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Master password: Does signon.masterPasswordReprompt.timeout_ms still work?

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I use firefox's Master Password to save lots of passwords, some sensitive. Firefox 60.2.0esr 64bit linux.

In case my laptop gets swiped, or used while I'm not sitting at it, I don't want those passwords to be available. So I had set the about:config option 

  signon.masterPasswordReprompt.timeout_ms

to a million (~20 minutes). I'd like those passwords to be only accessible for a limited amount of time, then unavailable unless I re-renter the master pw.

Until recently, that seemed to work. I'd get prompted periodically for the master pw when visiting a web site.

However, now -- maybe since some recent firefox update? -- it doesn't seem to prompt me any more, except when I'm entering a *new* password (updating the database), or asking to display passwords.

Does this make sense? Is it a regression? Is there something that's continually resetting the master password timer?

I use firefox's Master Password to save lots of passwords, some sensitive. Firefox 60.2.0esr 64bit linux. In case my laptop gets swiped, or used while I'm not sitting at it, I don't want those passwords to be available. So I had set the about:config option signon.masterPasswordReprompt.timeout_ms to a million (~20 minutes). I'd like those passwords to be only accessible for a limited amount of time, then unavailable unless I re-renter the master pw. Until recently, that seemed to work. I'd get prompted periodically for the master pw when visiting a web site. However, now -- maybe since some recent firefox update? -- it doesn't seem to prompt me any more, except when I'm entering a *new* password (updating the database), or asking to display passwords. Does this make sense? Is it a regression? Is there something that's continually resetting the master password timer?