Opening an URL in other software tries to start new firefox instance instead of new tab

Bug #1844281 reported by Jean-Louis Dupond
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firefox (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Since upgraded to Eoan I have issues opening an URL from within other applications.

It starts:
/usr/lib/firefox/firefox https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/

But while in Disco it just opened a new tab in firefox when it was already running, I now get an error message that firefox is still running and I need to close it.
This while it should just open an additional tab with the URL I clicked.
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ProblemType: Bug
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jean-louis 2554 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20190911111951
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DefaultProfileExtensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
DefaultProfileLocales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
DefaultProfilePrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:997
DefaultProfilePrefSources: prefs.js
DefaultProfileThemes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-15 (640 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
IpRoute:
 default via 10.10.1.1 dev enxa44cc890f4c8 proto dhcp metric 100
 default via 10.10.1.1 dev wlan0 proto dhcp metric 600
 10.10.1.0/24 dev enxa44cc890f4c8 proto kernel scope link src 10.10.1.182 metric 100
 10.10.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 10.10.1.221 metric 600
 169.254.0.0/16 dev enxa44cc890f4c8 scope link metric 1000
Package: firefox 69.0+build2-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8
Profile1Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profile1IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
Profile1Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profile1PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:997
Profile1PrefSources: prefs.js
Profile1Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profiles:
 Profile1 - LastVersion=65.0/20190128173924 (Out of date)
 Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=69.0/20190911111951 (In use)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
Tags: eoan wayland-session
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-09-16 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip docker lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo wireshark
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 07/26/2019
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.16.0
dmi.board.name: 0NKT5P
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: X00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.16.0:bd07/26/2019:svnDellInc.:pnPrecision5520:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0NKT5P:rvrX00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.family: Precision
dmi.product.name: Precision 5520
dmi.product.sku: 07BF
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote : AlsaInfo.txt

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tags: added: apport-collected eoan wayland-session
description: updated
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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote : CurrentDmesg.txt

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote : DefaultProfilePrefs.txt

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote : Dependencies.txt

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote : IpAddr.txt

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote : Lspci.txt

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote : PciNetwork.txt

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote : ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote : ProcEnviron.txt

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote : Profile1Prefs.txt

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Jean-Louis Dupond (dupondje) wrote : PulseList.txt

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

I can't reproduce the problem here, and after closing firefox and running it again Jean-Louis reported that the issue is gone.

Marking incomplete to let the issue auto-expire, please set the status back to new if the issue ever happens again.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for firefox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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