Why are some add-ons not allowed on sites restricted by Mozilla?

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  • Creator: Marcelo Ghelman
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Certain Firefox users may come across a message in the extensions panel indicating that their add-ons are not allowed on the site currently open. As of Firefox version 115, we have introduced a new back-end feature to only allow some extensions monitored by Mozilla to run on specific websites for various reasons, including security concerns.

Extensions panel with warning about add-ons not allowed on the site

Our team is working continuously to develop this functionality and to provide users the ability to manage these restrictions for each individual add-on in the future.

How can I re-enable the add-ons that are not allowed on some websites?

We understand that installing add-ons is a user choice and, as with your security, we also take this matter very seriously. If you are aware of the associated risk and still wish to allow the add-ons that have been disallowed on a website by Mozilla, you can do it from the configuration editor (about:config):

Warning: Changing advanced preferences in the configuration editor can affect Firefox's stability and security. This is recommended for advanced users only.
  1. Type about:config in the address bar and press EnterReturn.
    A warning page may appear. Click Accept the Risk and Continue to go to the about:config page.
  2. Search for the extensions.quarantinedDomains.enabled preference.
  3. If this preference does not yet exist, the options for adding it will show up:
    • Select the Boolean type.
    • Click the + button to create the preference.
  4. Click the Toggle Fx71aboutconfig-ToggleButton button next to this preference to change its value to false.
  5. Restart Firefox.