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Firefox: Interacting with the rendered page triggers SecurityError
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Description
🐛 bug report
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Description of the problem
The first time I click on the rendered content, I see a React error overlay reporting:
Security Error: Permission denied to access property "dispatchEvent" on cross-origin object

How has this issue affected you? What are you trying to accomplish?
I can't actually use codesandbox to work on anything. I have to export a zip and work it locally.
I also tried in Vivaldi, but ran into a known issue that Vivaldi does not support inspecting iframes.
To Reproduce
- Launch Firefox
- Visit: https://codesandbox.io/s/exercise-mobile-friendly-modal-d2klo?file=/src/Modal.js
- Try to click the button
Link to sandbox: link (optional)
Your Environment
| Software | Name/Version |
|---|---|
| Сodesandbox | whatever codesandbox.io is running - i didn't see any way to get it to show me the version? |
| Browser | Firefox 90.0b5 (64-bit) |
| Operating System | macOS 11.3 (20E232) |
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in Firefox using the linked CodeSandbox and the steps provided, then trace the rendered-page interaction and cross-origin iframe behavior that produces the SecurityError. Done means clicking the rendered content works without the React error overlay in the reported Firefox environment.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, react
- Domain
- frontend, security, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100