reddit.com: nuisance

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Prerequisites

• This is NOT a YouTube, Facebook, Twitch or a shortener/hosting site report. These sites MUST be reported by clicking their respective links.
• I read and understand the policy about what is a valid filter issue.
• I verified that this issue is not a duplicate. (Use this button to find out.). Comment in the old issue threads even when they are closed or even if you have a different problem.
• I did not remove any of the default filter lists, or I have verified that the issue was not caused by removing any of the default lists.
• I did not enable additional filter lists, or I have verified that the issue still occurs without enabling additional filter lists.
• I do not have custom filters/rules, or I have verified that the issue still occurs without custom filters/rules.
• I have verified that the web browser's built-in content blocker/tracking protection, network wide/DNS blocking, or my VPN is not causing the issue.
• I have turned off all other extensions and the issue still persists. (exception "Firefox Multi-Account Containers").
• If this is about a breakage or detection, I have verified that it is caused by uBlock Origin and isn't a site or browser issue.
• I did not answer truthfully to ALL the above checkboxes.

URL address of the web page

https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/

Category

nuisance

Description

• Make sure you're using the new Reddit interface
• Go to https://www.reddit.com/settings/preferences and check Open posts in new tab
• Go to https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/ and click a thread

Result: it opens the thread in a new tab, but also changes the URL of the current tab (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1915888):

Whenever we click the post, it'll do a history.pushState(aNewURL), which would cause the url bar to change.

I don't see Chrome dowloads this script nor doing this pushState thingy, so this looks a site issue to me.

Since this is unlikely to be fixed any time soon, please make the Annoyances list abort this script as a workaround.

Other extensions used

Screenshot(s)

Screenshot(s)

Configuration

uBlock Origin: 1.62.0
Firefox: 134
filterset (summary):
 network: 141072
 cosmetic: 42827
 scriptlet: 25015
 html: 2480
listset (total-discarded, last-updated):
 added:
  ublock-annoyances: 5983-33, now
 default:
  user-filters: 0-0, never
  ublock-filters: 40049-114, now
  ublock-badware: 12306-6, now
  ublock-privacy: 1928-33, now
  ublock-unbreak: 2614-1, now
  ublock-quick-fixes: 243-32, now
  easylist: 70860-154, now
  easyprivacy: 53292-44, now
  urlhaus-1: 22125-0, now
  plowe-0: 3545-994, now
filterset (user): [empty]
userSettings: [none]
hiddenSettings: [none]
supportStats:
 allReadyAfter: 2236 ms
 maxAssetCacheWait: 63 ms
 cacheBackend: indexedDB
popupPanel:
 blocked: 0

[mapx-]

I do not get such behaviour in chrome (brave)

[do-not-share-my-personal-information]

I do not get such behaviour in chrome (brave)

Yes, Reddit is sending the broken script only to Firefox users, as it's stated in the Bugzilla report.

[mapx-]

does this filter cause any issue ?

||redditstatic.com/shreddit/*/apply-polyfill$script,domain=reddit.com

[do-not-share-my-personal-information]

Blocking that file altogether breaks the image viewer. Click on a wallpaper here: https://www.reddit.com/r/wallpapers/

[mapx-]

remove the filter above, test this 1:

reddit.com##+js(set, history.pushState, noopFunc)

[do-not-share-my-personal-information]

• Open r/wallpapers
• Click r/uBlockOrigin in the sidebar. Result: no URL change
• Click another subreddit. Result: the URL changes to r/uBlockOrigin

[mapx-]

converted in discussion, if someone could find a workaround.