<soapbox> looking at that ticket, the response from google is catastrophic. the guy or gal handling the ticket has no idea about web browsers. the reporter shows up with a complete reproducer and the best google manages is throw clueless screenshots (for a brief fully textual error message no less!) at them? they've already done a bunch of your work for free. get your ass off the heap of money, ffs! </soapbox>

edit: oh, and i lower my hat to you for coming here and taking the heat. appreciated, having a real person to vent at is so special in the case of google...