Closed Bug 1771943 Opened 2 years ago Closed 2 years ago

Firefox is unresponsive if placed/installed inside a folder which contains a "/" character

Categories

(Core :: General, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
General
Platform:
All
macOS
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED
Milestone:
103 Branch
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox-esr91 --- wontfix
firefox-esr102 --- fixed
firefox101 --- wontfix
firefox102 --- wontfix
firefox103 --- verified

People

(Reporter: emilghitta, Assigned: haik)

References

Details

(Keywords: regressionwindow-wanted)

Affected Versions

  • Firefox 103.0a1 (BuildId:20220530190626).
  • Firefox 102.0b1 (BuildId:20220530132252).
  • Firefox 100.0.2 (BuildId:20220519220738).
  • Firefox 91.10.0esr (BuildId:20220519221029).

Affected Platforms

  • macOS 11

Unaffected Platforms

  • Windows 10

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Create a folder which contains a "/" in the folder name (ex: fef3/)
  2. Place Firefox inside that folder.
  3. Open Firefox.

Expected Result

  • Firefox opens without any issues.

Actual Result

  • Firefox freezes and become unresponsive.

Notes

  • I tried searching for an existing bug but failed to do so. Please feel free to mark it as duplicate if that's the case.
  • Please feel free to change the component and place it where it fits best.
  • This issue goes way back to Firefox 65.0b10.
  • As a comparison I noticed that Chrome is not affected by this issue.

I was able to reproduce this, and I was also able to confirm that the patch that is currently under review in bug 1770484 will fix this. \o/

I will close this bug once bug 1770484 lands.

Depends on: 1770484
QA Whiteboard: [qa-regression-triage]
Has STR: --- → yes

Closing as fixed by bug 1770484.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 2 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED

This issue is verified fixed using Firefox 103.0a1 (BuildId:20220606212503) on macOS 11. Firefox no longer freezes if it gets open from a folder which contains a "/" in the folder name

Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
status-firefox103: affected → verified
Assignee: nobody → haftandilian
status-firefox-esr102: --- → fixed
Target Milestone: --- → 103 Branch
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