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When relaunching FF all windows are invisible and inaccessible

Hi folks My configuration: MacOS Tahoe FF 15.4.0 When I relaunched FF after restarting the Mac, in the Windows menu all the pages from the previous session were listed bu… (read more)

Hi folks My configuration: MacOS Tahoe FF 15.4.0 When I relaunched FF after restarting the Mac, in the Windows menu all the pages from the previous session were listed but none appeared when I tried selecting them. They must be hidden somewhere. I tried several work-arounds. The one that gives a result is by selecting in the View menu the Enter Full Screen item, then try to go back to a normal view which is a pain in the neck. Is there a clean method to make all those windows come back to their normal position and if possible preventing FF from doing this in the first place? TIA Nick

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u have asked how to stop Firefox from keeping saying firefox id running but not responding. I have gotten some answers but i need to let you know this is what i … (read more)

u have asked how to stop Firefox from keeping saying firefox id running but not responding. I have gotten some answers but i need to let you know this is what i have in my task manager you will se the photo there is also one at the top plus i have all these profiles the one in bllue now i saw where it said to place.sqlite and rename it old i also took out parent lock and it is still happening all the time so what can anyone k help me stop this

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Why does firefox go fullscreen randomly on its own?

For at least a few months now, my browser will suddenly and randomly go fullscreen all by itself. I can't exit it, and then it goes back to normal after at most a minute… (read more)

For at least a few months now, my browser will suddenly and randomly go fullscreen all by itself. I can't exit it, and then it goes back to normal after at most a minute. It hasn't happened in at least a week. But today, it froze like that, not responding. I quit firefox, waited a bit, then restarted it. It went fullscreen and froze again. I waited at least 10min and it then went back to normal and responded again. It only happens when using firefox. I've done virus scans, etc, and it still keeps happening. Please help. Thanks.

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Videos causing tabs to freeze

Whenever I click any link that will play a video in a video playing website such as YouTube, Instagram or TikTok, it will cause the entire tab to glitch out and freeze in… (read more)

Whenever I click any link that will play a video in a video playing website such as YouTube, Instagram or TikTok, it will cause the entire tab to glitch out and freeze in on the page it was on before I clicked the link.. The entire tab completely freezes and never unfreezes itself, with the cursor having whatever appearance it had when the page froze, and being unable to click anything. The only thing it can do is type a new URL into the search bar, but the search button/enter bar is also ineffective, so I'm stuck on a frozen webpage unless I close the tab or change to another one. I've tried troubleshooting, fiddling with the autoplay setting and turning off extensions, none of which worked. Any ideas?

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Vertical sync screen tearing

Firefox version: 153.0.4 / Windows 11 25H2 26200.9168 Attached are images showing the performance settings and the active extensions in case any of them proves to be resp… (read more)

Firefox version: 153.0.4 / Windows 11 25H2 26200.9168

Attached are images showing the performance settings and the active extensions in case any of them proves to be responsible for the problem.

Yesterday I noticed a horizontal screen tear when scrolling down through sites like X(Twitter), YouTube, GMail, Reddit etc. I immediately checked my performance options and they were deselected. I activated them again, but this did not solve the problem, I also tried to active some layers in about:config but those were already activated. Checked Nvidia settings too, vsync is on, Edge is not affected, Chrome is not affected, even installed Waterfox to see if only Firefox-based browsers are affected, but that one was OK too.

Last resort was to refresh the Firefox installation from the uninstall utility. After the refresh and all settings/extensions got auto-reinstalled, the screen tear got fixed. I left the PC running over night and when I accessed Firefox again this morning, the screen tear problem was back. However, now, the performance options are disabled, and if I try to enable them and restart Firefox, the options get disabled again.

Would really appreciate it if anyone could provide a solution that does not involve refreshing Firefox daily.

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Firefox becomes slow and pages take longer to load after using the browser for some time

Firefox becomes noticeably slower after I have been using it for some time. Pages may take longer to load, tabs sometimes become unresponsive for a few seconds, and switc… (read more)

Firefox becomes noticeably slower after I have been using it for some time. Pages may take longer to load, tabs sometimes become unresponsive for a few seconds, and switching between multiple tabs can feel delayed.

I have already tried restarting Firefox and closing unnecessary tabs, but the issue can return after continued use. I would like to know what could be causing this performance problem and which troubleshooting steps I should try.

Could extensions, cached data, memory usage, or hardware acceleration be responsible? What Firefox settings or diagnostic information should I check to identify the cause?

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Firefox takes long to start after recent update

After updating to Firefox 138 on Windows 11, startup takes about 30 seconds. Safe Mode is faster. I tried refreshing and it did not help. Marked **bold test** and [a link… (read more)

After updating to Firefox 138 on Windows 11, startup takes about 30 seconds. Safe Mode is faster. I tried refreshing and it did not help. Marked **bold test** and [a link](https://example.org) plus {{7*7}} literal check.

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Mozilla keeps freezing with Program not responding

For the last four days every time I go to clear my history,"Program not responding" with a white a line at the top of the page with a message to close program or wait fo… (read more)

For the last four days every time I go to clear my history,"Program not responding" with a white a line at the top of the page with a message to close program or wait for response. I have tried restarting my computer with no change. If I close the program and restart I don't see a change. It seems to be intermittent. Please find out what is causing this glitch .

Thank you.

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Firefox takes about a minute to display first site, then is OK

Hello, For about two or three days now, when I launch Firefox and try to open any website, it takes maybe one minute to load the page, then the navigation is OK on every … (read more)

Hello, For about two or three days now, when I launch Firefox and try to open any website, it takes maybe one minute to load the page, then the navigation is OK on every website.

It only happens when I launch Firefox for the first time of my session. If I close it then relaunch it, it's still very swift.

I tried clear cache and remove cookies, just lost my logins lol but didn't work. I also tried with no extensions, nothing changed. Lastly I tried to set "network.captive-portal-service.enabled" to "false" in "about:config" but it didn't change anything neither.

So before I try anything else that could erase something on my profile, I'd rather ask here for some help :)

PS: running FF 153.0.4 on Debian Trixie with Mozilla repos. Only have two extensions: µblockOrigin and NoScript.

Thank you in advance!

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2 finger scrolling is incompatible with mac's "promotion"

Firefox 153.0.4 on MacOSX 26.5.2 on a 2021 M1 Macbook Pro. 2 finger scroll barely works, it's very laggy. Sometimes 3-5 seconds after the physical movement. Change: Setti… (read more)

Firefox 153.0.4 on MacOSX 26.5.2 on a 2021 M1 Macbook Pro.

2 finger scroll barely works, it's very laggy. Sometimes 3-5 seconds after the physical movement.

Change: Settings -> Displays -> Promotion (set back to 60hz) fixes it.

So far no messing with about:config settings has fixed things. Turning on / off smooth scrolling makes no difference. Turning on / off hardware acceleration doesn't change anything,

Seems like a recent bug.

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multiple 1-minute charts forcing my CPU/GPU to constantly render live data

I am running 10 or more tabs with tradevision.io showing real time stock charts running multiple 1-minute charts forcing my CPU/GPU to constantly render live data. Enabli… (read more)

I am running 10 or more tabs with tradevision.io showing real time stock charts running multiple 1-minute charts forcing my CPU/GPU to constantly render live data. Enabling Hardware Acceleration in your browser settings can help balance the load and keep things running cooler but it made no difference. Prices still freeze and I have to constantly refresh. The CPU is flat out and running hot - my laptop is a top of the range xps 16

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Tabs randomly freeze/unresponsive after resuming from sleep (Windows 11)

Hi everyone, Since updating to Firefox 129 on Windows 11, some tabs become unresponsive after my laptop wakes from sleep — no crash, no "Not Responding" warning, just fro… (read more)

Hi everyone,

Since updating to Firefox 129 on Windows 11, some tabs become unresponsive after my laptop wakes from sleep — no crash, no "Not Responding" warning, just frozen. about:processes shows the tab still running with ~0% CPU, so it's not hung, just not repainting.

Tried: disabling hardware acceleration (helps a bit), fresh profile (still happens), Troubleshoot Mode (less frequent but not gone).

Anyone else seeing this? Known WebRender/compositor bug tied to sleep/resume, or a Windows 11 power management conflict?

Thanks!

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Firefox opens 17 operations for one window eating up memory and processing power

I have a Windows 10 Pro system and Firefox continues to open up at least 17 processes for one internet window. This eats up system resources for nothing more than general… (read more)

I have a Windows 10 Pro system and Firefox continues to open up at least 17 processes for one internet window. This eats up system resources for nothing more than general web browsing. How can these processes be limited? Thank you.

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