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webcache.googleusercontent.com - error displayed when accessing the link #115493

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webcompat-bot opened this issue Dec 15, 2022 · 1 comment
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webcache.googleusercontent.com - error displayed when accessing the link #115493

webcompat-bot opened this issue Dec 15, 2022 · 1 comment
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android 13 issues specific to android13 browser-firefox-mobile diagnosis-priority-p2 engine-gecko The browser uses the Gecko rendering engine priority-normal severity-critical The site or core functionality is unusable, or you would probably open another browser to use it. status-needsinfo-ksy36 ping @ksy36 type-uaoverride Require a UA override for working
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URL: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fexample.com

Browser / Version: Firefox Mobile 107.2.0
Operating System: Android 13
Tested Another Browser: Yes Chrome

Problem type: Site is not usable
Description: Page not loading correctly
Steps to Reproduce:
(I reported a similar issue (115432) yesterday, but it was closed because I reported the wrong url. Sorry about that. This report is a corrected version of that one.)

Any time I try accessing Google webcache for a site using Firefox Mobile, I get redirected to a non-functioning consent-site, in this case https://consent.googleusercontent.com/ml?continue=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache%253Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fexample.com&gl=NO&m=1&pc=srp&uxe=none&hl=no&src=1.

I want to be very clear that the compatibility issue isn't that this https://consent.googleusercontent... link isn't working - that's true for any browser. The problem is that on Firefox Mobile or Firefox Mobile beta on Android, any attempt to access any site in Google Webcache will fail, because the site will redirect to the non-functioning consent page. In short, Google Webcache is unusable on Firefox Mobile for Android.

I've tested with clean FF install, and different tracking protection settings. Google Webcache, such as the reported link https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fexample.com, will work just fine in both Chrome and Firefox on Windows, including in firefox when I enable responsive design mode in devTools and set it to Galaxy 20+ Android 11.

A workaround to the issue is to install a User-agent switcher in Firefox mobile beta, and override the user agent to Chrome for Android. The fact that this solution works highlights the fact that Google Webcache has some kind of user-agent-specific logic for Firefox Mobile that makes the service unusable in this browser specifically.

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Thank you for reporting this issue, I was able to reproduce it.

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Works as expected on Windows 10:

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Tested on:
• Browser / Version: Firefox Nightly 110.0a1-20221214033416 / Firefox Release 108.0-20221208122842 / Chrome 108.0.5359.79
• Operating System: Google Pixel 5 (Android 13) - 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~432 ppi density) / Windows 10

Moving to Needsdiagnosis.

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@sv-calin sv-calin changed the title webcache.googleusercontent.com - site is not usable webcache.googleusercontent.com - error displayed when accessing the link Dec 15, 2022
@sv-calin sv-calin added priority-normal severity-critical The site or core functionality is unusable, or you would probably open another browser to use it. and removed priority-critical labels Dec 15, 2022
@sv-calin sv-calin modified the milestones: needstriage, needsdiagnosis Dec 15, 2022
@ksy36 ksy36 modified the milestones: needsdiagnosis, contactready Dec 19, 2022
@ksy36 ksy36 added type-uaoverride Require a UA override for working status-needsinfo-ksy36 ping @ksy36 diagnosis-priority-p2 labels Dec 19, 2022
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