Backed out 2 changesets (bug 1801954, bug 1863980) for bc failures on browser_setDefaultBrowser.js. CLOSED TREE

Backed out changeset b96506a6d950 (bug 1801954)
Backed out changeset 306a649fcc00 (bug 1863980)

browser/components/BrowserContentHandler.sys.mjs

@@ -613,13 +613,7 @@ nsBrowserContentHandler.prototype = {
       }
     }
     if (cmdLine.handleFlag("setDefaultBrowser", false)) {
-      // Note that setDefaultBrowser is an async function, but "handle" (the method being executed)
-      // is an implementation of an interface method and changing it to be async would be complicated
-      // and ultimately nothing here needs the result of setDefaultBrowser, so we do not bother doing
-      // an await.
-      lazy.ShellService.setDefaultBrowser(true).catch(e => {
-        console.error("setDefaultBrowser failed:", e);
-      });
+      lazy.ShellService.setDefaultBrowser(true);
     }
 
     if (cmdLine.handleFlag("first-startup", false)) {

browser/components/BrowserGlue.sys.mjs

@@ -5488,12 +5488,7 @@ export var DefaultBrowserCheck = {
     let buttonNumClicked = rv.get("buttonNumClicked");
     let checkboxState = rv.get("checked");
     if (buttonNumClicked == 0) {
-      try {
-        await shellService.setAsDefault();
-      } catch (e) {
-        this.log.error("Failed to set the default browser", e);
-      }
-
+      shellService.setAsDefault();
       shellService.pinToTaskbar();
     }
     if (checkboxState) {

browser/components/preferences/main.js

@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ var gMainPane = {
   /**
    * Set browser as the operating system default browser.
    */
-  async setDefaultBrowser() {
+  setDefaultBrowser() {
     if (AppConstants.HAVE_SHELL_SERVICE) {
       let alwaysCheckPref = Preferences.get(
         "browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser"
@@ -1748,20 +1748,11 @@ var gMainPane = {
       if (!shellSvc) {
         return;
       }
-
-      // Disable the set default button, so that the user doesn't try to hit it again
-      // while awaiting on setDefaultBrowser
-      let setDefaultButton = document.getElementById("setDefaultButton");
-      setDefaultButton.disabled = true;
-
       try {
-        await shellSvc.setDefaultBrowser(false);
+        shellSvc.setDefaultBrowser(false);
       } catch (ex) {
         console.error(ex);
         return;
-      } finally {
-        // Make sure to re-enable the default button when we're finished, regardless of the outcome
-        setDefaultButton.disabled = false;
       }
 
       let isDefault = shellSvc.isDefaultBrowser(false, true);

browser/components/preferences/tests/browser_defaultbrowser_alwayscheck.js

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ async function test_with_mock_shellservice(options, testFn) {
         isDefaultBrowser() {
           return this._isDefault;
         },
-        async setDefaultBrowser() {
+        setDefaultBrowser() {
           this._isDefault = true;
         },
       };

browser/components/shell/ShellService.sys.mjs

@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ let ShellServiceInternal = {
         }
       }
       try {
-        await this.defaultAgent.setDefaultBrowserUserChoiceAsync(
+        this.defaultAgent.setDefaultBrowserUserChoice(
           aumi,
           extraFileExtensions
         );
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ let ShellServiceInternal = {
   },
 
   // override nsIShellService.setDefaultBrowser() on the ShellService proxy.
-  async setDefaultBrowser(forAllUsers) {
+  setDefaultBrowser(forAllUsers) {
     // On Windows, our best chance is to set UserChoice, so try that first.
     if (
       AppConstants.platform == "win" &&
@@ -322,26 +322,24 @@ let ShellServiceInternal = {
         "setDefaultBrowserUserChoice"
       )
     ) {
-      try {
-        await this.setAsDefaultUserChoice();
-        return;
-      } catch (err) {
-        lazy.log.warn(
-          "Error thrown during setAsDefaultUserChoice. Full exception:",
-          err
-        );
-
-        // intentionally fall through to setting via the non-user choice pathway on error
-      }
+      // nsWindowsShellService::SetDefaultBrowser() kicks off several
+      // operations, but doesn't wait for their result. So we don't need to
+      // await the result of setAsDefaultUserChoice() here, either, we just need
+      // to fall back in case it fails.
+      this.setAsDefaultUserChoice().catch(err => {
+        console.error(err);
+        this.shellService.setDefaultBrowser(forAllUsers);
+      });
+      return;
     }
 
     this.shellService.setDefaultBrowser(forAllUsers);
   },
 
-  async setAsDefault() {
+  setAsDefault() {
     let setAsDefaultError = false;
     try {
-      await ShellService.setDefaultBrowser(false);
+      ShellService.setDefaultBrowser(false);
     } catch (ex) {
       setAsDefaultError = true;
       console.error(ex);

browser/components/uitour/UITour.sys.mjs

@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ export var UITour = {
         try {
           let shell = aWindow.getShellService();
           if (shell) {
-            await shell.setDefaultBrowser(false);
+            shell.setDefaultBrowser(false);
           }
         } catch (e) {}
         break;

toolkit/components/messaging-system/lib/SpecialMessageActions.sys.mjs

@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ export const SpecialMessageActions = {
    *
    *  @param {Window} window Reference to a window object
    */
-  async setDefaultBrowser(window) {
-    await window.getShellService().setAsDefault();
+  setDefaultBrowser(window) {
+    window.getShellService().setAsDefault();
   },
 
   /**
@@ -442,10 +442,10 @@ export const SpecialMessageActions = {
         break;
       case "PIN_AND_DEFAULT":
         await this.pinFirefoxToTaskbar(window, action.data?.privatePin);
-        await this.setDefaultBrowser(window);
+        this.setDefaultBrowser(window);
         break;
       case "SET_DEFAULT_BROWSER":
-        await this.setDefaultBrowser(window);
+        this.setDefaultBrowser(window);
         break;
       case "SET_DEFAULT_PDF_HANDLER":
         this.setDefaultPDFHandler(

toolkit/mozapps/defaultagent/SetDefaultBrowser.h

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_BROWSER_SET_DEFAULT_BROWSER_H__
 
 #include "nsStringFwd.h"
-#include "nsArray.h"
+#include "nsTArrayForwardDeclare.h"
 #include <functional>
 
 namespace mozilla::default_agent {