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External open specific url will open on container

kolAflash
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I've exactly the same problem as described here. https://support.mozilla.org/de/questions/1442833

> For some reason, in my firefox profile, when I try to access > "https://accounts.google.com", it open on new tab with a specific > container, while other url keep open with no container. I've never > configure this behavior, or found a setting to fix it.

This is a privacy problem, because most of the time when I open a website like google.com, I don't want to be logged in so the website can identify me. I only keep a container tab for such a website around, so I can open it if I explicitly want to be logged in.

I've exactly the same problem as described here. https://support.mozilla.org/de/questions/1442833 > For some reason, in my firefox profile, when I try to access > "https://accounts.google.com", it open on new tab with a specific > container, while other url keep open with no container. I've never > configure this behavior, or found a setting to fix it. This is a privacy problem, because most of the time when I open a website like google.com, I don't want to be logged in so the website can identify me. I only keep a container tab for such a website around, so I can open it if I explicitly want to be logged in.

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kolAflash
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P.S. I think the problem always happens under these condition.

First any container tab add-on has to be installed, to make container tabs available. I've tested these: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/firefox-new-container-tab/

Then the same domain must currently NOT be opened in any other tab. Except in at least one tab which is a container tab.

Under this condition, Firefox seems to open links to this domain from external programs in the same container. Tested with Firefox-140.5.0esr and Firefox-145.0.2. Tested with newly created Firefox profiles.

This behavior may be quite useful for informed users. But without any explanation it's very irritating. Especially if the existing tab with the same domain in the same container is in another Firefox windows, outside of your current view.

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