Closed Bug 62951 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

HTML tags often appear as content on the page

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(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect, P3)

x86
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defect

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VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 62782

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(Reporter: biswapesh_chatterjee, Assigned: harishd)

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Description: I'm seeing tags appearing as content on the web page for the last week or so. It happens every time I log into Yahoo mail (see the links on the top left corner). It is also happening in bugzilla and sundry other places. Steps to reproduce: I can't reproduce this with 100% accuracy but it occurs often enough so that you can see it if you try about 4 or 5 places (try bugzilla's 'bugs reported today', 'query page', etc.) Actual Result: Sometimes you see things like '<A href=..' on the page instead of the subsequent words being converted into links. Expected result: HTML tags should not be visible as part of the page. I'm not sure whether this belongs to parser or layout so please re-assign accordingly.
Been seeing this on linux too, from builds dated 14th and onwards. It's seen on first load of http://www.mozilla.org too. THe left columns indentation gets wrong. Gets right first after a reload. Various tags of all kinds are simply ignored now and then, and come through as plain text instead, < and > included. Another URL where its very visible is http://www.autsch.de/bitsteller/linux_penguin.html (Font tags display instead of being interpreted as tags.) I see this bug in ordinary bug-reports as well - a loose <TD> now and then, for instance. Resolving as new.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
OS: All
Severity: normal → major
OS: Windows NT → All
dup of 62782
really this time... *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 62782 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
verified dup of 62782 "tags are being eaten/printed, causing incorrect layout"
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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