Firefox does not restore session after update
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
When an update to a new version of Firefox (3.0) is available and you install that update (with the update manager) then the next time you start Firefox all your open tabs are gone and Firefox presents you with two tabs, one telling you that Firefox was updated and one with your home page.
Steps (when I have a Firefox window open):
- I click on the icon that tells me new updates are available;
- I install the updates with the Update Manager;
- when Firefox was open and there was an update for Firefox, the bulb icon gives me a message that Firefox has to be restarted;
- I close Firefox and click on 'Save and quit' (so my tabs are saved);
- I open Firefox again and get the two tabs described above (and not the tabs of my last session).
Confirmed under Jaunty. The steps above are reproducible; all you need to do is have Firefox open with several tabs, update it with Update Manager, then quit as per the notification instructions. Clicking "Exit" from the File menu won't bring up the "Do you want Firefox to save your tabs" dialogue, and on the next start you won't have any tabs.
Strangely, if you "killall firefox" right after an update it will recover all your tabs without a hitch. Although it does sometimes bring up the redundant "Your browser has been updated and needs to be restarted" toolbar, which would have been nice to have in the first place since it also saves the tabs.