Firefox can’t connect to the server at localhost:8090

I get the error message "Firefox can’t connect to the server at localhost:8090" when I try to connect. All other Internet sites load with no problems. Any suggestions for… (read more)

I get the error message "Firefox can’t connect to the server at localhost:8090" when I try to connect. All other Internet sites load with no problems.

Any suggestions for a fix will be greatly appreciated.

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Help is needed to “Restore prior sessions” before 11:00 PM on 11/08/26 if at all possible?

Hoping to restore Firefox with tabs that existed yesterday evening in two separate windows but were inadvertently lost due to mishitting “Restore prior sessions” and then… (read more)

Hoping to restore Firefox with tabs that existed yesterday evening in two separate windows but were inadvertently lost due to mishitting “Restore prior sessions” and then compounding it by thinking recent tabs were being retrieved but were replaced with older unneeded tabs instead. Submitted again to correct retrieval from incorrect (today) to yesterday 11/8/26 (correct)

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Error message, Secure connection failed

All of a sudden I cannot access several websites I have never had problems with. You error message says Secure connection failed or that that URL is too long. WTF! Why is… (read more)

All of a sudden I cannot access several websites I have never had problems with. You error message says Secure connection failed or that that URL is too long. WTF! Why is it that suddenly too many websites are off limits with you now?


Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to www.tryharitaki.com. SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. Advanced What makes the site look dangerous?

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. What can you do about it?

Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

Learn more about secure connection failures

Error Code: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG

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Help is needed to “Restore prior sessions” before 11:00 PM on 11/09/26 if at all possible?

Hoping to restore Firefox with tabs that existed yesterday evening in two separate windows but were inadvertently lost due to mishitting “Restore prior sessions” and then… (read more)

Hoping to restore Firefox with tabs that existed yesterday evening in two separate windows but were inadvertently lost due to mishitting “Restore prior sessions” and then compounding it by thinking recent tabs were being retrieved but were replaced with older unneeded tabs instead.

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Save page as Web page, Complete

I just upgraded to 158.0.1. When I do a "Save page as: Web page, Complete", why does Firefox now add a random five characters to the end of all of the filenames in the x… (read more)

I just upgraded to 158.0.1. When I do a "Save page as: Web page, Complete", why does Firefox now add a random five characters to the end of all of the filenames in the xx_files folder?? How do I stop this?

Tnx.

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Firefox built-in VPN stopped working after working fine for 10-20 hours, showing "VPN is unavailable - local laws and restrictions" error even though I haven't used up my 50GB limit.

Hello, Until about 10-20 hours ago, the Firefox built-in VPN was working fine for me. Suddenly it stopped working and I can no longer enable it. I have not used up my 50G… (read more)

Hello,

Until about 10-20 hours ago, the Firefox built-in VPN was working fine for me. Suddenly it stopped working and I can no longer enable it.

I have not used up my 50GB monthly limit.

When I try to turn the VPN on, after a few seconds I get this error:

VPN is unavailable Local laws and restrictions limits where you can use VPN

Also, when I check about:config → browser.ipProtection.enabled, I see this response:

{"subscribed":false,"uid":5956457,"maxBytes":"53687091200","limited_bandwidth":true}

Could you please check why the VPN became unavailable even though my data limit is not exhausted?

Thank you.

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Firefox is lacking support for new timezones in Canada

Canadian provinces of BC, AB, and MB are all moving to new timezones on Nov 1, 2026. Firefox still does not support any of the new timezones. This will break automatic ti… (read more)

Canadian provinces of BC, AB, and MB are all moving to new timezones on Nov 1, 2026.

Firefox still does not support any of the new timezones. This will break automatic timezone support for many applications, if not addressed immediately.

For the new timezone: Pacific Time (British Columbia): - Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone returns "Etc/GMT+8" instead of the expected value 'America/Vancouver' - new Date().getTimezoneOffset() returns 480 instead of the expected 420

There is only a few days left to address this issue. What is the rollout plan for the required updates?

Thanks.

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Request regarding the availability of Firefox's built-in VPN in Iran

Dear Firefox VPN Team, I am an ordinary Iranian user who works online for several hours every day, and I have been using Firefox for more than 20 years. As you know, in r… (read more)

Dear Firefox VPN Team,

I am an ordinary Iranian user who works online for several hours every day, and I have been using Firefox for more than 20 years. As you know, in recent years, and especially in recent months, access to the open internet has become very difficult for many users in Iran. The introduction of the built-in VPN in Firefox, and especially its fast connection speed, opened a ray of hope for Iranian users, and I am sincerely grateful to you for it.

Today, however, when I tried to use the browser's VPN again, I received a message saying that it is unavailable because of local laws and restrictions. It seems that I can no longer use this feature from Iran.

I respectfully ask you to stand with the people of Iran in these difficult times. We are ordinary people who, far from political noise and regional tensions, are simply dealing with the everyday challenges of making a living.

If this change is the result of a legal requirement, I would be grateful if you could let me know whether there is any way for users in Iran to continue using the feature, or whether it might be restored in the future. If it is a technical error, I kindly ask you to look into it.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Sincerely, Hassan

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Mozilla's Manifesto vs. Geo-blocking in Censored Regions

To the Mozilla Support and Engineering Teams, I am writing to express profound disappointment regarding the recent decision to implement GeoIP blocking against Iranian us… (read more)

To the Mozilla Support and Engineering Teams,

I am writing to express profound disappointment regarding the recent decision to implement GeoIP blocking against Iranian users on your VPN infrastructure.

The Mozilla Manifesto explicitly states that the internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible, and that individuals' security and privacy are fundamental and must not be treated as optional. By actively blocking connections from a region experiencing some of the most severe internet censorship in the world, Mozilla is directly contradicting its own core principles.

When you implement geographical blocks against Iranian IPs, you are not just managing network traffic or mitigating bandwidth usage. You are actively participating in the isolation of people who rely on secure tools to access the open web. Cutting off access to privacy tools based on geography effectively means you are doing the censors' work for them.

True internet freedom cannot be conditional on a user's country of origin. A genuine commitment to an open, secure web means protecting access for those who need it the most, not locking them out. I urge the leadership and engineering teams to reconsider this policy and actually stand by the open-internet values Mozilla claims to represent.

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Firefox 157+ crashces.

Hi! Ever since the release of version 157 and above my browser crashes almost immediately after startup. Downgrading to 156 does not crash. I have the same problem on my … (read more)

Hi!

Ever since the release of version 157 and above my browser crashes almost immediately after startup. Downgrading to 156 does not crash. I have the same problem on my desktop AND laptop.

I have tried to:

  • run without any extensions.
  • a complete reinstall
  • create a "new" profile.

After doing that and logging in to my firefox account to sync bookmarks and passwords it starts to crash again after a day or two.

I'm now assuming something is "corrupt" in my cloud profile, is there any way to reset that one while keeping my bookmarks/passwords?

Or does anyone have any idea what can be the problem.

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connectivity issues with mail.twc.com

Hello; I'm having connectivity problems with the TWC ports. They are the correct ports as per their CS and said that it could be an issue with Thunderbird connecting to t… (read more)

Hello; I'm having connectivity problems with the TWC ports. They are the correct ports as per their CS and said that it could be an issue with Thunderbird connecting to the ports. I was hoping to test them at this support site but there isn't any help except historic forum responses, which I don't know will be of help. I'm using Google to open the mail. Any ideas out there?

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Tbird is using 11GB of space on my 2019 16GB Macbookpro laptop . How do I cut it down to a minimal size and keep it that way.

Part of my problem has to do with the help aricles that direct me to a format that does not exist on myTbird ap ( 159.0)( on my Macbook pro Tahoe 26.7.1. Another problem… (read more)

Part of my problem has to do with the help aricles that direct me to a format that does not exist on myTbird ap ( 159.0)( on my Macbook pro Tahoe 26.7.1. Another problem is that I am constanly being interrupted by sluggishness occurring in last 3 days, probably from memory demands ot Tbird which is insane, I do not have that many emails and have never seen an email program using memory like this. I need accurate guidance to fix this. Help would be so appreciated.

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Thunderbird client won't fully open on my Win 11 desktop.

Thunderbird has bricked on me for the 1st time ever. It won't open my inbox. My cursor turns to the hourglass and there's a dialog that says no message found. It seems to… (read more)

Thunderbird has bricked on me for the 1st time ever. It won't open my inbox. My cursor turns to the hourglass and there's a dialog that says no message found. It seems to know it's me because I still have tabs across the top where I had open messages and also my name appears in the upper right corner. This is on my Dell Windows 11 desktop. I dont know which version of TB I have but I'm sure I have update set to auto. I just now downloaded version 159 but have not clicked install pending what I can find out here...

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