[Mozilla Enterprise] Trying to hide Pocket entries an "New Page" Tab (68.0.2 ESR)

[Mike Kaply]

Actually, there's already a bug:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1559185

Mike

On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 4:27 PM Mike Kaply <mkaply at mozilla.com> wrote:

> Just looks like a bug. Can you report at :
>
>
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&component=Enterprise+Policies
>
> I'm investigating now.
>
> Mike
>
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 6:23 AM Gruhm, Sebastian <
> Sebastian.Gruhm at fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> While trying to hide the Pocket entries on the “New Page” Tab I am
>> encountering some unexpected behavior.
>>
>> 1.       Silent installation of firefox with autoconfig.cfg for some
>> settings and policies.json to disable autoupdate and Pocket Recommendations
>> on “New Tab” Page
>>
>> 2.       Reboot
>>
>> 3.       Logon as normal user (1st login on this machine, no roaming
>> profile)
>>
>> 4.       1st Firefox start: On about:preferences#home Pocket
>> Recommendations are visible an ticked/active. When a new Tab is opened,
>> recommendations are there.
>>
>> 5.       2nd Firefox start: Pocket Recommendations are visible but not
>> ticked/deactivated. When a new Tab is opened, recommendations are gone.
>>
>>
>>
>> The same happens when I use
>> defaultPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories",
>> false); in autoconfig.cfg.
>>
>>
>>
>> Expected behavior would be step 5 on first startup.
>>
>>
>>
>> Why is this like this? For me, it is no game-stopper but it would be nice
>> to know that all my settings work on the first run.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Content of policies.json:
>>
>>
>>
>> *{*
>>
>> *                "policies": {*
>>
>> *                               "DisableAppUpdate": true,*
>>
>> *                               "FirefoxHome": {*
>>
>> *                                               "Search": true,*
>>
>> *                                               "TopSites": true,*
>>
>> *                                               "Highlights": true,*
>>
>> *                                               "Pocket": false,*
>>
>> *                                               "Snippets": true,*
>>
>> *                                               "Locked": false*
>>
>> *                               }*
>>
>> *                }*
>>
>> *}*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mit freundlichem Gruß
>>
>>
>>
>> Sebastian
>>
>>
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