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I installed firefox on ubuntu 24.04 following the guidelines from https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux

I followed the direction from the section "Install Firefox .deb package for Debian-based distributions", adding the https://packages.mozilla.org/apt repository, prioritizing that over firefox snap from ubunto repors and finally installing firefox.

All good, now I have the latest firefox.

Question: what entry should I add to the "Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins" section of "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades" in order to enable unattended upgrades for the mozilla repo?

Googling this got me different contradictory recommendations that did not get my system to firefox 146 until I manually run the apt update/upgrade.

Thanks!

I updated to version 146 today on Windows 10 and had to use administrator credentials. I have Mozilla Maintenance Service previously installed. I tried uninstalling MMS and then re-installed FF using full installer and selecting the custom option to install MMS. I cannot see the option in Settings..General 'Use a background service to install updates' (Screenshot attached) How can I fix this issue which has been present for some time?

trying to update old version of Firefox but seeing error code: ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap and the message "no common encryption algorithm" on a MacBook Pro with OS 10.5.8 - - not the machine I'm using in order to seek help

I can't access the Firefox password manager on my desktop Windows 10 PC. See screen shot #1 from attempt. Further investigation shows a failed update which seems to correspond to the date the access problem started per screenshot #2. Passwords are available on my IOS Phone as normal.

What should I do to restore PW access?

Thanks, Craig Lamison

Never seen this before. I installed v143.0.4 on 10/3. Since it was an extended length of time up to now, I went to check (Image 1 & 2)

I still wasn't convinced (Image 3)

Also, I never opt to "Automatically Install Updates". I don't know how that got selected, but even so, it did not work.

Explanation please?

While I'm using Firefox, I try to go to a new website and Firefox says that it's installing a new version and I need to stop what I'm doing and restart. When Firefox restarts, it forces me to create a new profile and I've lost everything I had before.

This happens two or three times a day.

I’m facing a strange issue after the recent Firefox update. Whenever I try to install or update Firefox to the latest version, the process stops midway and a small popup appears related to a “challan notification” from a website I recently visited.

After this popup appears:

The installation freezes

Automatic updates fail

Firefox sometimes restarts but remains on the old version

No error code is shown, just the interrupted update process

I have already tried:

Clearing cache & cookies

Restarting Firefox

Safe Mode

Reinstalling Firefox manually

Checking firewall/antivirus settings

But the problem still occurs.

I want to confirm:

Is any website notification (like a challan reminder or traffic-alert site) capable of interrupting Firefox updates?

Does Firefox block updates if a previous session was not closed properly due to such popups?

What is the correct method to force a clean update without affecting my browsing data?

Please guide me on how to fix this issue. Thank you!

At least once a day since Version 145 dropped Firefox has told me I need to restart to update. When I do, it shows a pop up telling my I am opening an older version of Firefox and need to create a new profile to avoid corrupting my data. Daily, sometimes twice a day I have to go in and switch profiles back to the profile that has all of my book marks. Every computer in our office has this issue now. One of them deleted a profile without prompting, and it is not even in the appdata folder with "deleteme" in front of it. It is just gone. The last update had tabs crash daily. Is there any hope of stopping the second broken update in a row from wasting my time fixing it every day?

Less a question, more a statement. On most updates (every? I don't know) I loose my dictionaries and the spellchecking does no longer work.

Also, after an update the browser just ... dies. I mean it still works but it is if I would have no internet. Usually some tabs die before the others.

So yeah, this little rant hopefully opens a ticket and you guys can check if others have the same problem.

Also if you are wondering why nobody is upgrading. Yeah, that is the reason. I try to delay it as much as possible.

Several weeks ago, Mozilla completely reset my Firefox. Removed my addons, reset my settings in about

config. I had previously changed a lot of things, specifically stopped all videos and things moving on my page. I searched the net, and changed a few things, but I still have things moving on my pages. Thanks, Mozilla, Brave is looking better everyday. Win7 115.30 oesr I am not happy. How do I send a message right to Mozilla, Hidden and impossible.