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Context Menu: "This Frame -> Open in New Tab" does not preserve the private browsing container

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If I right click on an iframe when browsing in a container tab, and select "This Frame -> Open in New Tab", the new tab is not in the same container as the source tab. In fact it is not in any container.

Whereas when middle-clicking on a normal link to open it in a new tab, the new tab is in the same container as the source tab.

Is this a bug? Seems like a bug to me. Surely we would want the new tab to use the same container as the source tab?

If I right click on an iframe when browsing in a container tab, and select "This Frame -> Open in New Tab", the new tab is not in the same container as the source tab. In fact it is not in any container. Whereas when middle-clicking on a normal link to open it in a new tab, the new tab is in the same container as the source tab. Is this a bug? Seems like a bug to me. Surely we would want the new tab to use the same container as the source tab?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Does this vary based on the address of the site in the frame?

For example, if I Shift+right-click an embedded YouTube video frame > This Frame > Open Frame in New Tab, the embedded video opens in the page's container instead of its regularly assigned container. (On my page here: https://www.jeffersonscher.com/gm/google-hit-hider/)

If you check This Frame > View Frame Info, is there a standard URL or a data URI or about: address, etc.?

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Sorry, it seems to only impact ServiceNow websites. Every other iframe example I have tried seems to work just fine. I think it might be a problem when the iframe is inside a shadow DOM.