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Network.lna.blocking parameter since Update 152.0.5 creates an issue within commercial web app OIDC authentication and service worker reloading

Our team has already tried to fix the issue for a week now and none of the approaches seem to fix the issue. Does the Firefox dev department have any hints or clues for u… (read more)

Our team has already tried to fix the issue for a week now and none of the approaches seem to fix the issue. Does the Firefox dev department have any hints or clues for us?

Short description: Firefox network.lna.blocking blocks same-origin/loopback requests when the page is controlled by a Service Worker

Symptom: Login via OIDC fails in Firefox (the backend call after the IdP redirect is blocked). The error disappears if either network.lna.blocking=false is set or the Service Worker is disabled.

Environment: - Frontend (react) and backend run on the same machine (loopback/localhost)—no cross-network scenario. - Firefox with active network.lna.blocking (experimental Local Network Access feature, Chromium’s equivalent is Private Network Access).

Root Cause (Analysis): 1. apps/react/sw.js registers a global fetch listener via Workbox and calls workbox.core.clientsClaim(). This causes every open page to be immediately controlled by the Service Worker. 2. registerServiceWorker() is called unconditionally on every app start, regardless of authentication state—even on the login/OIDC page. 3. The app uses hash-routing (URL fragments like “#/oidc”); the login page and the rest of the app share the same document URL, so you can’t restrict the SW scope to “everything except login.” 4. Once a page is Service-Worker-controlled, every fetch—including requests not explicitly handled by Workbox routes—first goes through the SW’s fetch event (default behavior when any fetch listener is registered) before proceeding to the network if it isn’t intercepted. 5. Hypothesis: Firefox’s LNA implementation doesn’t correctly inherit the address-space classification (loopback/private/public) for SW-forwarded requests across the controlling client. A direct document fetch (loopback→loopback) is allowed, but an identical target fetch routed through the SW is blocked.

Reproduction (minimal): 1. Use Firefox with network.lna.blocking=true (the default in affected versions). 2. Load a page that registers a Service Worker with a fetch-event listener (e.g. via Workbox precacheAndRoute + clientsClaim()). 3. Ensure both the page and the target resource are served from localhost/loopback. 4. From the SW-controlled page, call fetch() against the loopback target resource → the request is blocked. 5. By comparison, the same fetch from a non-SW-controlled page succeeds. 6. Setting network.lna.blocking=false also allows the fetch to succeed under SW control.

Excluded Causes: - Different address spaces for frontend/backend (both are on the same loopback machine)—ruled out. - Misclassification due to redirect_uri or cross-origin navigation—the OIDC redirect is a top-level navigation (unaffected); only the subsequent backend call (token exchange/session validation in SsoLogin.tsx → ssoLoginSubmit) fails.

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Why on earth is it impossible to access sites like Newgrounds on Firefox but works fine on anything else?

Heyo! So, I've had this ongoing issue with Firefox for quite some time around trying to access the Newgrounds website, but failing to do so. I have tried several things s… (read more)

Heyo! So, I've had this ongoing issue with Firefox for quite some time around trying to access the Newgrounds website, but failing to do so. I have tried several things such as disabling the enhanced tracking setting, disabling DNS over HTTPS, forcing cookies and third-party popups to be allowed but that does not work what so ever and disabling enhanced tracking is greyed out so it's not even clickable to toggle off.

One thing that did work was to use the built-in VPN, but I really don't want to constantly have to use a VPN to browse one singular site every time I want to access it. So now for the question. Has anyone else experienced this? And if you have, how did you solve it if at all?

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a website (e.g. olivegarden.com) automatically redirects to the country-specific website

I am trying to browse a particular website (olivegarden.com), but it automatically redirects me to the country-specific website (olivegarden.ca). I have tried it on diffe… (read more)

I am trying to browse a particular website (olivegarden.com), but it automatically redirects me to the country-specific website (olivegarden.ca). I have tried it on different browsers but I get the same result. It does not do it for Amazon or other websites for example. When I use a VPN, I have no problem accessing the .com website. Do I need to adjust the settings on Firefox or is this an issue with Olive Garden? I have reached out to them but so far they are unable to help me.

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Google not working

Google has not worked on Firefox for me for the last 2-3 days and always gives the same error message: " The connection has timed out. The server at www.google.co.uk is t… (read more)

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This issue only exists in Firefox, not in Opera or Edge. I have tried clearing the cache, using using Troubleshoot Mode, changing proxy settings to No Proxy, disabling antivirus, restarting the browser, and restarting my PC. None of these have made any difference, not even a slightly different error message. Google does, however, still work on my Firefox for Android.

As far as I can tell so far, Google is the only website affected by this issue, every other website works fine. Gmail and YouTube also still work fine, it's really only Google search.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

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Can't Load Website Due To cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi

Hi, I am trying to go to a particular website and I get this error message in different browsers including Firefox and my android smart phone. What does this mean? Is the… (read more)

Hi,

I am trying to go to a particular website and I get this error message in different browsers including Firefox and my android smart phone. What does this mean? Is there a problem with his website.

Thank you, Amy

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Any thoughts? i've deleted cache/browser history, cookies, un-installed and re-installed. I have the firefox is up to date message. I am using FIrefox 151.0.3 64 bit Using windows 11 Home version 25H2

I use Google as my default search engine in firefox.

Thanks

Ryan

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a verification page with old looking captcha visuals now required to open firefox

Whenever I now try open firefox, i get a verification page with old looking captcha visuals that is required to open firefox. Why and how do I remove that. About this p… (read more)

Whenever I now try open firefox, i get a verification page with old looking captcha visuals that is required to open firefox. Why and how do I remove that.


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How to unfreeze Firefox on iphone 13 which is blocked by citadeltrf.com?

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Privacy Policy from TD Bank (https://easyweb.td.com) appears at the bottom of every page

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If I turn off Enhanced Tracking Protection the problem seems to stop.

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CompuServe access issue

Up until today (3/26) , accessing CompuServe (AOL) mail was not an issue. Now , getting to the site is OK , but when it attempts to access the mail , I get: Firefox Can’… (read more)

Up until today (3/26) , accessing CompuServe (AOL) mail was not an issue. Now , getting to the site is OK , but when it attempts to access the mail , I get:


Firefox Can’t Open This Page

To protect your security, compuserve.com will not allow Firefox to display the page if another site has embedded it. To see this page, you need to open it in a new window.

What changed overnight? After getting the message , if I click on Mail , it works just fine. There is also a similar message when closing the page , but not every time.

Any clues?

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Google AI overview not appearing on any search query but only appears in a private window google search

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Unable to access email page on Windows 11 P.C. although internet operating ok.

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