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I have had it with Firefox playing cop. I really have. I have a site that I visit frequently but these past two updates have now broken my ability to sign into the site at all, even in private mode. All I get is the shield and human icons with the strike-through and the error message on the user name/password field that says: This Connection Is Not Secure. Logins Entered Here Could Be Compromised. Learn More.

I've hit the escape button, tried private windows, done everything I can including resetting which was my last resort and which I hate doing, there's no more whitelist, no way to bypass anything, this is totally unacceptable that I cannot get past this. Firefox is becoming more useless to me as they try to become more and more in control of what I can and cannot do. If there is no override to this, then I have to find a different browser because it's pretty useless to use one browser for some sites and another for other sites, don't you think? So if someone has a workaround for this problem, can you please tell me what it is?

Hi can somebody help me please? Sitting here on Christmas Eve at work trying to fix Firefox.

In a nutshell I have a really really annoying bug with Firefox which is going to cause me to pull all my hair out.

In the past the program used to check for updates and it used to work fine during this procedure.

Lately though I've been experiencing a really strange bug.

Whenever Firefox checks for updates the browser then cannot load a single webpage or anything while it is checking. Sometimes the checks can take around 3-5 minutes to complete.

Any videos or streams come to an eventual halt.

I have tried tweak a few settings in about:config such as app.update.interval

I have tried uninstalling and re-installing the browser - No change. This still happens usually about 5-8 times a day.

This computer is used for medical emergencies for our clients. We need a full functioning browser. I thought Firefox was that browser but I am beginning to think about installing something else now.

In these situations lives could be put at risk and I want to remedy this problem now before the new year. I imagine we will have a lot of patients coming in. I need to quickly submit forms at times and I really need a stable browser.

a) Can I turn off updates? I would prefer to check manually for updates once a week or so via Help -> About b) Can I reduce the frequency of the checks for updates? c) Is this going to be a normal feature for Firefox from now on?

Greetings. I can't open most sites I usually visit (even google.com) via my Firefox 98.0a1. This happens since today. All error codes are SEC_ERROR_LIBRARY_FAILURE.

Tried to:

• Disable DNS-over-HTTPS.
• Disable HTTP/3.
• Disable proxy (never had it enabled anyway).
• Disable sending info to Firefox developers.
• Change settings of DNS-over-HTTPS.
• Restart the browser (after each action).

Nothing helps me... But I still can visit some websites, but most common resources are not working for me. Please help me because I can't use Microsoft Edge without getting mentally ill. :/

Walmart website no longer works properly with latest Firefox 96.0.2 64-bit. It works properly with Chrome and other browsers. You can log onto the site and search for products but when you try to add a product to the cart nothing happens. You also can't actually go to the cart. Last time I used Walmart was a few weeks ago and everything worked fine!

Hi there,

I'm using my PC for local web development. I use Firefox as my regular browser and recently, in order to distinguish between personal time and development time, I've established a new profile just for development purposes.

The local website I can't reach is "site.local.dev". My OS is Ubuntu 20.04 and that URL points to a local IP on my network (resolved via /etc/hosts file on my PC).

Funny thing is that: - In dev-profile: site.local.dev does not work => "Unable to connect" and the URL bar shows https://site.local.dev even if I force it to http:// - In personal-profile: site.local.dev does work :P

I have tried with CLI tools like "wget", "hosts", "ping", "telnet" and so on and the site loads ok. Even I have used Dillo (damn simple web browser) and the site loads ok also.

Things I've tried so far: - Suggestions at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-cant-load-websites-other-browsers-can - Suggestions at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1011327 (similar issue, not exactly the same).

It must be a silly thing but I'm out of options now. Perhaps anybody has faced to this situation in the past: any suggestion on this issue?.

Thanks in advance, Ibon.

Hi,

I'm having a really strange problem.

I'm using Firefox on WIN 11 with my new LG laptop.

When I access a website's drop-down menu, it does not offer me options that I can make a selection.

I know that it's missing the 2 options - because when I try it on other PCs - it works fine. So the behaviour is different (and works) on other computers.

And the stranger thing is; it also does not offer the options when I tried it with Chrome and Edge.

I tried clearing the history and cache - and it still gives the same behaviour.

I called the Tech Support of the website - and they said it's clearly a problem with my specific PC. I would tend to agree with them - because I can access their site without any issues on other PCs.

I can't figure out what's in common amongst the 3 browsers I tried on this LG laptop. The only thing I found in common is this laptop!

Any ideas - any thing I can try next? Really driving me nuts...  :)

mjl

I can't access certain websites when I attempt to leave feedback. I'm told to remove blocking. I clicked on the shield and turned off Enhanced Tracking Protection on those sites. I also added the sites to the Exceptions list in Privacy & Security (Manage Exceptions). My Browser Privacy Settings are: Custom Choose which trackers and scripts to block. ✓Cookies: Cross-site Tracking Cookies ✓Tracking content: Only in Private Windows ✓Cryptominers ✓Fingerprinters

But I still can't access the sites.

Which settings do I need to change so I don't get blocked by the websites?

I have used Firefox to access a site for an online bank, Synchrony. I was able to establish an account at this site and access my information. Now I sometimes can use the site but more often receive an error message, "Access Denied You don't have permission to access "http://auth.synchronybank.com/account/login" on this server. Reference #18.d4eb7068.1649606742.54b71ed."

When I spoke with someone in the Tech Support group for the bank she said the problem was with Firefox and not something they could address. I am able to get to my account using Microsoft Edge, as I have to to get to another site, Shockwave.com.

I much prefer using Firefox than switching browsers for certain sites. I would appreciate if someone at Mozilla investigate these anomalies and determine the appropriate fox within the app. I don't know what changes were made in Firefox when it was updated to my current version, 99.0 64-bit.

Thank you.

Since Firefox 98, whenever a file is downloaded or a page is captured (using add-on Page Saver WE) a display/pop-up appears in the top right-hand corner of the screen (or possibly under the 'Display Download Progress 'button'). Previously, this prompt/display/pop-up would disappear after a few seconds. Now it stays there until there is a mouse click anywhere on the screen (including outside the Firefox window). This is presumably a bug and it is also extremely irritating. Please change this back to the way it used to be (disappearing after a few seconds) or provide an option to specify how long the prompt/display/pop-up should be visible - like the 'new mail' prompt from Thunderbird. Many thanks.

my pc had friend so when i got a new one i lost all of my firefox data, how can i get all of it back so i was forced to start all over, i lost all my, bookmarks, tabs, history and saved passwords

Every week, for work, I need to download at least one large video file from Microsoft OneDrive and then upload it to YouTube. (These are MP4s in the range of 200 - 800 MB.) For the last couple of months, maybe longer, the download keeps failing in Firefox. When I switch to Chrome, the same MP4 downloads with no problem.

Any idea what might be going on? Usually the file starts downloading just fine; I see the bar gradually filling up in the notification area, but then it suddenly stops and says "Failed." If I retry, the same thing just happens again.

I'm not using any kind of download manager (that I'm aware of), just relying on Firefox's default download behavior when I click on the "Download" link on the OneDrive web page (sample URL: https://olucdenver-my.sharepoint.com/personal/YADA_YADA/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=LONG_QUERY_STRING_HERE).

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Dan

im afraid to download anything. i should not have to download firefox browser, i have been using this acct for years. i tried to update ccleaner last nite and windows defender caught a trojan but removed it right away all other places i have been were fine today what happened to my firefox and duckduck go etc

Firefox keeps disabling addons randomly, some of them are made by mozilla even. I am getting them from the official addon site so they shouldn't be illegitimate ones. Let me know what information about my install I can give to help.

OS version: windows 22000.593 Firefox version: 99.0.1 (64-bit)

After recent latest update 99.0.1 Mozilla is slow to start. It seems to hang. I use Google as my homepage. Am Windows 7, 64 bit. I tried refresh and made Mozilla my home page. No difference. Chrome opens fine. Was really disappointed with refresh. It dropped a number of icons for shortcuts on my desktop - ????? which were a real pain to replace because making shortcuts with Mozilla is not possible without changing the User Account Control setting in Control Panel which I was unaware of but found after searching for 1/2 hour. I have no idea when this changed nor why it did on the Mozilla side because I have been using Windows 7 for 12 years. I am sending this using Chrome as my browser.

Hello,

Every time I use google search I get this empty white space at the bottom of the page (look at the pic). It started happening today. I tried many things to fix it but nothing worked. Can you help me?

PS: This happens only if I'm logged in to google with my google account. If I'm not then I don't have this problem.

Thanks in advance.

Since upgrading to Firefox 99.0.1 when I bookmark a web page into a specific folder, the URL does not appear when I open that folder. A restart of Firefox does not fix the issue.

But if I try to Bookmark the same page again, I am asked to edit it. So it must be in the folder but it is not visible! Help!

Hi,

I recently spent hours troubleshooting, reinstalling the browser + addons, editing profiles + themes, etc. and isolated the problem to the Firefox Color addon (v2.1.7).

When using the following custom theme the bookmarks toolbar does not show up, and the Extensions or Themes sections under settings do not work. Sync does not seem to work correctly too.

https://color.firefox.com/?theme=XQAAAAKHAQAAAAAAAABBqYhm849SC...

I believe this only started happening recently (within the past updates on or before 99.0.1).

Does anyone know if there's a bug in the recent Firefox update or if something else is the issue?

Thanks, HC

Hello,

I have been having an issue for quite some time. Firefox will not connect to the web socket for Facebook chat and therefor not allowing a connection to happen. I have cleared all data and re-installed the app, I think it may be a deeper issue than just Firefox because all browsers get the same error.

This is the error I get.

Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=7873618333663231&cid=785d5de3-c690-4be4-b0d5-262e64649b75. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://gateway.facebook.com/ws/realtime?x-dgw-appid=2220391788200892&x-dgw-appversion=0&x-dgw-authtype=1%3A0&x-dgw-version=5&x-dgw-uuid=526675410&x-dgw-tier=prod&x-dgw-app-stream-group=group1. Z-rsazxiBr_.js:49:83 GETwss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=6596049516888063&cid=e3f28f81-083c-4340-ad80-62fc670df260 [HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request 186ms]

Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=6596049516888063&cid=e3f28f81-083c-4340-ad80-62fc670df260. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=7944747563876351&cid=785d5de3-c690-4be4-b0d5-262e64649b75. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 The connection to wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=7944747563876351&cid=785d5de3-c690-4be4-b0d5-262e64649b75 was interrupted while the page was loading. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://gateway.facebook.com/ws/realtime?x-dgw-appid=2220391788200892&x-dgw-appversion=0&x-dgw-authtype=1%3A0&x-dgw-version=5&x-dgw-uuid=526675410&x-dgw-tier=prod&x-dgw-app-stream-group=group1. Z-rsazxiBr_.js:49:83 GETwss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=4218782501306367&cid=e3f28f81-083c-4340-ad80-62fc670df260 [HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request 127ms]

Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=4218782501306367&cid=e3f28f81-083c-4340-ad80-62fc670df260. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://gateway.facebook.com/ws/realtime?x-dgw-appid=2220391788200892&x-dgw-appversion=0&x-dgw-authtype=1%3A0&x-dgw-version=5&x-dgw-uuid=526675410&x-dgw-tier=prod&x-dgw-app-stream-group=group1. Z-rsazxiBr_.js:49:83 GETwss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=580630234529791&cid=785d5de3-c690-4be4-b0d5-262e64649b75 [HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request 143ms]

Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=580630234529791&cid=785d5de3-c690-4be4-b0d5-262e64649b75. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://gateway.facebook.com/ws/realtime?x-dgw-appid=2220391788200892&x-dgw-appversion=0&x-dgw-authtype=1%3A0&x-dgw-version=5&x-dgw-uuid=526675410&x-dgw-tier=prod&x-dgw-app-stream-group=group1. Z-rsazxiBr_.js:49:83 Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=1702717372235775&cid=e3f28f81-083c-4340-ad80-62fc670df260. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 The connection to wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=1702717372235775&cid=e3f28f81-083c-4340-ad80-62fc670df260 was interrupted while the page was loading. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 GETwss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=4160831585517567&cid=785d5de3-c690-4be4-b0d5-262e64649b75 [HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request 126ms]

Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=4160831585517567&cid=785d5de3-c690-4be4-b0d5-262e64649b75. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://gateway.facebook.com/ws/realtime?x-dgw-appid=2220391788200892&x-dgw-appversion=0&x-dgw-authtype=1%3A0&x-dgw-version=5&x-dgw-uuid=526675410&x-dgw-tier=prod&x-dgw-app-stream-group=group1. Z-rsazxiBr_.js:49:83 GETwss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=3873618618482687&cid=e3f28f81-083c-4340-ad80-62fc670df260 [HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request 131ms]

Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=3873618618482687&cid=e3f28f81-083c-4340-ad80-62fc670df260. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://gateway.facebook.com/ws/realtime?x-dgw-appid=2220391788200892&x-dgw-appversion=0&x-dgw-authtype=1%3A0&x-dgw-version=5&x-dgw-uuid=526675410&x-dgw-tier=prod&x-dgw-app-stream-group=group1. Z-rsazxiBr_.js:49:83 Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=903251371229183&cid=785d5de3-c690-4be4-b0d5-262e64649b75. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 The connection to wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=903251371229183&cid=785d5de3-c690-4be4-b0d5-262e64649b75 was interrupted while the page was loading. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 GETwss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=8019361050656767&cid=e3f28f81-083c-4340-ad80-62fc670df260 [HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request 121ms]

Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://edge-chat.facebook.com/chat?region=atn&sid=8019361050656767&cid=e3f28f81-083c-4340-ad80-62fc670df260. 3_ei1eKe6_V.js:18:1305 Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://gateway.facebook.com/ws/realtime?x-dgw-appid=2220391788200892&x-dgw-appversion=0&x-dgw-authtype=1%3A0&x-dgw-version=5&x-dgw-uuid=526675410&x-dgw-tier=prod&x-dgw-app-stream-group=group1. Z-rsazxiBr_.js:49:83

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Hello,

yes I know that version 3.6.28 is quite outdated now :) What is 20 years comparing to life on earth.. :)

Thing is that I need exactly this version of firefox because only with this version important web project works and now it is impossible to connect to server because I think TLS 1.0 not supported on server any more and old firefox can not handle the new one (do not know for sure, this is my opinion). So now I have very serious problem as I can not use needed web resource and deadline is tomorrow :(

So questions as follows: 1. Is there a way to force to work firefox 3 with web address https://varzybos.bki.lt 2. Maybe I can use non https:// version if all certificates are turned off in some way ?

I tried to add exception, then tried to play with various config option, nothing helped. So at this moment I am desperate.

Thank you so much.