Opening out of scope URLs in installed PWA with external login redirects makes PWA unusable about pwasforfirefox HOT 5 CLOSED

This is what "can break some websites" means.

I don't know if this was meant to be sarcastic and snarky or not but I know what "can break some websites" means. Furthermore, the statement is very vague and misleading when the PWA works fine on first load but doesn't work after login has expired. You're essentially stuck in an infinite redirect and unable to even open the PWA after the login expires.

I know right clicking will allow me to select "Open Link in Default Browser", but expecting users to do this every time they click a link in a PWA isn't plausible or helpful.

so it is impossible to fix this

There are many ways this can be handled so maybe we should talk about possible solutions rather than to just dismiss this as something that can't be addressed. One option is to allow a way for the user to whitelist the redirect URLs so that they still open in the PWA even if "Open out of scope URLs in a default browser (can break some websites)" option is checked. Is something like that possible?

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You can press F6 and then enter about:config in the popup.

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This is what "can break some websites" means. Login redirects are still the same as any other external URL request, so it is impossible to fix this.

You can disable "Open out of scope URLs in a default browser (can break some websites)" and instead use "Open in Browser" widget or "Open Link in Default Browser" context menu action if you want to easily open URLs in a default browser.

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Furthermore, the statement is very vague and misleading when the PWA works fine on first load but doesn't work after login has expired.

This is because it can cause different behaviors for different websites.

One option is to allow a way for the user to whitelist the redirect URLs so that they still open in the PWA even if "Open out of scope URLs in a default browser (can break some websites)" option is checked. Is something like that possible?

Yeah, I forgot about this, but you can set firefoxpwa.allowedDomains in about:config to a comma-separated list of domains that shouldn't be opened in the main browser.

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Thanks. How do I set this firefoxpwa.allowedDomains config in a PWA? It doesn't allow me to type about:config in the URL bar.

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