Recent answers to msg: firefox running out of disk space. But miles of space availablehttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/13353142021-05-06T13:08:49-07:00I don't think that it is a good idea to extend this storage quota.
See "space-alert-under-5gb-messag2021-05-06T13:08:49-07:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/1335314#answer-1411191<p>I don't think that it is a good idea to extend this storage quota.
</p><p>See "space-alert-under-5gb-message"
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<ul><li><a href="https://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/source/browser/locales/en-US/browser/preferences/preferences.ftl#line-1351" rel="nofollow">https://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/source/browser/locales/en-US/browser/preferences/preferences.ftl#line-1351</a>
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<p>QuotaManager::StoragePressure
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<ul><li><a href="https://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/source/browser/base/content/browser.js#line-984" rel="nofollow">https://searchfox.org/mozilla-release/source/browser/base/content/browser.js#line-984</a>
</li><li>browser.storageManager.pressureNotification.usageThresholdGB = 5
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<p>Where do you end up if you click 'Learn more'&nbsp;?
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<ul><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/storage" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/storage</a>
</li><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox</a>
</li></ul>So after a bit of searching...
I think that message indicates that Firefox is nearing its self-impos2021-05-06T12:00:14-07:00jscher2000https://support.mozilla.org/mk/questions/1335314#answer-1411176<p>So after a bit of searching...
</p><p>I think that message indicates that Firefox is nearing its self-imposed storage quota for website data (or maybe website and add-on data), which I think is calculated based on total disk space. If storage continues to grow, you'll get a different message about erasing data stored in Firefox itself, so you could just wait for that.
</p><p>I don't know how to expand the quota to avoid the message. Maybe someone else is more familiar with adjusting the storage quota manager.
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