page is refreshed.  bugzilla's javascript incorrectly detects this a pre-filled username/passwords and displays the login form.

switching to real placeholders (bug 888731) fixes this issue.

Comment 5

[Frédéric Buclin]

This is now fixed (requires Bugzilla 4.5.2 or newer).