Bug 436092 - cannot open, via task manager, a new instance/window or private window of Firefox running on Wayland
Summary: cannot open, via task manager, a new instance/window or private window of Fir...
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: master
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Eike Hein
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2021-04-23 12:17 UTC by Patrick Silva
Modified: 2021-05-06 00:18 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Patrick Silva 2021-04-23 12:17:19 UTC 
Created attachment 137828 [details]
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SUMMARY
This bug only occurs when Firefox runs natively on Wayland.
Cannot reproduce with Firefox running on Xwayland.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. start Wayland session
2. run Firefox natively on Wayland
3. right-click on Firefox in task manager and choose New Window, New Private Window
or Start New Instance

OBSERVED RESULT
option chosen in the last step does not work and after a few seconds Firefox
displays the warning seen in the attached screenshot.

EXPECTED RESULT
options mentioned in the last step should also work when Firefox runs natively
on Wayland.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.82.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-04-23 20:16:21 UTC 
Cannot reproduce with native Wayland Firefox in my git master Wayland session.

Regardless, this is certainly a Firefox bug, not a Plasma bug, as that dialog comes from Firefox itself. Looks like the action is triggering some weird detection within the app, which is not working properly.
Comment 2 Patrick Silva 2021-05-06 00:18:56 UTC 
I thought this could be a bug in Plasma because I can't reproduce on Gnome with Firefox running natively on Wayland.