Firefox tmp profile gets deleted during launch -> ff: Missing Profile -> zap: browser was not found

Describe the bug

fails to launch firefox (snap version on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS)

firefox /tmp/rust* profile gets created, but quickly deleted during startup (I was able to copy out the user.js file in a tight loop during launch)

ZAP_D-2022-04-20 ZAP_2.11.1

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. start zap using zap.sh
2. don’t save session
3. click manual explore button
4. click launch browser with firefox selected

firefox dialog popup: title: Missing Profile warning: Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible.

zap dialog popup title: OWASP ZAP warning: The provided browser was not found.

Expected behavior

firefox launched

Software versions

(K)Ubuntu 22.04 LTS which uses firefox snap release ZAP_D-2022-04-20 ZAP_2.11.1

Screenshots

No response

Errors from the zap.log file

No response

Additional context

1650841816248   geckodriver     INFO    Listening on 127.0.0.1:6405
1650841816408   mozrunner::runner       INFO    Running command: "/usr/bin/firefox" "--marionette" "-no-remote" "-profile" "/tmp/rust_mozprofilehZwiEY"

Gtk-Message: 16:10:16.959: Failed to load module "window-decorations-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 16:10:16.959: Failed to load module "colorreload-gtk-module"

1151801 [ZAP-BrowserLauncher] ERROR org.zaproxy.zap.extension.quickstart.launch.ExtensionQuickStartLaunch - Process unexpectedly closed with status 1
Build info: version: 'unknown', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
System info: host: 'darkstar', ip: '127.0.1.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '5.15.0-25-generic', java.version: '11.0.14.1'
Driver info: driver.version: FirefoxDriver
remote stacktrace: 
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Process unexpectedly closed with status 1
Build info: version: 'unknown', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
System info: host: 'darkstar', ip: '127.0.1.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '5.15.0-25-generic', java.version: '11.0.14.1'
Driver info: driver.version: FirefoxDriver
remote stacktrace: 
        at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[?:?]
        at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:?]
        at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) ~[?:?]
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:490) ~[?:?]
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.W3CHandshakeResponse.lambda$errorHandler$0(W3CHandshakeResponse.java:62) ~[?:?]
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HandshakeResponse.lambda$getResponseFunction$0(HandshakeResponse.java:30) ~[?:?]
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.lambda$createSession$0(ProtocolHandshake.java:126) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:195) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.Spliterators$ArraySpliterator.tryAdvance(Spliterators.java:958) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEachWithCancel(ReferencePipeline.java:127) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyIntoWithCancel(AbstractPipeline.java:502) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:488) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:474) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.stream.FindOps$FindOp.evaluateSequential(FindOps.java:150) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234) ~[?:?]
        at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.findFirst(ReferencePipeline.java:543) ~[?:?]
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:128) ~[?:?]
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:74) ~[?:?]
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:136) ~[?:?]
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:83) ~[?:?]
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:552) ~[?:?]
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:213) ~[?:?]
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:131) ~[?:?]
        at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:147) ~[?:?]
        at org.zaproxy.zap.extension.selenium.ExtensionSelenium.getWebDriverImpl(ExtensionSelenium.java:1037) ~[?:?]
        at org.zaproxy.zap.extension.selenium.ExtensionSelenium.getWebDriver(ExtensionSelenium.java:881) ~[?:?]
        at org.zaproxy.zap.extension.selenium.internal.BuiltInSingleWebDriverProvider.getWebDriver(BuiltInSingleWebDriverProvider.java:63) ~[?:?]
        at org.zaproxy.zap.extension.selenium.ExtensionSelenium.getWebDriverImpl(ExtensionSelenium.java:766) ~[?:?]
        at org.zaproxy.zap.extension.selenium.ExtensionSelenium.getWebDriver(ExtensionSelenium.java:566) ~[?:?]
        at org.zaproxy.zap.extension.selenium.ExtensionSelenium.getProxiedBrowser(ExtensionSelenium.java:727) ~[?:?]
        at org.zaproxy.zap.extension.selenium.ExtensionSelenium.getProxiedBrowserByName(ExtensionSelenium.java:667) ~[?:?]
        at org.zaproxy.zap.extension.selenium.ExtensionSelenium.getProxiedBrowserByName(ExtensionSelenium.java:643) ~[?:?]
        at org.zaproxy.zap.extension.selenium.ExtensionSelenium.getProxiedBrowserByName(ExtensionSelenium.java:627) ~[?:?]
        at org.zaproxy.zap.extension.selenium.ExtensionSelenium.getProxiedBrowserByName(ExtensionSelenium.java:617) ~[?:?]
        at org.zaproxy.zap.extension.quickstart.launch.ExtensionQuickStartLaunch.lambda$launchBrowser$1(ExtensionQuickStartLaunch.java:209) ~[?:?]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829) ~[?:?]

Would you like to help fix this issue?

• Yes

[zesty]

Yep, confirmed no repro on regular flavor firefox. Fwiw, snap is the new default firefox for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, so might be seeing more interest in this when the point release drops and everyone gets the update.

Workaround: manipulate PATH to put working firefox first and/or uninstall snap flavor of firefox

How to Install Latest Firefox as classic Deb in Ubuntu 22.04 https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2022/04/install-firefox-deb-ubuntu-22-04/

[kingthorin]

Thanks, that gets us webdriver, quickStart, etc version numbers 😉

I suspect it’s something specific to the snap’d Firefox that’s outside ZAP’s control but we’ll look into it.