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Reopening Firefox with the same tabs

emailmesteve
emailmesteve
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Over the past few updates, I’ve noticed an issue with Firefox where it no longer restores my previous session when reopening the browser.

I normally keep four tabs pinned and about five additional tabs open for browsing and work. In the past, I could simply click the X to close Firefox, and when I reopened it, all my tabs that are pinned and unpinned would automatically come back. Recently, this stopped happening. Now, if I close Firefox, it opens with a fresh window instead of restoring my previous tabs.

I’ve already checked the setting under General/Startup, and Open previous windows and tabs is enabled. Because of this issue, I avoid closing Firefox entirely, since rebuilding all my tabs each time has become a hassle.

Is there a way to fix this? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks :)

Over the past few updates, I’ve noticed an issue with Firefox where it no longer restores my previous session when reopening the browser. I normally keep four tabs pinned and about five additional tabs open for browsing and work. In the past, I could simply click the X to close Firefox, and when I reopened it, all my tabs that are pinned and unpinned would automatically come back. Recently, this stopped happening. Now, if I close Firefox, it opens with a fresh window instead of restoring my previous tabs. I’ve already checked the setting under General/Startup, and Open previous windows and tabs is enabled. Because of this issue, I avoid closing Firefox entirely, since rebuilding all my tabs each time has become a hassle. Is there a way to fix this? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks :)

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jonzn4SUSE
jonzn4SUSE
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Yes, I also have several tabs pinned and they are a must in all browsers I run. see screenshot There has been a session restore issue with Firefox for sometime, but you can restore as long as your sessions files have not been reset. What do you have Firefox doing when you close it? see screenshot

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Could you check whether either of these are available (not hidden or grayed out):

  • "3-bar" menu button > History > Restore Previous Session
  • (menu bar or Alt+S) History > Restore Previous Session

If they are missing or grayed or you used either one, the next thing to check is either:

  • "3-bar" menu button > History > Recently Closed Windows
  • (menu bar or Alt+S) History > Recently Closed Windows

If you find the missing window on the closed list, one of two things happened:

(A) A different window closed after your main window while Firefox was shutting down.

But usually you would know this because the other window typically doesn't close itself.

(B) Firefox never shut down because a different window (not visible on screen?) kept Firefox open.

Sometimes Firefox saves wacky coordinates for a window that positions it offscreen, while other times, a window moves to a different Windows desktop.

Either way, check Firefox View to see whether there's a non-visible window on the Open Tabs panel: Firefox View - Access pages from open tabs, recently closed tabs, tabs from other devices and browsing history.

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