Closed Bug 972607 Opened 11 years ago Closed 8 years ago

Firefox for Android should restore tabs after force-quitting

Categories

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox for Android Graveyard
Component:
General
Version:
28 Branch
Platform:
All
Android
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: jwir3, Unassigned)

Details

(FWIW, I thought this was already in Fennec) It seems that Fennec will restore tabs from previous sessions, but only under certain conditions it seems. For instance, when I open Firefox on my Nexus 5, and then reboot my phone, when it comes back up, it will (usually) restore my tabs. If, however, I force-quit by clicking the recent applications virtual button and then swiping the Firefox mini-view to close it, when I reopen Firefox it doesn't restore my tabs. Note that I'm using normal browsing mode, not private browsing.
Brian knows this behavior. Do we have it documented somewhere?
Flags: needinfo?(bnicholson)
If the user manually kills Firefox, the default behavior is that we don't do a session restore. But you can change that behavior in prefs by going to Settings > Customize > Tabs, and selecting "Always restore".
Flags: needinfo?(bnicholson)
Session restore documented at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/SessionRestore#Killed_from_a_crash (may be slightly out of date).
Urgh, didn't mean to include anchor. Link here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/SessionRestore. Sorry for bugspam.
New default setting since the last year or so is to always restore tabs.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Product: Firefox for Android → Firefox for Android Graveyard
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