URIs with zone index unsupported
chrysn opened this issue · comments
IPv6 link-local addresses can require a zone index that usually indicates the local link the address is valid on; an example would be coap://[fe80::12:34ff:fe56:78ab%tap0]/. With Firefox 45.2.0, entering such an address results in a "The address wasn't understood" error message, and the address bar gets trimmed to a single :.
The behavior can easily be tested on Linux with a local server if you have any fe80: address on a local interface by appending the interface's name to the address; other operating systems could use different zone identifiers.
See #12
It is unsupported by Firefox.
Sorry for not having looked up the closed bugs.
The underlying firefox issue is being discussed in bugzilla's #700999