982109 - Tabs From Other Devices disabled though account appears connected

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Sync, defect)

Description

[Ryan Feeley [:rfeeley]]

Attachment: History menu, preferences and also synced tabs page

Checked into my "sync party" to see the latest activity by launching the profile, which is already signed in to sync. I had a "Tabs From Other Devices" tab open in another tab, but two issues appear:
1. The Tabs From Other Devices menu in the History menu is disabled
2. When I go to the about:sync-tabs, it is blank. No browsers are shown though I am certain several are connected.

See attached screenshot.

Comment 1

[Edwin Wong [:edwong]]

I don't know what the time to live (ttl) is for those other tabs - but it might be 24 hrs.

Comment 2

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

Ryan, did you take that screenshot within ~10 of starting up the client?  If so, I think this is expected.

I have seen the reported behavior, but only just after client start up.  Eventually, the History > Tabs From Other Devices menu item is enabled.

(In reply to Edwin Wong [:edwong] from comment #1)
> I don't know what the time to live (ttl) is for those other tabs - but it
> might be 24 hrs.

This shouldn't matter for the state of the menu item.  Even if there are no tabs from other devices available, then menu item will be enabled, taking you to an about:sync-tabs page with no entries.

Comment 3

[Mark Hammond [:markh] [:mhammond]]

Since Synced Tabs menu landed, this menu item exists even in those first 10 seconds and just opens the Synced Tabs menu, which itself is responsible for reflecting the current Sync state. Ryan, as usual, please reopen if you think this shouldn't have been closed.