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i been using my bank to pay my bills. but all of sudden i can't . it says my browser is outdated, but it isn't. the rest of the banking site works fine just my bill pay. and it works fine for everything else online.

Did Not Connect: Potential Security Issue

Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to google.com because this website requires a secure connection.

What can you do about it?

google.com has a security policy called HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), which means that Firefox can only connect to it securely. You can’t add an exception to visit this site.

The issue is most likely with the website, and there is nothing you can do to resolve it. You can notify the website’s administrator about the problem.

In a thread discussion about the flag, "browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory" dated 23-Nov-2022 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33706117) it was mentioned that we've disabled tab unloading on Linux because low-memory detection just didn't work.

Has the issue been fixed? Does the low-memory detection work in Linux? Can it be enabled now?

Does it get triggered when SWAP is being used? Or when system free RAM falls say to about 25% of total physical RAM?

Hello... I'm running Firefox on MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 on a 2013 MacBook Pro model A1502. It's been working great, but I just updated to Firefox 147.0.4 and I'm seeing an issue that I can't seem to attribute to anything else but the update.

The issue is that when I login to websites... Amazon, Pirate Ship, Venmo, etc... the sites keep saying that I entered the incorrect password or login. I've been using the same login info for a number of months without issue. I even tried to reset and change the password, but they are not recognizing the new password. I've tried different emails... I often have multiple accounts, one for my business and one personal... but they all have the same issue.

Again, these are sites I have been going to regularly for a while, and the issue only recently started after the most recent update.

Thank you. Paras.

Since update yesterday, new tab is empty. Whatever I do, open new tab, open new window, go to `about:newtab` manually, it does not load anything. The view is totally blank. I can navigate to other pages fine as it should though. Only New Tab view is broken. Diagnostic mode does not work. I don't have plugins that would affect New Tab anyways.

I have at least one question on the support forum which has never been answered. So I went to Bugzilla, and discovered dozens of YouTube issues under the Open/Unconfirmed status.

I can reproduce my problems. I'm sure others can reproduce their problems. Nothing is done. NOT EVEN admitting there is a problem.

If I can't use YouTube on Firefox (I can't), then why am I using FF? It is one of the biggest sites on all of the internet. But FF apparently doesn't care if it doesn't work.

What. Is. Going. On?

(See the attached image... the big blank space is where the video should display)

I admit I have a minimal machine for FF --- Win 7 pro, 2G ram but up to now it has managed---I just can't have too many large tabs open at one time. What gives with this install prob???

All of a sudden Firefox has a popup window that asks me for my primary password whenever I try to access one of my bank accounts. I'm just used to signing in with my saved password on each bank's website. Is this something new? Is there some kind of master password that can sign in to all of my accounts? I'm concerned about security issues.

Hi, on my macbookpro. Searches take minutes to load, websites take minutes to load. Youtube takes minutes to loand, but once loaded and I start a video, it runs for a couple of minutes then video suddenly stops and I have to wait for couple of minutes for the video to continue again and it keeps repeating, all my other web browsers (Safari, Chrome, etc..) works perfectly. It also uses sFirefox is bascially unusable! I am running the latest version.

I also saw a NoScript XSS Warning:

NoScript detected a potential Cross-Site Scripting attack

from https://www.youtube.com to https://accounts.google.com.

Suspicious data:

Error: Timeout! DOS attack attempt?,(URL) https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=youtube&uilel=3&passive=true&continue=https://www.youtube.com/signin?action_handle_signin=true&app=desktop&hl=en&next=%2Fsignin_passive&feature=passive&hl=en

My bookmarks have disappeared from view, even though I have I recently got this note at the top of Firefox: "For quick access, place your bookmarks here on the bookmarks toolbar. Manage bookmarks..."

On clicking on the "Manage bookmarks" link, I'm taken to a page with several fields, including "Location". I can not get any of the selections to work.

I did not ask for this change. I just want to be able to view my bookmarks. Can anyone guide me? Thanks.

There is a stuttering when i browsing, i do a lot of switching tabs when browsing. The stutter occurs at about every 15 sec, the browser like stopped for half a second, doesn't much but annoying. I cant scrolling, it stopped showing next alphabet when im typing, but still registered what im typing. but when playing videos on youtube the videos is not affected. i do running adblock ublock origin, i tried to switch it off, but it doesnt much affect my laptop performance, and the stuttering still there. i have also have tried doing gfx.webrender.layer-compositor set to true on about:config

I am using Windows 11 on a Dell laptop. I have the latest version of Firefox installed. I have used Firefox as my default browser on this machine and O/S for the last year with no problems. I can use Firefox to get to other websites without issue, using either a 5G cellular connection or a WiFi connection direct from the Dell laptop. I DO NOT use password vaults or any kind of automated password entry, and I do not have any bio-metric access functions activated on the laptop; I enter usernames and passwords manually, as needed. I have accessed my Outlook Hotmail account using Firefox without problem up until about 4 weeks ago. Now, I can enter my username successfully, but when I then enter my password I get a rejection screen response from Microsoft (clicking on it, I then get a "help" screen about what to do after getting a 404 message). After navigating through a maze of screens from Microsoft I will get an opportunity to verify my identity by using my cell phone and entering a 6-digit code (essentially a form of "2 factor" identification) and then I will get access to Outlook on the Firefox browser. I should mention here, that I don't use 2 factor ID on my email or with Outlook, and after entering my password, I would have been connected to my email directly. I do NOT have this issue when I try logging in to Outlook using Chrome or Edge on the same machine. I have: rebooted my machine, reinstalled the latest version of Firefox, cleared cache, used Firefox in Safe Mode, cleared cookies and browser history, turned off tracking protection, cleared URLs from tracking protection exceptions, and tried various combinations of all of the above. I also ran "scannow" and "DISM" functions to make sure Windows is not corrupted. Nothing has fixed the problem, and, Microsoft Support claims that since the other browsers work, the problem must originate with Firefox (surprise, surprise! ...). Any assistance in what steps to take to get Outlook to accept passwords that are sent through Firefox would be greatly appreciated!

Every day, I get the same reminders about new Firefox features. Every day, there's one about tab groups. I get daily reminders to sync my bookmarks. I do not need this every single day.

How do we turn off the reminders? Why do they not stop appearing after an update, the way they normally do?

Thanks!

Since I upgraded from FF128-esr to FF140-esr I always get the "Firefox is being updated by another instance" This is really driving me crazy, as I checked / did / .... everything (and even more) I found on the internet related to that.

Nothing helps !

Creating and using a new default profile didn't help

Finally I ended up uninstalling FF completely (making sure no -zero- leftovers remained in ProgramFiles, AppData a.s.o.), and reinstalled FF140.7.0-esr freshly. After installation I started FF immediately with the created default profile (only existing one) --> SAME THING : "Firefox is being updated by another instance"

And this is really a FF140 thing, when I go back to FF128, on the same computer, same profiles, ...., the problem is gone.

I would like to know in detail what checks are really done by FF to decide to give that "Firefox is being updated by another instance"