Bug 2490879

Summary: Firefox 152.0 renders homepage config as string literal
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: krrgithub
Component: firefoxAssignee: Martin Stransky <stransky>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 44CC: derekenz, fedora, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, joe.c.walker0, klaas, nikolas, pahan, pebolle, rstrode, sagitterghostproton.me, stransky, suraj.ghimire7
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Description krrgithub 2026-06-19 18:05:35 UTC
As of Firefox 152.0, the browser no longer defaults to directing to https://start.fedoraproject.org. Instead, Firefox simply sets the URL to `data:text/plain,browser.startup.homepage=https://start.fedoraproject.org/` and renders the plain text string:

```
browser.startup.homepage=https://start.fedoraproject.org/
```

Note: This is not the same bug as some users have experienced in the past where the Fedora Start page is overwriting their custom homepage preference. This is a separate (possibly related, possibly not) issue where the Fedora's config no longer correctly sets the homepage.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update to Firefox 152.0 on Fedora 44 without a custom homepage set prior
2. Restart
3. Open Firefox
Actual Results:
Page will render plain text config setting instead of loading the actual Fedora start page

Expected Results:
https://start.fedoraproject.org should be set as the URL and loaded instead of the text data literal.

Comment 2 Nikolas Nyby 2026-07-08 19:08:33 UTC
Duplicate bug here as well: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2020436

Comment 3 Derek Enz 2026-07-21 18:20:53 UTC
Can Confirm with Firefox 153

F45 Rawhide KDE build 20260721.

Comment 4 Derek Enz 2026-07-21 18:33:09 UTC
Created attachment 2149816 [details]
homepage config

Comment 5 Martin Stransky 2026-08-03 14:06:29 UTC
It's supposed to be already fixed - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2047962

Comment 6 Derek Enz 2026-08-03 17:09:31 UTC
As of Rawhide build 20260731. The issue persists for me.

Comment 7 Nikolas Nyby 2026-08-03 17:16:47 UTC
Yes, same here. There are proposed fixes, please review:
* https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/firefox/pull-request/104
* https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/firefox/pull-request/105

Comment 8 Derek Enz 2026-08-07 17:56:14 UTC
As of Rawhide KDE build 20260807 the issues seems to be fixed.