1309850 - UI issue while upgrading an add-on which delays updates

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect, P3)

Description

[Vasilica Tamas, QA [:vtamas]]

[Note]
This is a follow-up bug for Bug 1231172

[Affected versions]:
Firefox 52.0a1 (2016-10-12)
Firefox 51.0a2 (2016-10-13)
Firefox 50.0b6 (20161010144024)


[Affected platforms]:
Windows 10 64-bit
Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit

[Steps to reproduce]:
1.Launch Firefox with clean profile.
2.Install the following webextension:  http://people.mozilla.org/~rhelmer/Bug1231172/
3.Click on the webextension icon from toolbar.
4.Go to about:addons.
5.Click on gear icon and select ”Check for updates” option.
6.After the download is completed, click on the addon icon from toolbar. 

[Expected Results]:
There are no UI issues encountered.

[Actual Results]:
“Restart now to complete installation” message is displayed even the add-on which delays upgrade and then *do* call .install() was already updated: http://screencast.com/t/KUTKiD6yqzaO

[Additional notes]:
- The “Restart now to complete installation” message disappears after about:addons page is reloaded.
- This issue also reproduces for add-on details tab: http://screencast.com/t/FTAS1I6x8M
- It is no longer reproducible if the page is reloaded after the download is completed: http://screencast.com/t/8lRUPanROti

Comment 1

[Robert Helmer [:rhelmer]]

I suspect this issue will disappear when restartfull add-on support is removed entirely from the UI.

Comment 2

[Andrew Swan [:aswan]]

This part of the UI was removed a while ago