Sorry for the delay. I see what you mean, it seems true that firefox (suddenly?) adheres to the documentation (and hasn't done so in the past?).
So in future we have to keep in mind that $firefox -private does not open a private window (anymore!) if another instance of firefox is already running, and that $firefox -private URL does not open said URL in a private window (anymore!) (which it did for a long time and until the recent past, and which seems much more sensible). Counterintuitive and probably misleading, but once learned it's possible to accept, I guess... Thanks for the headsup! -- 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 - [email protected] English (GB) Language Pack - [email protected] 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 : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
