Bug 456607

Summary:	No favicons for history runner with Firefox
Product:	[Plasma] plasma-browser-integration	Reporter:	Natalie Clarius <natalie_clarius>
Component:	Firefox	Assignee:	Kai Uwe Broulik <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Natalie Clarius 2022-07-12 01:06:50 UTC

SUMMARY
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Browser history results for Firefox show a generic Firefox icon instead of the site's favicon.
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have the Firefox Plasma integration addon installed and permissions granted 
2. Visit a site in Firefox
3. Search KRunner for the site

OBSERVED RESULT
Result is displayed with Firefox icon

EXPECTED RESULT
Result is displayed with the site's favicon

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.95.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5
Firefox Version: 102.0.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Favicons for history with Chromium and favicons for open tabs with Firefox are correctly shown, it is only the combination history + Firefox that doesn't work.

Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2022-09-10 20:40:13 UTC

Firefox does not offer an API to query for a favicon by URL.