Closed Bug 1185158 Opened 9 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Every time browser starts, it loads homepage first, even if it wasn't opened in last session, and only after that browser loads all correct pages.

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(Firefox :: Session Restore, defect)

defect
Not set
major

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RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1054740

People

(Reporter: arni2033, Unassigned)

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(Blocks 1 open bug)

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(Keywords: privacy)

User Story

Another screencast (Nightly 46, ID 20151230030234, https://yandex.ru/ as a homepage):
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/mf9pn5ege3zpxqf/screencast%202%20-%20Every%20time%20browser%20starts%2C%20it%20loads%20homepage%20first%20%28test%20with%20console%29.webm?dl=0


Another screencast (Win7_64, Nightly 46, 32bit, ID 20160129030206, http://ok.ru/ as a homepage)
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/cx8pe85gt6sbj0z/bug%201185158%20screencast%203.webm?dl=0

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1. Make sure that Firefox is set to "Show my windows and tabs from last session".
2. Open ~15 pages.
3. Restart browser.

Result: described in the title.
This happens every time, on every AUSTRALIS version, on Win7 & XP

Expectations:
If it's so necessary to load 1 page before loading the others, let it be about:blank, for example. Not about:home. (I admit I may be very wrong here)
WFM on Fx44b4 Win10.

Can you verify it is still reproducible in latest version (Firefox 43)?
Component: General → Session Restore
Flags: needinfo?(arni2033)
It is. I sometimes see it with e10s disabled on ff46, ID 20151230030234. Also, I've tested other case

If I set homepage -> https://yandex.ru/ , then during the startup (in non-e10s mode) open console (Ctrl+Shift+J), then sometimes I see unwanted requests to yandex.ru or even the page itself loading
> screencast:   https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/mf9pn5ege3zpxqf/screencast%202%20-%20Every%20time%20browser%20starts%2C%20it%20loads%20homepage%20first%20%28test%20with%20console%29.webm?dl=0
So, I strongly believe that this behavior is hardcoded something like:
"When opening new window -> load homepage -> if it's start-up, load tabs from previous session"
That would explain the screencast. Also, I think that opening console just slows down some processes in the browser, which, in turn, makes that hardcoded behavior easily observable.
User Story: (updated)
Flags: needinfo?(arni2033)
Summary: Every time browser starts, it loads about:home page first, even if it wasn't opened in last session, and ONLY AFTER that browser loads all correct pages. → Every time browser starts, it loads homepage first, even if it wasn't opened in last session, and only after that browser loads all correct pages.
Upd: Not "sometimes". I _always_ see it with e10s disabled on ff46, ID 20151230030234.
     Never see it with e10s enabled, but I see some "Connection..." happening in the first tab's title
Has STR: --- → yes
Logging shows http requests going to the homepage (i.e. Google) every start-up
Severity: normal → major
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Keywords: privacy
User Story: (updated)
I started to have the same problem yesterday. As I noticed this bug just after I updated to version 53, it thought it was related to that version. I rollbacked to version 52 but the problem still occurs:
At startup, Firefox displays homepage briefly (~1second) then loads last session as it should. No matter how many pages were open in the last session, the bug always occurs. Each time the browser starts.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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