mozilla/browserid — Issue #668: browserid login process can get wedged if you close window before content load
Author: gerv
Created: 2011-11-29 11:37:46+00:00
State: open

Steps to reproduce:

1) Go to a site implementing BrowserID using browserid.js from browserid.org. E.g. https://bugzilla-stage-tip.mozilla.org, if you have access to that
2) Click "Sign in" button
3) As soon as window pops up, and before content is loaded, close pop-up window (e.g. with Ctrl-W)
4) Click "Sign in" button again

Expected: new popup window appears
Actual: nothing happens; no JS errors either

People can easily accidentally close popup windows. The code in browserid.js which runs when I click "Sign in" should be able to cope with this.