Firefox is once again refusing to add extensions.
What version of Firefox actually allows you to add extensions? I'm running the most current version of Tumbleweed that ships with 144.0. Attempts to add extensions just sit there doing nothing until I close the tab. This sort of worked some time ago (I forget the version) but the inability of Firefox to allow add-ons/extensions is getting to be a joke. There are other browsers out there, ya know.
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Example of the issue please.
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20251031
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Kernel Version: 6.17.6-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 12 × Intel® Core™ i7-9850H CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 128 GiB of RAM (125.1 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP ZBook 17 G6
jonzn4SUSE மூலமாக திருத்தப்பட்டது
Here's what happens:
- I go to the extensions page.
- Search for an extension, say, "cache".
- "Clear_cache" is displayed at the top of the list.
- I click on "Install" and nothing happens. The tab does nothing until I manually close it.
I have let the so-called install process run overnight only to find that Firefox crashed sometime during the night. This has been going on for some time on different versions of Firefox on Tumbleweed on my laptop as well as my desktop. I'm currently on 144.0.2 which is, supposedly, the latest and "greatest". It doesn't work on the ESR version either.
What, if any, Firefox configuration files could be the problem? And where would they be located? Another support page listed four preferences files but only one of them existed under my $HOME directory.
i was able to add it to the distro and Mozilla versions with no issue. see screenshot What desktop? X11 or wayland?
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20251109 KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0 Qt Version: 6.10.0 Kernel Version: 6.17.7-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5825U with Radeon Graphics Memory: 64 GiB of RAM (62.1 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics Manufacturer: HP Product Name: HP ProBook 455 15.6 inch G9 Notebook PC
OS release: Tumbleweed 20251031 Desktop: KDE/Plasma Windowing: X11
Is there a way to wipe all traces of FF from my $HOME directory tree. Perhaps a completely fresh start will solve the problem. No old profiles, etc.
As an interim step, could you right-click the Add to Firefox button and then use Save Link As to download the .xpi file. Can Firefox save it to disk, or is there an error in the downloading process?
I can right-click on "Add to Firefox" and save the .xpi extension file to disk. When I go into a file manager and right-click on the extension file, I get "Open with Firefox" as an option. Selecting that doesn't do anything different than before -- the process opens a new tab with the same dialog -- the one where you're asked to run to private windows and the "Add" button -- I get when trying to add directly within FF. That tab hangs when clicking on "Add". It doesn't matter whether I select "run in private ..." or not. Interestingly, when I click on "Add" in that pop-up window nothing happens BUT the "run in private" selection is still selectable. It's as though the "Add" is being ignored completely.
So trying to add from a downloaded file doesn't work either.
Could you open the Browser Console (Ctrl+Shift+J - separate popup window), then try the file open method again, then check for any new messages in the console? I'm interested in knowing whether Firefox records any error there that isn't shown to you. If the console is cluttered when you first open it, you can use the trash can at the upper left to clear the irrelevant messages.
Not sure what you can do with this. I cleared the listing (trashcan) before attempting to open the .xpi file. This is what I got followed by what was logged when I clicked on the "Add" button:
The resource at “https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/adview?ai=Ct77qFPIUabjHE8Gf29sP4q-6sAGKpJyggwG78s72nRWGt_XuNxABILDIwCFgya6BiPCj7BKgAf6D-_UpyAEC4AIAqAMByAMIqgTfA0_QVfPoI2njK91Zm9eWBBBgss9WFqA-BIWtwTYRODbjogNTWZwApEKkbkWb04sXy8ECBL4bKBGjwGNHHgDwXZoTJzqj0Ufu0Lo1XhAH5kU4dd8DNgR9GSm1cpXgCtgaE-jUNxgIprn-BIxzKINKzfgAzQGLjvrDOOwN6AvCUhOOywVPQers9m5CbciAilbcEsNepCYSRf2f5HxUAqiINCcK6rT5KHo4dur-fcNKye-arVMUcaAwAfX4cWW09DrlM5ZeDGVNk5xbZd17Uidh2sb6mbzjbu3_D6SpPfIyzotYA-vcQfeQBH4UZBojGliu0wagGnj_bZs20lU5i8bvChS1mIzPj0csIbnb8NNtaVJaIXv04Tt5Jej4sPOxGbN0RYceGr6CdTGYC4cK6bqsJ7BU1JhaRypV4JiFW0S00K7EgCN5kiWtXTwtnZhWrbu8bcZ5yL3YqY-ZO5Cs-l0_3EzMCaoocencgwL8F69ZoNo2-ciB2WPu1ZUNoTPflIi4y3q_NeG8SXW92HpHjdfm0Vy18MGn5hF337oj-rDJxc3e16CBG1MPBiQGEEtZByyHqqR74JhNcJGSOTTdmNT6gh8qquNM9cQVR_cRPwlUcgwZhEwBwLhgm0DALYj2uPImwATqpPq7rgXgBAGIBZrnospVkgUECAQYAZIFBAgFGASgBgKAB_67y9UEqAenzLECqAemvhuoB8zOsQKoB_PRG6gHltgbqAeqm7ECqAeOzhuoB5PYG6gH8OAbqAfulrECqAf-nrECqAevvrECqAfVyRuoB9m2sQKoB_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-INEwjCpNjWve2QAxXBz3YFHeKXDhbqDRMInLXZ1r3tkAMVwc92BR3ilw4WiA7___________8B2BML0BUByhYCCgD4FgGAFwGyFywKHAgAEhRwdWItMjMyNTQ3OTE4NjQ4NTMzOBjUxAwYASoKOTkwNjU3NTY1N7oXAjgBqhgXCQAAAABAuutAEgo5OTA2NTc1NjU3GAGyGAkSAvBsGAIiAQDQGAHoGAHCGQIIAQ&sigh=Fnl_Qby76Bc&uach_m=%5BUACH%5D&ase=2&nis=ATTRIBUTION_REPORTING_STATUS&cid=CAQSoAEAwksa0Q0G1siDxz8XZ-a8weKlptV4u1-6GLrkieZ4989PXiTkRP_8sz6peaYwx2mvKNFqXPXSYjKRJuDZBn02EnEJY77RmIZU87iiAHXT2WCHxpTHWAaLwPHssmj-0jI_yps9wLOg2lZ_NrZ7JQTzQVj7TFQxPDYLEX4fcGRYhbXdupVmlrYEagQLISKP3dBEkP6zM1lhHipwH5R-Bv70GAE&ebtr=1” was blocked by OpaqueResponseBlocking. Reason: “nosniff is true and mimeType is an opaque-blocklisted MIME type or its essence is 'text/plain'”. The resource at “https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/btr/view?ai=Ct77qFPIUabjHE8Gf29sP4q-6sAGKpJyggwG78s72nRWGt_XuNxABILDIwCFgya6BiPCj7BKgAf6D-_UpyAEC4AIAqAMByAMIqgTfA0_QVfPoI2njK91Zm9eWBBBgss9WFqA-BIWtwTYRODbjogNTWZwApEKkbkWb04sXy8ECBL4bKBGjwGNHHgDwXZoTJzqj0Ufu0Lo1XhAH5kU4dd8DNgR9GSm1cpXgCtgaE-jUNxgIprn-BIxzKINKzfgAzQGLjvrDOOwN6AvCUhOOywVPQers9m5CbciAilbcEsNepCYSRf2f5HxUAqiINCcK6rT5KHo4dur-fcNKye-arVMUcaAwAfX4cWW09DrlM5ZeDGVNk5xbZd17Uidh2sb6mbzjbu3_D6SpPfIyzotYA-vcQfeQBH4UZBojGliu0wagGnj_bZs20lU5i8bvChS1mIzPj0csIbnb8NNtaVJaIXv04Tt5Jej4sPOxGbN0RYceGr6CdTGYC4cK6bqsJ7BU1JhaRypV4JiFW0S00K7EgCN5kiWtXTwtnZhWrbu8bcZ5yL3YqY-ZO5Cs-l0_3EzMCaoocencgwL8F69ZoNo2-ciB2WPu1ZUNoTPflIi4y3q_NeG8SXW92HpHjdfm0Vy18MGn5hF337oj-rDJxc3e16CBG1MPBiQGEEtZByyHqqR74JhNcJGSOTTdmNT6gh8qquNM9cQVR_cRPwlUcgwZhEwBwLhgm0DALYj2uPImwATqpPq7rgXgBAGIBZrnospVkgUECAQYAZIFBAgFGASgBgKAB_67y9UEqAenzLECqAemvhuoB8zOsQKoB_PRG6gHltgbqAeqm7ECqAeOzhuoB5PYG6gH8OAbqAfulrECqAf-nrECqAevvrECqAfVyRuoB9m2sQKoB_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-INEwjCpNjWve2QAxXBz3YFHeKXDhbqDRMInLXZ1r3tkAMVwc92BR3ilw4WiA7___________8B2BML0BUByhYCCgD4FgGAFwGyFywKHAgAEhRwdWItMjMyNTQ3OTE4NjQ4NTMzOBjUxAwYASoKOTkwNjU3NTY1N7oXAjgBqhgXCQAAAABAuutAEgo5OTA2NTc1NjU3GAGyGAkSAvBsGAIiAQDQGAHoGAHCGQIIAQ&sigh=Fnl_Qby76Bc&uach_m=%5B%5D&ase=2&nis=4&cid=CAQSoAEAwksa0Q0G1siDxz8XZ-a8weKlptV4u1-6GLrkieZ4989PXiTkRP_8sz6peaYwx2mvKNFqXPXSYjKRJuDZBn02EnEJY77RmIZU87iiAHXT2WCHxpTHWAaLwPHssmj-0jI_yps9wLOg2lZ_NrZ7JQTzQVj7TFQxPDYLEX4fcGRYhbXdupVmlrYEagQLISKP3dBEkP6zM1lhHipwH5R-Bv70GAE&ibtr=1” was blocked by OpaqueResponseBlocking. Reason: “nosniff is true and mimeType is an opaque-blocklisted MIME type or its essence is 'text/plain'”. PopupNotifications._onButtonEvent: Button click happened before the window was focused / active
Hopefully, this makes some sense to /you/.
The first two probably are a coincidence. I can't think of a reason for Google Ads to be displayed in the extension install process.
The third one might be more relevant:
PopupNotifications._onButtonEvent: Button click happened before the window was focused / active
This message seems to refer to a click that was ignored as part of Firefox's "clickjacking" protection when opening local files. So maybe not directly related to the extension. References:
- Code: https://searchfox.org/firefox-release/source/toolkit/modules/PopupNotifications.sys.mjs#1918
- Bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1886082
To see whether it is possible to work around it, could you click elsewhere on the installation panel first to ensure it is focused/selected before clicking Add and see whether we now get a new error?
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