Open Bug 1433255 Opened 7 years ago Updated 2 years ago

USA resident account is synced with a new profile created in a region that has "Recommended by Pocket" restricted

Categories

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect, P3)

defect

Tracking

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Tracking Status
firefox60 --- wontfix

People

(Reporter: Mardak, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

From https://github.com/mozilla/activity-stream/issues/3346 [Affected versions]: Firefox Nightly 57.0a1 Latest Activity Stream system add-on [Affected Platforms]: All Windows All Linux All Mac OS [Prerequisites]: Firefox Nightly is updated to the latest version. User 1 is a USA resident, that has a Firefox account with sync enabled. All Preferences are available in the New Tab Preferences menu (Search, Top Sites, Recommended by Pocket) [Steps to reproduce]: User 1 travels to Europe or any other region in which "Recommended by Pocket" section is not available due to geo-restrictions. Open Firefox Nightly and create a new profile. Go to about:preferences?entrypoint=menupanel#sync and sync with the account from prerequisites. Restart the browser. Click on "Customize your New Tab page" button from the top-right side of the A-S page. Observe the New Tab Preferences menu. [Expected result]: Recommended by Pocket section is available. [Actual result]: Recommended by Pocket section is missing from A-S and New Tab Preferences menu. [Notes]: Force changing the pref browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories from false to true does not show the "Recommended by Pocket" section in the New Tab Preferences menu.
Priority: P3 → P2
Blocks: 1437659
Iteration: 61.2 - Apr 9 → 61.4 - May 7
Iteration: 61.4 - May 7 → ---
Iteration: --- → 62.1 - May 21
Priority: P2 → P3
Iteration: 62.1 - May 21 → 63.1 - July 9
Iteration: 63.1 - July 9 → ---
Component: Activity Streams: Newtab → New Tab Page
Severity: normal → S3
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