Firefox locks uploaded files until the tab is closed.
Bug #39037 reported by
Adam Buchbinder
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| firefox (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Using firefox 1.0.7-0ubuntu2 from Breezy.
When Firefox uploads a file, the file remains locked until that tab is closed. To demonstrate:
Go to flickr.com (for instance). Upload a file. Go to a different site in that same tab. Execute "lsof|grep 'upload_path'". Firefox will still have that file locked until the tab it was uploaded in is closed.
This is an issue for uploading directly from a removable flash reader, since it won't properly eject until the offending tab is closed. "lsof|grep '/media/usbdisk'" will only reveal that firefox has the file open, not which tab must be closed. If you keep a large number of tabs open, it can take a significant amount of time to restart firefox.
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| Stu Hood (stuhood) wrote | #1 |
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| Tollef Fog Heen (tfheen) wrote | #2 |
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| status: | Unconfirmed → Fix Released |
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I can't reproduce this with 1.5.0.1 in Dapper, so unless I'm doing something wrong, the bug only affects Breezy.