Open Bug 1484661 Opened 6 years ago Updated 3 years ago

CTRL+ENTER on @amazon and @google brings up login confirmation window

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(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect, P5)

defect

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Tracking Status
firefox61 --- unaffected
firefox62 --- wontfix
firefox63 --- wontfix

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(Reporter: cfogel, Unassigned)

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(Blocks 1 open bug)

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Attached image aweomebar@.png
[Affected versions]:
- 62.0b18, 63.0a1 (2018-08-19) 

[Affected platforms]:
- Win 10x64, Ubuntu 16.04LTS, macOS 10.9

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Launch Firefox;
2. Type either "@amazon" or "@google" in the awesomebar;
3. Press CTRL+ENTER on the keyboard.

[Expected result]:
- The Google/Amazon search page is opened, Nothing else;
- www.google.com / www.amazon.com address in the address bar;

[Actual result]:
- the  log in to the site(with username) confirmation window is displayed;
- www.@google.com / www.@amazon.com address in the address bar;

[Regression range]:
- not a regression;

[Additional notes]:
- attached screenshot with the issue;
- CMD+ENTER for macOS.
Blocks: 1479806
No longer blocks: 1480504
Depends on: 1480504
Component: Activity Streams: Newtab → Address Bar
This is reproducible on older builds of Firefox if you use @ at the beginning of a search keyword (and probably a bookmark keyword).

So this is not new.

This is indeed the expected behavior based on the code... CTRL+Enter applies canonization that transforms @amazon in www.@amazon.com, that pretty much is amazon.com with a userpass part.
We could and probably should special case strings starting with @, but it's unclear why one would press ctrl+Enter on these anyway.

Severity: minor → S4
Priority: P3 → P5
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