Open Bug 1602467 Opened 4 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Tracking protection remains active after navigating from links on data:text/html pages

Categories

(Firefox :: Protections UI, defect, P3)

defect

Tracking

()

Tracking Status
firefox-esr68 --- unaffected
firefox71 --- wontfix
firefox72 --- wontfix
firefox73 --- fix-optional

People

(Reporter: cfogel, Unassigned)

References

(Regression)

Details

(Keywords: regression)

Attachments

(1 file)

Attached image etpdata.gif

Affected versions

  • 72.0b4, 71.0, 73.0a1 (2019-12-09

Affected platforms

  • Windows 10, macOS 10.11, Ubuntu 18.04;

Steps to reproduce

  1. Launch Firefox (tracking protection settings on default)
  2. Input and access the string data:text/html,<a href="http://example.org/?q">Link</a>
  3. Click on the link from the page;
    4 Click on the back button;

Expected result

  • ETP shield not displayed;

Actual result

  • ETP displayed until a page refresh;

Regression range

  • First bad build_date: 2019-08-20 01:09:01.897000
  • Last good build_date: 2019-08-20 01:02:26.607000
  • Pushlog: URL
  • Potential regressor: mozregression points at part 6 of 1572240

Additional notes

  • attached recording with the issue;
  • adding the link in a local file and accessing it, doesn't seem to reproduce the issue.

Edge case and we already shipped 70 with this bug, wontfix 71.

Regressed by: 1572240
Has Regression Range: --- → yes
Has STR: --- → yes

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Flags: needinfo?(ewright)
Flags: needinfo?(ewright)
Priority: -- → P3

Marking this as fix-optional for 73 to remove it from weekly regression triage. We can still take a patch for 73 or 74.

Severity: minor → S4
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