Closed Bug 1594045 Opened 4 years ago Closed 4 years ago

mailto button loads infinite number of tabs if firefox is set as default mail app

Categories

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

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RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1496380
Tracking Status
firefox72 --- affected

People

(Reporter: dcicas, Unassigned)

Details

Note

  • This is a really old issue. Was first reported 17 years ago.

Affected versions

  • Fx 70.0.1
    Fx 71.0b7
    Fx 72.0a1

Affected platforms

  • Windows 7 x64
    mac OS 10.13
    Ubuntu 18.04 x64

Steps to reproduce

  1. Reach about:preferences#applications
  2. Set firefox as default to open mailto:
  3. Reach the Hamburger menu and click on customize.
  4. Add the mailto: button to the location bar and click done.
  5. Click on the mailto: button.

Expected result

  • A single tab is opened

Actual result

  • Firefox keeps loading tabs an infinite amount of tabs.

Regression range
This is not a recent regression as there is a really old issue (17 years) bug 194210.

Additional notes

  • This bug was first reported in bug 194210 17 years ago.

Should this just be duped to bug 194210?

Component: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling → File Handling
Flags: needinfo?(daniel.cicas)
Product: Core → Firefox

Hello,
Seeing as bug 194210 is 17 years old and when this bug was logged the last comment was 2 years old I thought it would be best to make a new bug so that this issues is not lost again.

Flags: needinfo?(daniel.cicas)
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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