Ubuntu
browserpass package

browserpass fails to run with firefox

Bug #2004134 reported by Matt Chapman
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browserpass (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I use firefox as my main browser. I would like to use the browserpass extension
`webext-browserpass/jammy`

This extension has two components, the extension in the browser, and an external binary helper program. The extension in the browser installs, but warns that the external binary needs to also be installed.

Navigating to any website and clicking The extension `browserpass open extension` displays an error in the browser, `Error: Error: an unexpected error occurred`

In the browser debug console I see these two error messages:

```
AbortError: Native application start canceled by user
    _doInitPortal resource://gre/modules/NativeMessaging.jsm:185
    AsyncFunctionThrow self-hosted:814

NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE: Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE
    [nsINativeMessagingPortal.closeSession]
```

I can see the native binary is provided by the .deb package and is sitting in `/usr/lib/browserpass/browserpass-native` I think though that this might be the wrong location for firefox installed as a snap.

I'm on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS.
firefox version 110.0b7-1 (snap beta) but the stable version has the same issue.
webext-browserpass version is 3.7.2-1build1

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in browserpass (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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A. D. (ammodramus) wrote :

I am also seeing this. I am on Ubuntu 22.04.2 with Firefox 111.0.1.

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Franck (alci) wrote :

Same here on 23.04:

$ /usr/lib/browserpass/browserpass-native -version
Browserpass host app version: 3.0.7

And (snap) Firefox 114.0.1 (64 bits) console gives me:

AbortError: Native application start canceled by user NativeMessaging.jsm:189
    _doInitPortal resource://gre/modules/NativeMessaging.jsm:189
    AsyncFunctionThrow self-hosted:760
NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE: Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE) [nsINativeMessagingPortal.closeSession] NativeMessaging.jsm:365

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Franck (alci) wrote :

Extension version is 3.7.2

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