Bug 3445 – REGRESSION: Browser in Apple widget download page stops working after download

• Component: DOM
• Status: VERIFIED FIXED

[Maciej Stachowiak]

6/8/05 10:16 AM Sean MacMillan:
I was browsing the new widget download (http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/).  After I 
download the ReefSanctuary widget, I could not select anything else in either column.  Closing the tab 
caused Safari to crash.
 
*VERSION: 8C27
*OCCURRED IN PREVIOUS RELEASED VERSION: I Don't Know
 
*REPRODUCTION STEPS:
1)Go to http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard
2)Select a widget and download it
3)After downloading, I cannot browse or select any other widgets
4)Safari may crash when closing the tab
 
*EXPECTED RESULTS:
Continue browsing widgets and Safari to not crash
 
*ACTUAL RESULTS:
Couldn't browse widgets, Safari crashed
 
*WORKAROUNDS:
Browsing widgets works as expected until a widget is downloaded.
 
*ISOLATION:
Page works as expected in Firefox 1.0.4
 
*ADDITIONAL INFO:
log attached

6/8/05 1:07 PM James McComb:
Reproduced with 8C29 - once a widget is downloaded, I am unable to browse other widgets.
Safari did not crash when closing tab, though.

Send to me & I'll try with 10.4.1.

6/9/05 12:10 PM James McComb:
Does not occur with 10.4.1 - updating to 8C30 shows the problem.
This is a regression in Cambridge.

6/9/05 3:51 PM Chris Petersen:
I can reproduce a portion of the problem but not the crash. After starting the widget download, I  can  
no-longer navigate by clicking on the subjects in the Category list field. Basically, clicking on a different 
subjects name in the Category doesn't load the set of items in the Widgets list field.

If I reload the page at this point, I will regain the ability to navigate in the list.

6/9/05 3:53 PM Chris Petersen:
Tested with 8C29. Going to see when this problem first occurred.

6/9/05 4:36 PM Chris Petersen:
From my testing, this regression first occurred with 8C21.

6/10/05 12:10 PM Chris Petersen:
Is this crash happening on consistent basis ? I can reproduce the broken functionality of the list 
navigation but not the crash.

6/10/05 1:26 PM Adele Peterson:
This regression appears to be caused by our fix for 3598589 (fixes onunload).  I'm working on getting a 
fix.

6/10/05 1:39 PM Chris Petersen:
Ok, I have attached a reduced test case of the problem. I noticed that on the original page after 
downloading a widget, the select menu (that redirects to different page after you choose a item) wasn't 
working as well. 

The reduced test case contains this simple select element and link that references a widget.zip file. 

To reproduce:

1) Load test "download_reduction.html" case in Safari
2) Verify that selecting any item in the select menu redirects to that specific page
3) Now return back to "download_reduction.html" and click on the link
4) When the DL window appears, bring the browser window to the front and choose a different menu 
item in the list.
5) Notice the URL is loaded for the select menu item now.

Hope this reproduces !

6/10/05 2:28 PM Adele Peterson:
note- spoofing as WinIE fixes this.  I wonder if they were trying to work around our unonload bug 
before...

6/10/05 5:48 PM Adele Peterson:
Maciej is working on a fix for this.

Radar: rdar://problem/4142247

[Maciej Stachowiak]

Created attachment 2252 [details]
Latest reduction

[Maciej Stachowiak]

Created attachment 2253 [details]
crash log

[Maciej Stachowiak]

fix sent for review