Body content (lyrics) not detected on lyricsfreak.com

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
web-dev

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with the lyricsfreak.com URL in Fenix and compare the extracted body with the page's visible lyrics. Trace how the Readability library identifies the article body for this page and verify that the extracted result contains the song lyrics rather than "x".

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Description

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From https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/mjmows/firefox_reader_mode_showing_a_small_x_instead_of/

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open https://www.lyricsfreak.com/4/4+non+blondes/whats+going+on_20530610.html in Fenix
  2. Tap reader view icon

What happens:

"x" appears as the body.

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Expected result:

The song lyrics should be shown correctly.

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