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For the last week or two I have had an issue with Firefox closing my email (yahoo business mail) tab automatically, every time I download a file from an email.

After opening emial I click to download the file, i have the settings set to ask where I want it saved, and then either while I'm selecting the destination and labeling it, or right after the tab automatically closes. It happens both ways which suggests to me it's occurring after a specified amount of time, not based on completion of an action. And it's happening every time.

MacBook Pro Firefox 102.0.1

Any idea how to stop this?

Dear Firefox,

Yesterday 1-2-23 I lost my tabs. When I tried to restore them I followed the suggestions listed in "help". I clicked on the "menu" on the top right of my browser, found the "history" and selected it. The "restore" option did not appear. On my macbook pro 2012 os 10.13.6 I had 3 "desktop" selections. I had a browser window on each of the desktops that held multiple tabs. The third "desktop" was the "dashboard" which mostly had widgets. Somehow the browser window from one of the Desktops was applied to the dashboard and when I tried to remove it the result was that it closed and was removed from all desktops.

How can I find the sessions or tabs that were present on Jan 1 or before? I'm not that tech savy and would love to be able to speak with a real person that would be able to walk me through a solution if there is a solution.

I keep a lot of tabs open, and it's not that unusual to lose my session altogether and have to restore it. This time, though, it's not letting me.

A "Restore Session" tab came up that said the following:

"Sorry. We’re having trouble getting your pages back.

We are having trouble restoring your last browsing session. Select Restore Session to try again.

Still not able to restore your session? Sometimes a tab is causing the issue. View previous tabs, remove the checkmark from the tabs you don’t need to recover, and then restore."

I usually attempt to restore from the "History" dropdown menu at the top of the screen, and it usually works on the first try. But even when it doesn't, this screen appears and gives me the option of clicking on the bright blue "Restore Session" button, and that typically does it. This time, though, the blue "Restore Session" button is much more muted in color and not responsive to clicks.

Do you have any ideas? Like I say, I keep a LOT of tabs open, and most of them serve as reminders to take care of something or other, so I really need to reopen all tabs from that previous session so I don't lose those reminders. Thanks!

RM

Hi, I'm on a Mac Pro running 10.13.6 Recently, I've been able to run a website (prowritingaid) and at the same time keep Word documents open on the screen at the same time. If I click on Word document it closes Firefox. It on Firefox, I click on the word program, firefox disappears. Please advise. It may just be a settings issue. Thanks!

Trying to view a video in Medscape. See attached screen shot. The message is "Source Not Supported".

https://capture.dropbox.com/lVRfbz3KPkZfCKmz

But it plays just fine in Chrome. Que pasa??

RDL

Recently, unable to Open Microsoft Outlook email using Firefox 100.0.1 (updated June 10th, 2022). Able to open in Safari. Prior to this incident no problem with opening Outlook.

After updating to the latest Browser, I have no music controls when I use YouTube Music. Exception trying to format object for log message: SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data(resource://services-sync/resource.js:229:21) JS Stack trace: _processResponse/<@resource.js:229:21 get@XPCOMUtils.jsm:62:51 format@Log.jsm:648:19 formatText@Log.jsm:577:44 format@Log.jsm:595:12 append@Log.jsm:688:37 append@logmanager.js:156:44 log@Log.jsm:385:16 debug@Log.jsm:405:10 observe@policies.js:866:21 observe@observers.js:135:21 notify@observers.js:87:18 notify@util.js:195:19 WrappedNotify@util.js:205:17 Log.jsm:24 Unchecked lastError value: Error: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist. webrequest.js:127 Exception trying to format object for log message: SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data(resource://services-sync/resource.js:229:21) JS Stack trace: _processResponse/<@resource.js:229:21 get@XPCOMUtils.jsm:62:51 format@Log.jsm:648:19 formatText@Log.jsm:577:44 format@Log.jsm:595:12 append@Log.jsm:688:37 append@logmanager.js:156:44 log@Log.jsm:385:16 debug@Log.jsm:405:10 observe@policies.js:866:21 observe@observers.js:135:21 notify@observers.js:87:18 notify@util.js:195:19 WrappedNotify@util.js:205:17 2 Log.jsm:24 TypeError: a.default.detectStore(...) is undefined h1-check.js:1:1301 Exception trying to format object for log message: SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data(resource://services-sync/resource.js:229:21) JS Stack trace: _processResponse/<@resource.js:229:21 get@XPCOMUtils.jsm:62:51 format@Log.jsm:648:19 formatText@Log.jsm:577:44 format@Log.jsm:595:12 append@Log.jsm:688:37 append@logmanager.js:156:44 log@Log.jsm:385:16 debug@Log.jsm:405:10 observe@policies.js:866:21 observe@observers.js:135:21 notify@observers.js:87:18 notify@util.js:195:19 WrappedNotify@util.js:205:17 Log.jsm:24 Exception trying to format object for log message: SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data(resource://services-sync/resource.js:229:21) JS Stack trace: _processResponse/<@resource.js:229:21 get@XPCOMUtils.jsm:62:51 format@Log.jsm:648:19 formatText@Log.jsm:577:44 format@Log.jsm:595:12 append@Log.jsm:688:37 append@logmanager.js:156:44 log@Log.jsm:385:16 debug@Log.jsm:405:10 observe@policies.js:866:21 observe@observers.js:135:21 notify@observers.js:87:18 notify@util.js:195:19 WrappedNotify@util.js:205:17 2 Log.jsm:24 Sync encountered an error - see about:sync-log for the log file. policies.js:963 TypeError: a.default.detectStore(...) is undefined h1-check.js:1:1301 WebGL context was lost. 2 Troubleshoot.jsm:713:17 WebGL context was lost. 2 Troubleshoot.jsm:713:17 Attempt to override an existing term: "brand-shorter-name". branding/brand.ftl Attempt to override an existing term: "brand-short-name". branding/brand.ftl Attempt to override an existing term: "brand-full-name". branding/brand.ftl Attempt to override an existing term: "brand-product-name". branding/brand.ftl Attempt to override an existing term: "vendor-short-name". branding/brand.ftl Attempt to override an existing message: "trademarkInfo". branding/brand.ftl e is undefined h0-main.js:1 Unchecked lastError value: Error: Invalid window ID: 52 h0-main.js:1 Exception trying to format object for log message: SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data(resource://services-sync/resource.js:229:21) JS Stack trace: _processResponse/<@resource.js:229:21 get@XPCOMUtils.jsm:62:51 format@Log.jsm:648:19 formatText@Log.jsm:577:44 format@Log.jsm:595:12 append@Log.jsm:688:37 append@logmanager.js:156:44 log@Log.jsm:385:16 debug@Log.jsm:405:10 observe@policies.js:866:21 observe@observers.js:135:21 notify@observers.js:87:18 notify@util.js:195:19 WrappedNotify@util.js:205:17 2 Log.jsm:24 Exception trying to format object for log message: SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data(resource://services-sync/resource.js:229:21) JS Stack trace: _processResponse/<@resource.js:229:21 get@XPCOMUtils.jsm:62:51 format@Log.jsm:648:19 formatText@Log.jsm:577:44 format@Log.jsm:595:12 append@Log.jsm:688:37 append@logmanager.js:156:44 log@Log.jsm:385:16 debug@Log.jsm:405:10 observe@policies.js:866:21 observe@observers.js:135:21 notify@observers.js:87:18 notify@util.js:195:19 WrappedNotify@util.js:205:17 4 Log.jsm:24 Sync encountered an error - see about:sync-log for the log file. policies.js:963 Element.releaseCapture() is deprecated. Use Element.releasePointerCapture() instead. For more help https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Element/releasePointerCapture menupopup.js:169:13 e is undefined h0-main.js:1 Unchecked lastError value: Error: Invalid window ID: 54 h0-main.js:1

So, the system requirements system requirements for Firefox 108.x desktop only mention macOS 10.12 (High Sierra) through macOS 12 (Monterey)

Is Firefox lacking support for the latest version of macOS 13 (macOS Ventura?)

I had multiple tabs open on firefox that I needed to check before closing. I had to restart my computer and so I closed the window, knowing that I could restore the session after the restart. However, after closing it, I realized there was another pop-up firefox window that I hadn't noticed - meaning, the multiple tabs window I closed wouldn't be saved for restoring later. I am wondering if there is a way to access that multiple tabs window now. I know I could go and check on history to collect my tabs, but these are tabs that I left open over months and it's almost impossible to find them by scrolling through months of history. Thank you!

During an initial visit to slashdot.org Firefox hangs for approx 45 seconds while the status bar says "looked up a.fsdn.com." Subsequent visits during the same browser session load promptly.

This is with Preferences -> General -> Network Settings -> Enable DNS over HTTPS -> Cloudfare or NextDNS. With Firefox DoH disabled the problem is not present. [Interesting side, the machine's systemwide DNS settings are configured for Cloudfare 1.1.1.1 ]

AFAIK all other sites load normally. I've been using the Firefox DOH for several months with only the above site as a problem.

Ideas?

Environment: Firefox desktop 106.x and 107.x macOS 10.13.6 The problem is present in "Troubleshoot Mode" when Firefox DOH is enabled.

Hello, i recently updated firefox. after reboot everything was gone,pages,bookmarks,history,passwords,everything. after the update firefox would not work so i redownloaded it.now everything is gone.i have been using firefox for years,now i cant retrieve my bookmarks,passwords or anything. so i am now afraid to use firefo as my browser as it lost years of my personal internet use and information.

need a new mail account immediately. Zohomail in India blocked my account. Cannot even communicate with them since account is frozen but seems to allow incoming emails.. Can get incoming just no outgoing. Love Firefox..been on it for years. Medical heart failure condition requires a working email account at once. Can you help ?

[personal information removed]

bold textI have locked myself out and cannot receive e-mails. Forgotmy password. Do not want to lose any bookmarks, etc. Made a mess already. Afraid to go further in trying to solve this myself. I think i did something while exploring Settings for the first time.

I recently switched to WordPress for site hosting, and set up their Titan email. It's worked fine for the first couple weeks, but yesterday after I did a routine clear cache and cookies, my email became a blank white page. The URL looks correct. Have spent several hours with WP help to no solution. Email works fine in Chrome, and all other WP functions are fine in Firefox.

Hi,

I have a problem with Firefox 102.5esr on MacOS 10.13 and storing the user-profile on a SMB-share in the intranet.

On startup I get the error "The bookmarks and history system will not be functional" and as expected, bookmarks and history are not working. Access etc. in the network are correct, I tried it with two different clients on two different servers (Linux-Server and NAS), the profile is a fresh created, deleting and recreating does not help.

If I copy the created profile on the local disk, Firefox starts without an error, bookmarks/history are working, if I copy this profile back to the SMB-share, I get back the error-message.

In the past (I don't remember when it was and which version) this was working with Firefox and today it still works with the current Thunderbird.

Any ideas?

PS: The described solutions in the KB are not working: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-bookmarks-and-history-will-not-be-functional

Thanks, kind regards, tg