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When I click link in email or other ddocument my Firefox home page opens

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I am running the Firefox 117.0 browser on my MacBook Pro that is running macOS 13.5.1.

This problem has just started, possibly when I recently updated to Firefox 117.0.

When I click on a link in an email or another document my Firefox home page opens. I have to go back to the link and click it a second time to get the desired webpage to open.

This is...well...annoying; and it wastes time.

Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.

I am running the Firefox 117.0 browser on my MacBook Pro that is running macOS 13.5.1. This problem has just started, possibly when I recently updated to Firefox 117.0. When I click on a link in an email or another document my Firefox home page opens. I have to go back to the link and click it a second time to get the desired webpage to open. This is...well...annoying; and it wastes time. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.

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Could be about this longstanding bug on Mac when you open an external link when Firefox is not running.

  • 1818194 - Tab does not open when clicking on link in external application and Firefox is closed

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Modified by cor-el

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This should be fixed in the latest Nightly (Bug 1850828). It would be super helpful if you could install it and test to confirm that it works.

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Thank you zeroknight. Will do.