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Profile/session doesn't ever save/load

I run normal firefox on linux. Fully up-to-date. Every time I quit the app, it reverts to a version of my profile from a month ago, and loads all the tabs I had open then… (read more)

I run normal firefox on linux. Fully up-to-date. Every time I quit the app, it reverts to a version of my profile from a month ago, and loads all the tabs I had open then, and then receives all the tabs that I sent to the device in the interim (~1 month). As I speak, it just caught the 60 or 70 tabs in this window.

I tried changing the name of my profile folder to randomstring.defaultOLD and changed one of the backups to randomstring.default. This didn't change the behavior. I'm still stuck in the loop. I saved my tabs with onetab, because firefox isn't remembering my session anymore. I thought it was something to do with updates, like it only loses its mind upon updates, but that's not true. It thinks it's updating firefox EVERY TIME, because the one time it's loading to 1 month ago it was updating, but I'm 100% sure there are no updates to firefox in my linux. It's just hallucinating.

The articles on restoring from backup are outdated. They say to use an html file. There is no html file. It's just folders for profiles, not html files. HELP!

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Can't add extension, just get a throbber that never stops

I'm on FF 154.0. The power went out here and when it came back and I booted the desktop computer something had changed in FF. I used to see the active tab as green in … (read more)

I'm on FF 154.0. The power went out here and when it came back and I booted the desktop computer something had changed in FF.

I used to see the active tab as green in the tab bar and yellow for the rest, but now they're all gray until I mouse over the bar and only then does it turn green/yellow.

I struggled with this for many hours trying many //active tab color// solutions I found in searches but nothing got it back to my old behavior.

So as a last resort I tried adding the Firefox Color extension, but when I click Add to Firefox it just turns into a throbber that never changes so it doesn't install. I'm stuck!

Frustrated!!

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Why does firefox use up all my ram over time?

Ever since the latest update i've noticed my firefox browser after using it for a while starts eating up all the ram until my computer freezes and needs to restart, i've … (read more)

Ever since the latest update i've noticed my firefox browser after using it for a while starts eating up all the ram until my computer freezes and needs to restart, i've heard this issue happen to others too but i am wondering if there are any ways to prevent it or will there be any updates to fix it?

I use my firefox on bazzite and have nothing else running in the background, after a while i watch the stats in my task manager and i see firefox using over 10GB of ram and climbing and have to shut it down before it freezes my pc

(can't show any screenshots because if i do then my pc would probably crash when trying to SS it while it has its problem)

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Imposible arrancar Firefox en Debian 13: perfiles perdidos o inaccesibles

Buenas. Me es imposible arrancar Firefox 155 en Debian 13. Cada vez que lo intento, un mensaje me dice: "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inacc… (read more)

Buenas. Me es imposible arrancar Firefox 155 en Debian 13. Cada vez que lo intento, un mensaje me dice: "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible". En efecto, estuve tocando la configuración de perfiles para migrarlos desde una copia de seguridad y algo debí de hacer mal por despiste. Para aligerar, desinstalé completamente el programa con remove --purge / clean / autoclean / autoremove y lo volví a instalar de nuevo, pero el problema persiste. Es como si quedara algún rastro de la antigua instalación. Desinstalado de nuevo, intenté buscar la carpeta oculta de Mozilla Firefox, que eliminé; pero al instalar de nuevo el navegador, el problema persistía. ¿Qué sucede? ¿Alguien me puede echar un cable? Gracias y saludos.

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Tab groups saves automatically at closing last tab of theirs.

I would like to make Firefox web browser to save automatically the "tab group" created. The feature is already there by left clicking on the group and choose "save and cl… (read more)

I would like to make Firefox web browser to save automatically the "tab group" created.

The feature is already there by left clicking on the group and choose "save and close group". I would this to be automated as default behaviour at every attempt to close the last tab of the group, so the "tab group" never gets deleted by itself. Only deliberately left click on the tab group and choose "Delete group".

Thank you in advance for your time reading this. 🙇

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autocomplete cc-number is not being autofilled

I've made a related feature request to include an option to force Firefox to give the option to autofill any arbitrary field as a credit card, address, whatever. This is … (read more)

I've made a related feature request to include an option to force Firefox to give the option to autofill any arbitrary field as a credit card, address, whatever. This is because 9 times out of 10, Firefox either fails to recognize a field and doesn't offer an autofill option, or something else is going on. If I was able to right click on an empty field and select, "Fill from credit cards," this would solve my problem.

I inspected some of these elements and see that they seem to contain the correct type of markup, with the proper autocomplete="cc-number" attribute. So why is Firefox not recognizing that field? Why is it not popping up an option to autofill?

tl;dr: there is no option to autofill even on correctly marked-up forms. Nothing pops up. My credit cards are stored correctly, I'm logged in as the correct user, the feature works on *some* checkout forms, just not most of them.

edit: I don't know how to delete this. turns out this is a known bug on firefox on linux. Firefox cannot actually save payment info, but doesn't serve an error to the user. however in the console it will throw a NS_ERROR_ABORT error: "User canceled OS unlock entry" error when it tries to save. the one solution i looked at seemed way too complicated for me so i am simply going to give up and try to keep my cc closer to me and not get frustrated when it doesn't work.

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"manage site list ..." is empty

Recent update nuked all my custom containers, and closed every page that was currently open within those containers (pretty devastating bug). Now, I go to add sites to th… (read more)

Recent update nuked all my custom containers, and closed every page that was currently open within those containers (pretty devastating bug).

Now, I go to add sites to the new custom containers I made to replace the earlier ones. When I go Manage Containers > pick a custom container > "manage site list ..." and there is no list. Just a blank window.

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I get 'you browser cannot play this video" when I try to watch NFL Sunday Ticket on Youtube; what is the cause?

I get 'you browser cannot play this video" when I try to watch NFL Sunday Ticket on Youtube; what causes this? I use Linux Mint on my laptop. I also have Opera browser … (read more)

I get 'you browser cannot play this video" when I try to watch NFL Sunday Ticket on Youtube; what causes this? I use Linux Mint on my laptop.

I also have Opera browser installed; I get the same error using Opera.

Please help. Thanks.

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I have fear of being hacked can someone help me with running a diagnosis in my daily activities please.

I am using a local library and it comes to me that I find some activities that occur whilst working on my daily tasks and wonder, I would really like to run a diagnosis i… (read more)

I am using a local library and it comes to me that I find some activities that occur whilst working on my daily tasks and wonder, I would really like to run a diagnosis in my tasks and activities and check if there are no spams running me dry.

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How can I make firefox quit rearrainging tiles in new tab?

Each time I get my tiles arraigned the way I want them, firefox screws them up, re-arraigning them in ways I don't want, and adding ones I do not want and did not ask to … (read more)

Each time I get my tiles arraigned the way I want them, firefox screws them up, re-arraigning them in ways I don't want, and adding ones I do not want and did not ask to be displayed on a new tab.

And while I'm at it, QUIT re-arraigning things in the settings. I used to be able to find passwords and other settings without having to search for them. All you're doing is arraignment the chairs on the Titanic! Each time I get used to particular settings, you guys come in and decide to screw things up, changing them in ways that few if anyone asked to have changed up. STOP IT!

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Preferred Choice for Saved Passwords depending on Domain

Hey folks and folkins. I save all my passwords to my firefox. I created a password for privileged access to my firefox at configuration time at some service. Recently (ab… (read more)

Hey folks and folkins.

I save all my passwords to my firefox.

I created a password for privileged access to my firefox at configuration time at some service. Recently (about half a year ago!) I created a new user at the same service (the same domain). The new login was used two times and is now stalled to log-in. It was simply a monitoring user.

Each time I visit the domain I get prompted with the monitoring user instead. I can not simply focus the username and select my previous user from the drop-down. Nor does firefox-password learn my preference (which is a good thing, I guess).

Nonetheless: I have to delete the username, write the first character of my user and then I can select my password. I find it cumbersome since I do this multiple times a day.

Imho there are privacy solutions which could be applied. I don't see any existing options in the UI.

Sincerly, Thomas

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VPN looping between screens.

I am attempting to use your vpn. It says the I logged in successfully and that now all I have to do is turn it on. However, when I click the VPN button it displays the l… (read more)

I am attempting to use your vpn. It says the I logged in successfully and that now all I have to do is turn it on. However, when I click the VPN button it displays the lets get started, I click on that button and it takes me back to a new successfully login screen and the loop continues, endlessly.

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more and more sites, not working on firefox, work on chromium

I'm finding more and more sites no longer work using Firefox. I've confirmed all software is up to date, and tried different settings such as turning off ad , tracker and… (read more)

I'm finding more and more sites no longer work using Firefox. I've confirmed all software is up to date, and tried different settings such as turning off ad , tracker and fingerprinting protections, but nothing works. Even sites at which I have an account have stopped working. Sometimes I can still log in to the account, on others I can't even do that. If I can log in, using the account for what it's intended such as searching for and saving lists of things or following links to saved items doesn't work. I value Firefox for it's security and privacy features, and being able to sync saved information in the account and across devices, but if a site won't all that benefit disappears.

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