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Hey everyone.

I decided to make a fresh windows install, and when i installed firefox as allways i logged in.

Normally when i have logged in on a fresh installation of firefox it startes with the sync and getting all my old booksmarks, add-ons, passwords etc. but this time i didn't.

I thought that was weird but didn't pay mind to it, i thought i might have needed some time to sync. After 4 hours nothing has happended yet.

things i have tried:

• Pressing Sync now under my profile
• Pressing sync now under settings
• Going to help - more techinical information - Databasen Places - Confirm integrety

The result was:

> Task: checkIntegrity + The places.sqlite database is sane + The favicons.sqlite database is sane > Task: invalidateCaches + The caches have been invalidated > Task: checkCoherence + The database is coherent > Task: expire + Database cleaned up > Task: originFrecencyStats + Recalculated origin frecency stats > Task: vacuum + Initial database size is 5120KiB + The database has been vacuumed + Final database size is 5120KiB > Task: stats + Places.sqlite size is 5120KiB + Favicons.sqlite size is 5120KiB + pragma_user_version is 66 + pragma_page_size is 32768 + pragma_cache_size is -2048 + pragma_journal_mode is wal + pragma_synchronous is 1 + History can store a maximum of 112348 unique pages + Table moz_origins has 24 records + Table moz_places has 139 records + Table moz_historyvisits has 157 records + Table moz_inputhistory has 1 records + Table moz_bookmarks has 13 records + Table moz_bookmarks_deleted has 0 records + Table moz_keywords has 0 records + Table sqlite_sequence has 1 records + Table moz_anno_attributes has 2 records + Table moz_annos has 6 records + Table moz_items_annos has 0 records + Table moz_meta has 7 records + Table moz_places_metadata has 0 records + Table moz_places_metadata_search_queries has 0 records + Table moz_places_metadata_snapshots has 0 records + Table moz_places_metadata_snapshots_extra has 0 records + Table moz_places_metadata_snapshots_groups has 0 records + Table moz_places_metadata_groups_to_snapshots has 0 records + Table moz_session_metadata has 0 records + Table moz_session_to_places has 0 records + Table moz_previews_tombstones has 0 records + Table sqlite_stat1 has 15 records + Pages sequentiality: 100 + sqlite_schema: 32KiB (1.9%), 30.1% eff. + moz_origins: 32KiB (1.9%), 2.5% eff. + sqlite_autoindex_moz_origins_1: 32KiB (1.9%), 2.3% eff. + moz_places: 32KiB (1.9%), 93.5% eff. + moz_historyvisits: 32KiB (1.9%), 10.3% eff. + moz_inputhistory: 32KiB (1.9%), 0.1% eff. + sqlite_autoindex_moz_inputhistory_1: 32KiB (1.9%), 0.1% eff. + moz_bookmarks: 32KiB (1.9%), 2.3% eff. + moz_bookmarks_deleted: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + sqlite_autoindex_moz_bookmarks_deleted_1: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_keywords: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + sqlite_autoindex_moz_keywords_1: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + sqlite_sequence: 32KiB (1.9%), 0.1% eff. + moz_anno_attributes: 32KiB (1.9%), 0.2% eff. + sqlite_autoindex_moz_anno_attributes_1: 32KiB (1.9%), 0.2% eff. + moz_annos: 32KiB (1.9%), 1.9% eff. + moz_items_annos: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_meta: 32KiB (1.9%), 0.8% eff. + moz_places_metadata: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_places_metadata_search_queries: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + sqlite_autoindex_moz_places_metadata_search_queries_1: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_places_metadata_snapshots: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_places_metadata_snapshots_extra: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_places_metadata_snapshots_groups: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_places_metadata_groups_to_snapshots: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_session_metadata: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + sqlite_autoindex_moz_session_metadata_1: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_session_to_places: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_previews_tombstones: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + sqlite_stat1: 32KiB (1.9%), 2.4% eff. + moz_places_url_hashindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 5.6% eff. + moz_places_hostindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 10% eff. + moz_places_visitcount: 32KiB (1.9%), 3.1% eff. + moz_places_frecencyindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 3.5% eff. + moz_places_lastvisitdateindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 6.3% eff. + moz_places_guid_uniqueindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 8.1% eff. + moz_places_originidindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 3.4% eff. + moz_historyvisits_placedateindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 8.3% eff. + moz_historyvisits_fromindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 3.8% eff. + moz_historyvisits_dateindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 7.3% eff. + moz_bookmarks_itemindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 0.4% eff. + moz_bookmarks_parentindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 0.4% eff. + moz_bookmarks_itemlastmodifiedindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 0.7% eff. + moz_bookmarks_dateaddedindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 0.6% eff. + moz_bookmarks_guid_uniqueindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 0.8% eff. + moz_keywords_placepostdata_uniqueindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_annos_placeattributeindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 0.2% eff. + moz_items_annos_itemattributeindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_places_metadata_placecreated_uniqueindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_places_metadata_referrerindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_places_metadata_snapshots_pinnedindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. + moz_places_metadata_snapshots_extra_typeindex: 32KiB (1.9%), 0% eff. > Task: _refreshUI

I have to many things i would like to recover... this have never been an issue before? Do anyone have some tips?

Hi, I lost firefox browser because of I setup new windows so i install again but unfortunately i cant get back my previous bookmarks settings and more. I had firefox account and i was login and sync my settings. i want my settings and all back please help. My last login was 20/5/2022. my account email: [email address removed]

Well I was about to sign in on my recently installed arch system and after entering the password it said "waiting" and then "The operation was aborted" poped up. I am using 100.0.2 version of firefox. (Note: i tried every other desktop environment on my sustem but it does have any changes). Pretty sure it's a bug and i want a solution for this. Please help me.

Thanks

I am trying to create a new Firefox account with it's own email to be separate from this Firefox account I am posting from. However, every time I try to follow the "sign up" buttons I get redirected to the login page where I enter what I want as the new account info and receive a "Primary email account required for sign in" The email I'm trying to use for my new account is NOT registered with Firefox and I am using a freshly installed version of the browser on a new PC so no extensions are interfering.

Hi,

I had to reset my computer.

I had Firefox sync on it and in the past all I’ve had to do is login and it restores history bookmarks and setting when I install it on a new or reset device

It’s not doing it this time, any advice?

Is there a way in Firefox to have quicker access to saved logins than through the menu structure? The menus are four layers deep, which is frustrating as it is difficult to remember the route when only using the feature occasionally. Some websites don't respect the Firefox Password Manager, so it sometimes becomes necessary to manually find the credentials.

Is there any way to create a bookmark to the saved login section?

Is there perhaps an add-on?

Thanks for any answers.

After a reinstallation of FIREFOX, it failed to login to sync with Firefox. My account and password input are correct. And I can login to my accout with Chrome (https://accounts.firefox.com/).

my OS: ubuntu 18.04 firefox version: 100.0.2

My system disk failed, so I had to restore it from pretty old backup, with old Firefox version installed and old profile data. Now I want to start Firefox and reopen all my recent tabs from Firefox Sync, but not from my local (old) profile. How should I proceed?

Hi, Some files, say PNG files, always download immediately. Other files ask where to be saved. In my settings, I only have about 4-6 entries, but PNG for example is not there. I deleted the handlers file and restarted. Same issue. The only thing I can think of is the fact that I'm using an account which syncs across 2-3 devices. How can I fix this issue?

Hello, I was reinstalling my OS, and I didn't create recovery code for my data to retrieve it after (which I found out after reinstalling my OS) on my Mozilla Firefox account, I had a lot of passwords, bookmarks and data that I need to recover, also for my full time job a lot of valuable data which I have lost now. I couldn't find any email address so I can address my concern directly, It's why I am posting here. Please help, I am so lost now. I can also provide you with any information needed, just let me know.

Firefox Account Email: [email]@hotmail.com Contact Email: [email]@hotmail.com

I would really appreciate your help, and hoping on resolving my concern in a timely manner.

Blagojche

Hi. I know my firefox account email: [email]@gmail.com and firefox account password: won't type it here, but i know it and have entered it successfully.

After i sign in, with the correct email and password, it states i need to access the verification code and enter it to use my firefox account. the problem is that i just reinstalled windows and the gmail password was autogenerated and stored within my firefox account. so in order for me to access my gmail to retrieve the verification code i need to access the passwords stored on my firefox account.

I have a number of autogenerated passwords related to my college assessments that are time sensitive. I need help with this urgently!

Thank you, Phillip Shields

i have re-install new windows and download fresh firefox and sign-in when i sync my account i didn't find any data (passwords , bookmarks , history , etc ... ) i found my firefox account as new

Hello I changed my laptop. I synced everything with my passed laptop. I reconnect today with my new laptop. ... I have no data, no more bookmarks, nothing ! How could it be possible ? Thx

the other day my Samsung Galaxy S21+ died on me so I was forced to re-startup my old Galaxy S10+.. and I tried to sync the my new data on my Desktop and Firefox cloud to my phone...

BUT! it synced my old data a year old data from my phone to my desktop... destroying all my changes over the past year.. THANK YOU BACKUPS! saved the day... Firefox account need the ability to clear the stored Firefox data in the cloud to prevent this from happening again.. and I found similar questions that pointed to deleting my whole account and starting fresh.. THAT IS AN INSANE IDEA... no thx.. I have too much to lose...

please consider this a feature update or request..

Hi got this error message:

1654435115415 FirefoxAccounts TRACE initializing new storage manager 1654435115416 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting fetch of json user data 1654435115418 Sync.Status INFO Resetting Status. 1654435115418 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: undefined => success.status_ok 1654435115422 Sync.SyncScheduler TRACE Setting SyncScheduler policy values to defaults. 1654435115422 Sync.SyncScheduler DEBUG Clearing sync triggers and the global score. 1654435115423 Sync.Service INFO Loading Weave 1.103.0 1654435115424 Sync.Engine.Clients DEBUG Engine constructed 1654435115425 Sync.Engine.Clients DEBUG Resetting clients last sync time 1654435115429 Sync.Engine.Addons DEBUG Engine constructed 1654435115436 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished fetch of json user data - took: 20 1654435115437 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG reading secure storage with existing: [] 1654435115437 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting fetch of user data from the login manager 1654435115444 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG secure read fetched items: ["scopedKeys","kSync","kXCS","kExtSync","kExtKbHash"] 1654435115444 FirefoxAccounts TRACE initializing of new storage manager done 1654435115478 Sync.Engine.Addons DEBUG SyncEngine initialized: addons 1654435115482 Sync.Engine.Bookmarks DEBUG Engine constructed 1654435115514 Sync.Engine.Bookmarks DEBUG SyncEngine initialized: bookmarks 1654435115517 Sync.Engine.Forms DEBUG Engine constructed 1654435115521 Sync.Engine.Forms DEBUG SyncEngine initialized: forms 1654435115523 Sync.Engine.History DEBUG Engine constructed 1654435115526 Sync.Engine.History DEBUG SyncEngine initialized: history 1654435115528 Sync.Engine.Passwords DEBUG Engine constructed 1654435115533 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG FxAccountsWebChannel registered: account_updates with origin https://accounts.firefox.com 1654435115533 Sync.Engine.Passwords DEBUG SyncEngine initialized: passwords 1654435115535 Sync.Engine.Prefs DEBUG Engine constructed 1654435115536 Sync.Engine.Prefs DEBUG SyncEngine initialized: prefs 1654435115537 Sync.Engine.Tabs DEBUG Engine constructed 1654435115538 Sync.Engine.Tabs DEBUG SyncEngine initialized: tabs 1654435115538 Sync.Engine.Tabs DEBUG Resetting tabs last sync time 1654435115555 Sync.Engine.CreditCards DEBUG Engine constructed 1654435115637 Sync.Engine.CreditCards DEBUG SyncEngine initialized: creditcards 1654435115651 Sync.Engine.Extension-Storage DEBUG Engine constructed 1654435115735 Sync.Engine.Extension-Storage DEBUG SyncEngine initialized: extension-storage 1654435115736 Sync.Service INFO Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:101.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/101.0 1654435115740 Sync.AddonsReconciler INFO Registering as Add-on Manager listener. 1654435115740 Sync.AddonsReconciler DEBUG Adding change listener. 1654435115741 Sync.Engine.History.Tracker INFO Adding Places observer. 1654435115751 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG FxAccountsProfileClient: Initialized 1654435115752 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG FxAccountsProfileClient: Requested profile 1654435115752 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken enter 1654435115753 FirefoxAccounts TRACE getCachedToken returning cached token 1654435115753 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken returning a cached token 1654435115754 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://profile.accounts.firefox.com/v1/profile 1654435115764 FirefoxAccounts INFO fetching updated device list 1654435115776 Sync.Service DEBUG User-Agent: Firefox/101.0 (Linux x86_64) FxSync/1.103.0.20220530192118.desktop 1654435115777 Sync.Service INFO Starting sync at 2022-06-05 15:18:35 in browser session rSwzzIoqCLB3 1654435115777 Sync.Service DEBUG In sync: should login. 1654435115777 Sync.Service INFO User logged in successfully - verifying login. 1654435115779 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG unlockAndVerifyAuthState already has (or can fetch) sync keys 1654435115779 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: success.login => success.status_ok 1654435115780 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: success.status_ok => error.login.failed 1654435115780 Sync.Service DEBUG Fetching unlocked auth state returned success.status_ok 1654435115780 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Getting sync key 1654435115781 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Getting a sync token from: https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.0/sync/1.5 1654435115781 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG Getting a token using OAuth 1654435115781 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken enter 1654435115781 FirefoxAccounts TRACE getCachedToken returning cached token 1654435115781 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken returning a cached token 1654435115782 Services.Common.TokenServerClient DEBUG Beginning OAuth token exchange: https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.0/sync/1.5 1654435115782 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.0/sync/1.5 1654435115798 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/devices 1654435115878 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.0/sync/1.5 200 1654435115878 Services.Common.TokenServerClient DEBUG Got token response: 200 1654435115878 Services.Common.TokenServerClient DEBUG Successful token response 1654435115879 Sync.BulkKeyBundle INFO BulkKeyBundle being created for undefined 1654435115879 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: success.status_ok => success.login 1654435115879 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => success.status_ok 1654435115880 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG _findCluster returning https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.5/4/ 1654435115880 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG Cluster value = https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.5/4/ 1654435115880 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG Setting cluster to https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.5/4/ 1654435115880 Sync.Service DEBUG Caching URLs under storage user base: https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.5/4/ 1654435115882 FirefoxAccounts INFO Already fetching device list, return existing promise 1654435115987 Sync.Resource DEBUG GET fail 401 https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.5/4/info/collections 1654435115987 Sync.Resource WARN GET request to https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.5/4/info/collections failed with status 401 1654435115987 Sync.Service WARN 401: login failed. 1654435115987 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG _findCluster has a pre-existing clusterURL, so fetching a new token token 1654435115987 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Getting sync key 1654435115988 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Getting a sync token from: https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.0/sync/1.5 1654435115988 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG Getting a token using OAuth 1654435115988 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken enter 1654435115988 FirefoxAccounts TRACE getCachedToken returning cached token 1654435115988 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken returning a cached token 1654435115988 Services.Common.TokenServerClient DEBUG Beginning OAuth token exchange: https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.0/sync/1.5 1654435115988 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.0/sync/1.5 1654435116004 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.0/sync/1.5 200 1654435116004 Services.Common.TokenServerClient DEBUG Got token response: 200 1654435116005 Services.Common.TokenServerClient DEBUG Successful token response 1654435116005 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: success.login => success.login 1654435116005 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: success.status_ok => success.status_ok 1654435116005 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG _findCluster returning https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.5/4/ 1654435116005 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG Cluster value = https://sync.joelmueller.ch/1.5/4/ 1654435116005 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: success.login => error.login.reason.network 1654435116005 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: success.status_ok => error.login.failed 1654435116006 Sync.ErrorHandler ERROR Sync encountered a login error 1654435116006 Sync.SyncScheduler DEBUG Clearing sync triggers and the global score. 1654435116007 Sync.SyncScheduler DEBUG Next sync in 3600000 ms. (why=schedule) 1654435116007 Sync.Service DEBUG Exception calling WrappedLock: Error: Login failed: error.login.reason.network(resource://services-sync/service.js:1037:15) JS Stack trace: onNotify@service.js:1037:15 1654435116008 Sync.Service DEBUG Not syncing: login returned false. 1654435116009 FirefoxAccounts INFO Already fetching device list, return existing promise 1654435116010 FirefoxAccounts INFO Already fetching device list, return existing promise 1654435116260 FirefoxAccounts INFO Already fetching device list, return existing promise

My firefox-syncstroage.toml looks like this

1. Example MySQL DSN:

database_url = "mysql://firefox:XXX@localhost/syncstorage_rs"

1. Example Spanner DSN:
2. database_url="spanner://projects/SAMPLE_GCP_PROJECT/instances/SAMPLE_SPANNER_INSTANCE/databases/SAMPLE_SPANNER_DB"

"limits.max_total_records"=1666 # See issues #298/#333 master_secret = "TOKEN"

1. removing this line will default to moz_json formatted logs (which is preferred for production envs)

human_logs = 1

1. enable quota limits

enable_quota = 0

1. set the quota limit to 2GB.
2. max_quota_limit = 200000000

1. Example Tokenserver settings:

disable_syncstorage = false tokenserver.database_url = "mysql://firefox:XXX@localhost/syncstorage_rs" tokenserver.enabled = true tokenserver.fxa_email_domain = "api.accounts.firefox.com" tokenserver.fxa_oauth_server_url = "https://oauth.accounts.firefox.com/v1" tokenserver.fxa_metrics_hash_secret = "TOKEN" tokenserver.test_mode_enabled = false

1. cors settings

cors_allowed_origin = "localhost" cors_max_age = 86400

Following direction on Help Page - Trying to sync tabs, bookmarks etc from one laptop to another. In settings, devices are said to be logged in and sync set to sync pretty much everything. Clicking the menu top right - only shows my email @ the top, then New Tab etc - but nothing about "Sync Now" or "Sign In" What am I missing? TIA, Jean

Hello,

Yesterday I got signed out of my Firefox Sync and when I tried logging in, I realized I don't have Firefox in my authenticator app any longer. I have found Firefox recovery codes, which were issued in 2019 when I enabled 2FA, however when I try using them I get "Recovery code not found."

Can these recovery codes be used to prove my account ownership, even if I somehow generated new codes after 2019 but didn't save them (which I doubt, but it's not impossible) ?

I am not logged in on any other device so I cannot disable the 2FA that way. Is there any hope?