Fwiw, I don't see how this would be a support request or spam ("changed
to invalid"), it looks like a bug in the sense of a piece of software
not performing as advertised, to me.-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1835650 Title: firefox fails to open private sessions from bash Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: running % firefox -private URL or % firefox -private-toggle URL from a cli used to start firefox in private mode. This does not work (in my setup) anymore. [ctrl]-[shift]-p and "new private window" from the file menu also does not always open private windows, anymore. I'm wondering if this is a security bug (it clearly is a privacy bug).. 1) $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 19.04 Release: 19.04 2) $ apt-cache policy firefox firefox: Installed: 67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 Candidate: 67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 Version table: *** 67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 66.0.3+build1-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco/main amd64 Packages 3) What I expect to happen Opening a private window from the command line typing firefox -private URL should open the URL in a private window 4) What happens instead Upon the given command firefox opens the URL, but not in a private window and leaves the URL in the history of the browser. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: firefox 67.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-20.21-generic 5.0.8 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-20-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: thorsten 2262 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20190620151128 Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Sun Jul 7 13:22:56 2019 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback IncompatibleExtensions: English (South Africa) Language Pack - langpack-en...@firefox.mozilla.org English (GB) Language Pack - langpack-en...@firefox.mozilla.org Default - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd} InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-04-10 (87 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20190326.1) IpRoute: default via 192.168.178.1 dev wlp61s0 proto dhcp metric 600 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp61s0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.178.0/24 dev wlp61s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.178.24 metric 600 MostRecentCrashID: bp-86cfd7c5-fc1a-482b-b67f-a018b1180516 PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:1151 PrefSources: /usr/lib/firefox/defaults/pref/all-ubuntumate.js prefs.js Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=67.0.4/20190620151128 (In use) RunningIncompatibleAddons: True SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/13/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: N22ET49W (1.26 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20L8S29W00 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: SDK0R32862 WIN dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN22ET49W(1.26):bd09/13/2018:svnLENOVO:pn20L8S29W00:pvrThinkPadT480s:rvnLENOVO:rn20L8S29W00:rvrSDK0R32862WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.family: ThinkPad T480s dmi.product.name: 20L8S29W00 dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20L8_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad T480s dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T480s dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1835650/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
