Open Bug 1455060 Opened 6 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Reader View requests don't trigger webRequest listeners

Categories

(WebExtensions :: Request Handling, defect, P3)

Product:
WebExtensions
Component:
Request Handling
Version:
59 Branch
Type:
defect

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(Not tracked)

Status:
UNCONFIRMED

People

(Reporter: jocodes, Unassigned)

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block-jpg.xpi
681 bytes, application/x-xpinstall
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Attached file block-jpg.xpi — 
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:59.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/59.0
Build ID: 20180326160923

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install the attached extension that blocks jpg images.
2. Visit http://hi.eewe.us/read2.html
3. Click "Enter Reader View"


Actual results:

The image appears.


Expected results:

The image should have been blocked.

This is similar to bug 1453452.
Component: Untriaged → WebExtensions: Request Handling
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
Summary: webRequestBlocking loses to reader view → Reader View requests don't trigger webRequest listeners
Priority: -- → P2
Product: Toolkit → WebExtensions

This is a corner case that does not break functionality, but also a privacy issue, marking s2 for that reason.

Severity: normal → S2
Priority: P2 → P3
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