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I'm having a problem using my bank website with Firefox - I get a message when I move from one page to another, and that message closes the bank website - Here is the message: "Bad Request Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. Size of a request header field exceeds server limit." It is very important to me to be able to view my accounts and investments daily - please help me solve this!

Summary: Firefox fails to load many sites, and some will kill the entire browser.

I recently updated from Ubuntu 22.10 to 23.04, which included an upgrade to Firefox. I originally had trouble with tab/window dragging operations causing the entire desktop to crash.

Removing the snap and installing from the Firefox maintained PPA fixed this issue, but a number of others remain. (Detail on this part over here on the ubuntu forums if interested)

Now many google sites simply show the loading error for ever and never recover. Some URLS can kill the browser completely. For example, this one from the Mozilla website: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/websites-show-spinning-wheel-never-finish-load The error message is attached.

I am happy to perform more tests and provide more diagnostic if it will help. That same URL works fine from the chromium browser on the same desktop systems,as does every other site I've had issues with.

System details: Ubuntu 23.04 64 bit Firefox 113.0.2 Intel_R_ Client Systems NUC7i7BNH (Intel® Core™ i7-7567U) Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 650 (Kaby Lake GT3e) (KBL GT3) Gnome 44.0 Wayland WS

I use Firefox on Ubuntu 22.04, and my system has 16GB RAM. I have been facing this problem of frequent crashes for the past few months. By crash, I mean not Firefox alone, but the entire system. I use several apps and run several processes that require great compute resources, often simultaneously. I have narrowed the cause of frequent system crashes to Firefox alone; the system rarely crashes when I use other resource-heavy apps. Due to this, I have to restart my system several times a day.

Before this problem arose, I would use multiple tabs (including YouTube, often 10+, close to 20) and multiple windows (2+). Such usage very rarely caused crashes, which is why it is surprising that Firefox now causes the entire system to simply hang sometimes with as low as 3-4 tabs.

I have disabled Hardware Acceleration, refreshed Firefox, even tried disabling WebGL. I also tested it after removing all add-ons, but it still didn't help (I use only 2 add-ons: a simple wide-spectrum ad-blocker and an EPUB reader). Even in troubleshoot mode, Firefox will cause my system to heat up, although it takes some more effort to crash in this case. I use one of the standard themes, so it could not have been the problem.

Many people report Firefox crashes, but in my case, Firefox causes my entire system to crash. How do I fix this issue? Thank you in advance.

I was having issues playing videos. All I would get was a black screen, but I could hear the audio. Although some videos, like facebook shorts, played just fine. And I could view videos in other browsers. Tried several things I saw suggested on threads having the same issues, but ultimately I uninstalled firefox and then reinstalled it and it seemed to have fixed the issue. Hopefully this helps others having the same issue. I tried to suggest it on a few of those threads but they were locked.

What is it about YouTubeTV in Firefox that breaks my ability to control playback? I can click with mouse, but shortcuts ("Play (k)", "Back 15 seconds (j)", or "Forward 15 seconds (l)") stop working repeatedly and I'm forced to go back to using my mouse (Wacom Intuos Pro M). This doesn't sound like a big deal until you're forced to watch an offensive "My Pillow" ad or worse, and I can't immediately stop the playback of these radicalized terrorists. Or if while watching a DVR recording, it stops allowing me to skip thru commercials, or pause playback without picking up my pen (mouse) to get back in control of the 'playback' features.

Strangely, this never happens on YouTube videos/content. Those same controls ('shortcuts') work fine there.

On my new PC build I'm seeing a ton of instability with Firefox. It can go hours without issue, then have tabs crash 3 times in an hour. I've slowly trimmed down the plugins I'm using, with no change. I'm also using these same plugins on my 2nd PC without any issue. I'll just be sitting there, not even touching firefox for a long period of time, and it will have tabs crash.

Other browsers (Edge, Opera GX) aren't presenting the same issue under similar use. I've run a Memtest and seen no issues, although I'm curious if my Asus board is being problematic alongside recent reports. Its quite stable with gaming and Adobe suite, so I think I'm clear.

I've found no additional driver, windows, or security updates. Windows Security scan finds nothing.

Hardware info: 13900K in Asus Z790 ROG Maximus Hero, 4090 FE, 64GB DDR5 (6400 XMP). Hooked up via 2.5G ethernet to 2.5 Gbps fiber.

Here's an array of crash reports: bp-655ac391-42a9-495f-aa44-fc21e0230528 bp-6ad77abc-0373-49b8-aae2-cc7d40230528 bp-65a453e5-4044-4cc5-8a44-5ae880230528 bp-cf346528-03d1-45aa-b0cb-0aa330230528 bp-d6df2a85-a9b9-4867-bc13-acb390230528 bp-73d54723-344c-497f-8614-1241f0230528 bp-b46f5d61-fa4a-473b-b01c-c6e0a0230528 bp-f4494a81-6566-475e-9499-097ee0230528 bp-7150ead3-434a-42bc-81c7-0000e0230528 bp-c363aead-9dd3-4b56-b602-d50180230528 bp-0d4c9401-77d3-4eca-97fc-5923f0230528 bp-6d93a733-da2f-49b4-867d-a0c8e0230528 bp-4f6fd810-a2fb-4194-99e2-dd7f50230528 bp-a4d9e2f5-f4e3-498b-8ee1-2facc0230527 bp-a6a673d3-85dc-4673-a2ed-f58680230526

I have Yahoo Mail+ and Gmail open in tabs (as well as MyYahoo, Yahoo Financial and Google Calendar) and both email systems intermittently declare they lose internet access. Sometimes they will continue to show current emails and sometimes not. I also have a second instance of Firefox running with MyYahoo and Start.me. All other apps on Windows 10 retain internet access as well as other non email tabs within Firefox. This does NOT happen with Chrome and the instances have increased in frequency so that I may have to switch back to using the Chrome browser. I test websites and need immediate access to email responses. I am willing to provide debug information, but don't know what or how I should report this condition. Until I get feedback I will be forced to utilize Chrome or (gasp - Edge) as my browser. I am using a Windows 10 system on an Device name Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 GX550 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10980HK CPU @ 2.40GHz 3.10 GHz Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.8 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Pen and touch Pen and touch support with 10 touch points

Please help me.

Oldman who knows archaic languages like Autocoder and IBM BAL 360 and Cobol

Storage seem to be broken in general, although the problem has morphed with my bad troubleshooting attempts. This problem started ~last week (or ~two months after I switched OS from Windows to Garuda Linux, a variant of Arch) and has progressively gotten worse.

Initial problem: Privacy Badger errors and says storage is broken. Putting `navigator.storage.estimate()` into PB's extension console leads to a quota of a large number, and a usage of 0. Pandora.com then logs me out, and doesn't allow me to log back in. Console reveals it's an indexedDB problem about storage quotas. Many websites are forgetting tokens - I'll log in, and then 15 minutes later, log in again. This happened on Discord, Fastmail, and this support forum (in fact, I couldn't log in on Firefox here. Had to use Chromium). Bitwarden's extension also errors, although this one doesn't directly mention storage and instead says that the sync is out of date directly after syncing. Alright. (If I had to guess, the sync process no longer can write to storage so it's stuck with an old sync).

OK, this is odd. I load back the profile directory I still have saved from the last machine. Still symptomatic. Maybe it's a permissions problem? I run `chmod -R 777 ~/.mozilla/firefox` and relaunch. Still symptomatic. I nuke my firefox directory entirely, reinstall firefox (switching to For Developers) in the process, reimport my bookmarks, and run chmod again. Still symptomatic. Alright.

Maybe it's a problem with my extensions. I really, really doubt that, but maybe. I restart into troubleshooting mode. The problem still exists, but when I go back my bookmarks and extensions are gone.

Problem as it stands now: Pandora.com still logs me out, but I can log back in. Sometimes. It just doesn't remember when I relaunch firefox. Along the way at some point, visiting about:support now shows nothing. As in, when I press "copy text to clipboard" this is the report I get back:

  Application Basics
  ------------------
  
  Name:
  Version:
  Build ID:
  Distribution ID:
  User Agent:
  OS:
  OS Theme:
  Multiprocess Windows:
  Fission Windows:
  Remote Processes:
  Enterprise Policies:
  Google Location Service Key:
  Google Safebrowsing Key:
  Mozilla Location Service Key:
  ...full report in Troubleshooting Information section below, but it's not very helpful

When I open the browser console, I am greeted with dozens of errors. Here are the first few:

  NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED: Component returned failure code: 0x80004001    (NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) [nsIAppStartup.secondsSinceLastOSRestart]
      _collectStartupConditionsTelemetry resource:///modules/BrowserGlue.sys.mjs:1608
      BG__onFirstWindowLoaded resource:///modules/BrowserGlue.sys.mjs:1716
      BG_observe resource:///modules/BrowserGlue.sys.mjs:961
      _delayedStartup chrome://browser/content/browser.js:2068
  BrowserGlue.sys.mjs:1617:15
  
  TypeError: connection not specified in clone options.
      cloneStorageConnection resource://gre/modules/Sqlite.sys.mjs:1416
      <anonymous> resource://gre/modules/PlacesUtils.sys.mjs:2165
      promiseDBConnection resource://gre/modules/PlacesUtils.sys.mjs:1434
      fetchAnnotatedPages resource://gre/modules/History.sys.mjs:183
      _initializePromise resource://gre/modules/DownloadHistory.sys.mjs:205
      ensureInitialized resource://gre/modules/DownloadHistory.sys.mjs:229
      getList resource://gre/modules/DownloadHistory.sys.mjs:63
      _promiseList resource:///modules/DownloadsCommon.sys.mjs:790
  
  TypeError: connection not specified or invalid.
      wrapStorageConnection resource://gre/modules/Sqlite.sys.mjs:1507
      <anonymous> resource://gre/modules/PlacesUtils.sys.mjs:2177
      withConnectionWrapper resource://gre/modules/PlacesUtils.sys.mjs:1484
      get resource://gre/modules/PlacesUtils.sys.mjs:2253
      #kickOffOriginsAlternativeFrecency resource://gre/modules/PlacesFrecencyRecalculator.sys.mjs:366
      AlternativeFrecencyHelper resource://gre/modules/PlacesFrecencyRecalculator.sys.mjs:350
      PlacesFrecencyRecalculator resource://gre/modules/PlacesFrecencyRecalculator.sys.mjs:136
  
  TypeError: can't access property "executeBeforeShutdown", db is undefined
      withConnectionWrapper resource://gre/modules/PlacesUtils.sys.mjs:1485

(Many more errors here of "db is undefined" in various places)

  NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED: Component returned failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)    [nsINavBookmarksService.tagsFolder] PlacesUtils.sys.mjs:2085
  
  Error: Error(s) encountered during statement execution: database or disk is full
      handleCompletion resource://gre/modules/Sqlite.sys.mjs:1067
  Sqlite.sys.mjs:402:15
  
  StorageError: Storage error: QuotaExceededError: IndexedDB: main/partitioning-exempt-urls importChanges() IndexedDB:  importChanges() in main/partitioning-exempt-urls The current transaction exceeded its quota limitations.
      StorageError resource://services-settings/RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs:157
      _adjustedError resource://services-settings/RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs:928
      maybeSync resource://services-settings/RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs:816
  Caused by: QuotaExceededError: IndexedDB: main/partitioning-exempt-urls importChanges() IndexedDB:  importChanges() in main/partitioning-exempt-urls The current transaction exceeded its quota limitations.
  
  StorageError: Storage error: InvalidStateError: IndexedDB: main/message-groups importChanges() IndexedDB: collections, timestamps, records importChanges() in main/message-groups A mutation operation was attempted on a database that did not allow mutations.
      StorageError resource://services-settings/RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs:157
      _adjustedError resource://services-settings/RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs:928
      maybeSync resource://services-settings/RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs:816
  Caused by: InvalidStateError: IndexedDB: main/message-groups importChanges() IndexedDB: collections, timestamps, records importChanges() in main/message-groups A mutation operation was attempted on a database that did not allow mutations.
      importChanges resource://services-settings/Database.sys.mjs:120
      promise resource://services-settings/IDBHelpers.jsm:128
      executeIDB resource://services-settings/IDBHelpers.jsm:92
      executeIDB resource://services-settings/Database.sys.mjs:474
  RemoteSettingsClient.sys.mjs:532:15

  RemoteSettingsWorker error: QuotaExceededError: IndexedDB:  execute() The current transaction exceeded its quota limitations.
  
  Could not write session state file  DOMException: Could not write chunk (size = 117330) to file /home/hugh/.mozilla/firefox/gkgh2t17.dev-edition-default/sessionstore-backups/recovery.jsonlz4.tmp. The file may be corrupt. <empty string> SessionFile.sys.mjs:405:17

  QM_TRY failure (ERROR): 'Unavailable failed with resultCode 0x80520012, resultName NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, context dom::localstorage::FirstOriginInitializationAttempt::Datastore', file dom/localstorage/ActorsParent.cpp:1056
  QM_TRY failure (WARNING): 'Unavailable failed with resultCode 0x80520012, resultName NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, context dom::localstorage::FirstOriginInitializationAttempt::Datastore', file dom/localstorage/ActorsParent.cpp:8393
  QM_TRY failure (WARNING): 'Unavailable failed with resultCode 0x8052000F, resultName NS_ERROR_FILE_TOO_BIG, context dom::localstorage::FirstOriginInitializationAttempt::Datastore', file dom/localstorage/ActorsParent.cpp:487

I see the error of "database or disk is full" - however, my disk is new (6 months old) and is literally 95% free space (see attached screenshot). I'm out of ideas, so hopefully someone else has more.

Often when I click on links that take me to video's Foxfire will not launch the video. It stalls and takes forever to load or it does not load at all. I am finding that with more sites as time goes on. Google photos also won't load in a timely manner BUT of I change to Chrome everything loads quickly. This didn't use to be a problem but now is, any solutions out there.

When I am watching a youtube video the video sometimes freeze but the audio continues to play, I tried clearing the cache but that doesn't fix the. Please tell me how to fix this problem

Firefox uses around 1 to 2GB of RAM and around 25% of the CPU with just around 10 tabs open along with a YouTube video. A chromium based browser on the same system and the same tabs open uses around 400MB of RAM and around 10% of the CPU. Safari with the same tabs is even more efficient

I have tested this with safe mode, on another system with the same hardware but couldn't find what's causing the problem. I have uninstalled all dynamic themes as well.

Firefox does not use this kind of resources on windows or linux but uses something more close to chromium numbers (tested on a desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 3 3200G)

While I do not expect Safari levels of optimization, this problem only arising on Apple Silicon Macs is a problem worth solving. This is the only thing that's keeping me from using firefox as a daily driver and supporting the open web.

Hi, I experience consistent tab crashes in my Firefox app on the computer since yesterday. It works only in troubleshoot mode and not in normal. I tried refreshing and reinstalling the app, installing Firefox for Web and nothing worked. Cleaning data and turning "false" preference media.wmf.vp9.enabled didn't work either. I also tried deleting all extensions, turning off recommended performance mode (using hardware) and enabling default theme. I haven't installed anything recently. Last Windows quality update 24.05.2023, last feature update 08.03.2023. Firefox app still works perfectly on my phone, so it's probably something with the computer. What can be the cause and what can I do to fix it? Added info about crashes below

Thanks

Games on PCH.com are not loading since I downloaded the last update about two days ago. Help me by showing me how to delete it or tell me how to fix this please.