Closed Bug 1485999 Opened 6 years ago Closed 6 years ago

The @ebay shortcut doesn't perform the search correctly on locale builds

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(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

defect
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normal

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RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Tracking Status
firefox62 --- wontfix
firefox63 --- wontfix
firefox64 --- wontfix

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(Reporter: obotisan, Unassigned)

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[Affected versions]:
- Beta 62.0b20
- Nightly 63.0a1

[Affected platforms]:
- Windows 10 x64
- Ubuntu 16.04 x64
- macOS 10.13

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Open Firefox
2. Change browser.search.region to RO in about:config.
3. Close and restart the browser. 
4. Write in the URL bar "@ebay" and press Enter. 

[Expected result]:
- https://www.ebay.com/ is opened.

[Actual result]:
- A search is performed on the default search engine (e.g. google)

[Regression range]:
- last good build: 2018-08-13 
- first bad build: 2018-08-15 

[Additional notes]:
- This issue is reproducing on locale builds, such as RO, FR, DE, IT.
Blocks: 1481559
Summary: The @ebay doesn't perform the search correctly on locale builds → The @ebay shortcut doesn't perform the search correctly on locale builds
The first time you open the browser with a profile there is no problem. The problem appears after you restart or close and reopen the browser with the same profile. 
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Hello Oana, can you please see if you can reproduce this on the latest nightly build?  We are still unable to reproduce.
Flags: needinfo?(oana.botisan)
Hello,
I can still reproduce the issue on the latest Nightly 63.0a1 (2018-08-28). And now I can't seem to make it work the first time either. 
Even if I change the pref browser.search.region to US it's not working and @ebay is not listed in the Add Search Engine list. 

On the other hand, if I open a profile with the pref browser.search.region already set to US, then @ebay works as expected. And if I change the pref to RO, @ebay still works even after restart. I think the problem is more that the default @search are not updating when the pref is changed.
Flags: needinfo?(oana.botisan)
Don't forget the `regression` keyword for regression bugs ;)
Keywords: regression
Ed, are you able to reproduce with the updated STR in comment #4?
Flags: needinfo?(edilee)
Tim, how important is this regression?
Flags: needinfo?(tspurway)
Flags: needinfo?(tspurway)
The provided "regression" range doesn't include bug 1481559 which was pushed 2018-08-09 10:00 +0000, and this is a new feature, so if it is a bug, it's not a regression.

The STR involves using the internal search aliases directly from the address bar, so it's not activity stream related.

The additional STR in comment 4 changes the region to try to change the search engines, but I believe the feature is intended to only add internal search aliases for some of the default packaged search engines, and that behavior is based on the locale not region.
No longer blocks: 1481559
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(edilee)
Keywords: regression
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Component: Activity Streams: Newtab → New Tab Page
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