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Desktop version update to 157.0.1 acted like a fresh install. Prompted me to import from previous browser. Firefox was my previous browser. I have my bookmarks backed up, but lost all my tab groups, which is a huge problem to try and recreate. Lost downloaded themes. Lost downloaded extensions. Why did this happen? I can't imagine it was by design.

Yesterday (10/1/26) Firefox went through SEVERAL updates to v.157.0. Now, it behaves extremely buggy and locks up if I try to open more than one window. It was never this pathetic! I want to revert back to the previous version. Yes, I am running Win10.

Also, now it will not even close properly. I have to go into program manager to kill all of the subprocesses that have spawned. I DON'T LIKE THIS VERSION AT ALL!!!!!

when updating from 154.0 to 157.0 I get a pop up window saying there is a helper that needs to be installed, but when I input my admin account details it gets stuck and won't continue the update (Firefox appears frozen in Activity monitor). The only way to sort this out seems to stop any updates by issuing the command:

rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/Mozilla/updates

from a terminal window. This way I can restart Firefox, but it did not update of course. Is there any solution to this? Thank you !

I have auto-update enabled on my desktop (Windows 10) but the browser still has a popup message that asks me to "restart to install updates" every time I open it. It says the updates install successfully, but next time I go on Firefox it wants me to close and reopen the app again. Auto-updates are, as stated, enabled, and it should be able to update in the background, but it doesn't. Is it something wrong with my instance of Firefox, or maybe my desktop has some settings wrong?? I have disabled and re-enabled auto-updates, and restarted my computer, just to get the basic fixes out of the way lol. The updates work just fine on my laptop (also Windows 10) btw.

Thanks for looking!

I would like to report abuse of Firefox users. The twice per session Update Bug has finally driven me to another browser. Mozilla has strayed far from it's user friendly heritage. I am so feed up I have moved on.

Why will vers 156 not upgrade properly. it seems to find a file that is limiting them to max/min 155.01. How can I download 155.01 again so I don't have to use Chrome?

I use the link provided in firefox help. It provides a window with a link to download a new version. but I click on the link, get an update window. I click on the download now and the download doesn't happen. It just sits there showing 0 bytes downloaded. How to update?

I have the latest version of Mozilla Firefox 155.0.Every time i update to latest version my Norton 360 for Gamers antivirus Safe Web application blocks the update process and i report it as False Positive and Mozilla Firefox updates ok. I have attached and image of Norton's Safe Web application analysis. Also,have submitted this issue to Norton using their Report False Positive form and have not had a reply yet. Thank you

'I cannot access anything unless I turn off computer and restart... Moz/firefox started updating and then stopped...ugh...I liked my PC the way it was... I use a Windows 7 pro and everything worked till y'all started trying to sync devices for me!!! What in the God's creation is Happening??

When I open Firefox, the profile I open with will open perfectly normally to version 153.0.4 and says it is up to date. However, if I open a different profile, that one will say it "Firefox is being updated by another instance". I can quit the app and change which profile I open first, and that profile will be 'up to date', and the other one will be 'being updated'.

I already went through quitting all pending tasks in task manager and restarting my device, as well as deleting and redownloading the app. This is really slowing down my processing speed while I work! Please help. I really don't want to lose my profiles.