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Hi everyone,

I’m running into a frustrating issue where Firefox is opening PDFs in two places at once.

The Problem: When I click a PDF link, Firefox opens the file in a new tab (internal viewer) but also launches the standalone Adobe Acrobat app to display the same file. I only want it to open in Firefox.

Details: - Settings: My "Applications" setting for PDF is currently set to "Always Ask." - The Glitch: Even when I manually select "Open in Firefox" from the prompt, Adobe Acrobat launches anyway. - Timeline: This started happening 2 days ago without any manual setting changes (I think it might be after a firefox update? I might be mistaken)

- Troubleshooting done: I have tried toggling the action to "Open in Firefox" directly, but the dual-launch behavior persists.

Thanks

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In Firefox's Task Manager, how do I know which tab is using which subframe(s) process?

For example, let's say I open Firefox and with only one single tab open, I open the following web page: https://audioplugin.deals/product/best-of-zampler-collection/

That page apparently includes content from several third-party websites because when I open it, Firefox's Task Manger shows processes for the following:

https://audioplugin.deals https://cloudflare.com https://google.com https://hcaptcha.com https://soundcloud.com https://stripe.com https://stripe.network https://stripecdn.com

The process for "https://audioplugin.deals" is the only process with a tab. All of the other processes are subframe(s) only, with no mention of which tab is using them.

With only one tab open, I intuitively know that all of these processes must be used by that one tab. But like most people, I browse using multiple tabs, and once you open multiple tabs, it becomes (as far as I can tell) impossible to determine which subframe(s) process is used by which tab. This makes it impossible to determine which tab is behaving improperly or erratically when there are issues (for example, when one of those subframe(s) processes is consuming an unreasonably large amount of memory or CPU cycles).

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1. 1. Резюме выделенного

1. 1. 1. Общее

Выделенный фрагмент содержит **цепочку из трёх X.509 TLS-сертификатов** (формат PEM), а также временну́ю метку **«5–7 минут»** (вероятно, срок действия или контекст страницы).

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1. 1. 1. Сертификат 1 — Конечный (End-Entity)

- **Субъект:** `accounts.firefox.com` - **Выдан:** Let's Encrypt (R13) - **Действителен:** 15.02.2026 — 16.05.2026 - **Тип:** TLS-сертификат сервера (Domain Validated) - **Алгоритм:** RSA 2048 / SHA-256

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1. 1. 1. Сертификат 2 — Промежуточный (Intermediate CA)

- **Субъект:** `R13` (Let's Encrypt) - **Выдан:** ISRG Root X1 - **Действителен:** 13.03.2024 — 12.03.2027 - **Назначение:** Подпись конечных сертификатов Let's Encrypt

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1. 1. 1. Сертификат 3 — Корневой (Root CA)

- **Субъект:** `ISRG Root X1` (Internet Security Research Group) - **Действителен:** 04.06.2015 — 04.06.2035 - **Назначение:** Доверенный корневой центр сертификации; самоподписанный

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1. 1. 1. Итог

Полная цепочка доверия: `accounts.firefox.com` → `Let's Encrypt R13` → `ISRG Root X1`

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