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I am writing to request assistance with recovering my deleted browsing history for my Firefox account. On June 18, 2024, I accidentally deleted my browsing history and I am hoping there is a way to restore it.

nevermind. fixed itself. maybe it just took it a lot longer than expected

I have two firefox accounts. Got a new computer and trying to sync to the new one. I have tried to sync both of them. But only 34 of 300 passwords transferred and only 20ish bookmarks of 100s transferred.

I have tried looking into both accounts on both computers at the same time, run sync, but nothing more will transfer

My work is trying to fire me because they say Firefox was mirroring my activity at home and vice versa. I.E If I opened a tab at home it when then open a tab and attempt to connect to same website on my work computer in the office.

I’m fairly certain it doesn’t cause that would be wildly unnecessary for what sync tabs is trying to accomplish but I used wireshark to watch for outgoing connections on my home desktop and opened a tab on my phone and my personal laptop and wireshark never detected outgoing connections to the tabs on other devices

Syncing between my desktop and my phone has been working just fine for years, just as it had been with my laptop until recently, but I changed the version of Linux I had installed on my laptop earlier today, and despite being able to sign in just fine (as you can see by me posting this with my account), and it syncing correctly on the initial sign in, actively syncing between my laptop and other devices is not functioning (if I make a new bookmark right now, it will not show up on my phone or desktop).

Looking at the sync page in settings it says "Please sign in to reconnect [my email address]", and the account widget on my toolbar has a yellow triangle symbol and a warning saying "account disconnected", but if I click "connect to another device" on the sync menu and then click "not now" I can get to my account page, fully signed in and able to click buttons to change settings (I signed out my old laptop while I was there just fine).

Attempting to re-sign in by any method (clicking "connect to another device" in the sync menu and then choosing "I already have Firefox mobile"; clicking "sign in" in the sync menu; signing out fully, emptying my cookies etc. and then signing in fresh) all leads me into a loop where I insert my password, provide a verification code from my email, provide my 2-factor code, click "I already have Firefox mobile", and then have to sign in again doing the same steps leading to the same place, forever. I will note, however, that signing out entirely and then signing back in does get me from signed out to signed in despite not correcting this error.

In case it would help I attempted to change my password via the account menu, but it says that my definitely correct password (I used the exact same entry from my clipboard successfully to sign in moments ago) is incorrect, and attempting to use the "forgot my password" menu gives me the error "Unexpected error" instead of doing anything, which is not very helpful. My password remains unchanged. I do not know if this is relevant.

After some looking things up I was made aware of a secret menu called "about:sync-log" which I used to see if I could find an error message, and I did indeed find one (I can guarantee that it's new and relevant because this Linux install is only several hours old).

I don't know how much of this error log is safe to share, so I'll only cut in some choice segments I noticed (which turned out to be, like, over a third of it):

1729711964409 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: error.login.reason.no_username => error.login.reason.no_username

[...] <- (I will use this to indicate I've scrolled further down the log; any further edits to the logs will be ##surrounded like so##, for the purpose of visibility)

1729711964819 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: error.login.reason.no_username => error.login.reason.no_username

[...]

1729712030365 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG FxAccountsWebChannel message received: fxaccounts:login 1729712030366 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG Webchannel is logging a user in. 1729712030368 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG setSignedInUser - aborting any existing flows 1729712030368 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG removing account data 1729712030369 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of json user data: null 1729712030425 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of json user data - took: 56 1729712030426 FirefoxAccounts TRACE storage set finished clearing account data 1729712030426 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG account data reset 1729712030426 FirefoxAccounts TRACE StorageManager finalizing 1729712030426 FirefoxAccounts TRACE StorageManager finalized 1729712030427 FirefoxAccounts TRACE initializing new storage manager 1729712030427 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG writing plain storage: ["email","sessionToken","uid","verified"] 1729712030427 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of json user data: ["email","sessionToken","uid","verified"] 1729712030454 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of json user data - took: 27 1729712030455 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG writing secure storage: ["keyFetchToken"] 1729712030455 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of user data to the login manager 1729712030467 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of user data to the login manager 1729712030467 FirefoxAccounts TRACE initializing of new storage manager done 1729712030467 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG Notifying observers of fxaccounts:onlogin 1729712030468 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG observed fxaccounts:onlogin 1729712030468 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Sync is not configured, so ignoring the notification

[...] (skipping further now. Much of what I skipped over was repetitive)

1729712031351 FirefoxAccounts ERROR error GETing /account/keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031351 FirefoxAccounts WARN handling invalid token error: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031351 FirefoxAccounts INFO checking account status... 1729712031355 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of json user data - took: 12 1729712031355 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG writing secure storage: ["keyFetchToken"] 1729712031355 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of user data to the login manager 1729712031360 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of user data to the login manager 1729712031363 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 1729712031422 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG FxAccountsWebChannel message received: fxaccounts:loaded 1729712031422 FirefoxAccounts WARN Unrecognized FxAccountsWebChannel command: fxaccounts:loaded 1729712031467 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 200 1729712031467 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /session/status: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712031467 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -467 1729712031467 FirefoxAccounts INFO account status: ok 1729712031467 FirefoxAccounts WARN invalid token error, but account state appears ok? 1729712031468 FirefoxAccounts WARN Failed to fetch keys, so unable to determine command keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"}

[...] (this last section appears to be the juiciest bit as it contains far more error message looking stuff then the rest of the log, so I made a point to keep it all together for everyone)

1729712031595 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG _updateAccountData with items: ["device"] 1729712031595 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG writing plain storage: ["email","sessionToken","uid","verified","device","oauthTokens","profileCache"] 1729712031595 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of json user data: ["email","sessionToken","uid","verified","device","oauthTokens","profileCache"] 1729712031596 FirefoxAccounts TRACE Getting command keys: https://identity.mozilla.com/cmd/open-uri 1729712031596 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG Webchannel is enabling sync 1729712031596 FirefoxAccounts INFO Generating and persisting encrypted key (false, true) 1729712031596 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031596 Sync.Service INFO Configuring sync with current FxA user 1729712031599 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG observed weave:connected 1729712031599 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Sync has been connected to a logged in user 1729712031600 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031600 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031600 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO The user became verified 1729712031600 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: error.login.reason.no_username => success.login 1729712031600 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: service.client_not_configured => success.status_ok 1729712031600 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Doing initial sync actions 1729712031601 Sync.AddonsReconciler INFO Registering as Add-on Manager listener. 1729712031601 Sync.AddonsReconciler DEBUG Adding change listener. 1729712031601 Sync.Engine.History.Tracker INFO Adding Places observer. 1729712031603 Sync.Service DEBUG User-Agent: Firefox/131.0.3 (Linux x86_64) FxSync/##blanked out; looked vaguely identifiable## 1729712031604 Sync.Service INFO Starting sync at 2024-10-23 12:33:51 in browser session ##blanked out; looked vaguely identifiable## 1729712031604 Sync.Service DEBUG In sync: should login. 1729712031604 Sync.Service INFO User logged in successfully - verifying login. 1729712031605 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031606 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG unlockAndVerifyAuthState already has (or can fetch) sync keys 1729712031606 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: success.login => success.status_ok 1729712031606 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: success.status_ok => error.login.failed 1729712031606 Sync.Service DEBUG Fetching unlocked auth state returned success.status_ok 1729712031606 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031607 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Getting sync key 1729712031618 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of json user data - took: 23 1729712031618 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG writing secure storage: ["keyFetchToken"] 1729712031618 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of user data to the login manager 1729712031622 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of user data to the login manager 1729712031622 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/scoped-key-data 1729712031622 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST Length: 84 1729712031659 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/scoped-key-data 200 1729712031661 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 1729712031701 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 401 1729712031701 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/keys: code: 401 - Status text: 1729712031701 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -701 1729712031701 Hawk DEBUG Received 401 for /account/keys: retrying 1729712031702 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 1729712031751 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 401 1729712031751 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/keys: code: 401 - Status text: 1729712031752 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -752 1729712031752 FirefoxAccounts ERROR error GETing /account/keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031752 FirefoxAccounts WARN handling invalid token error: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031752 FirefoxAccounts INFO checking account status... 1729712031752 FirefoxAccounts WARN handling invalid token error: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031752 FirefoxAccounts INFO checking account status... 1729712031754 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 1729712031755 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 1729712031795 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 200 1729712031795 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /session/status: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712031795 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -795 1729712031796 FirefoxAccounts INFO account status: ok 1729712031796 FirefoxAccounts WARN invalid token error, but account state appears ok? 1729712031796 Sync.SyncAuthManager ERROR Authentication error in _fetchTokenForUser: {"details":{"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"},"source":"hawkclient"} 1729712031796 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: success.status_ok => error.login.reason.account 1729712031796 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => error.login.failed 1729712031797 FirefoxAccounts TRACE Getting command keys: https://identity.mozilla.com/cmd/open-uri 1729712031797 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Failed to fetch the cluster URL: {"details":{"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"},"source":"hawkclient"} 1729712031797 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG Cluster value = null 1729712031797 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.sync: success.sync => error.sync.reason.no_node_found 1729712031797 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => error.sync.failed 1729712031797 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031797 Sync.SyncScheduler DEBUG Clearing sync triggers and the global score. 1729712031800 Sync.Status INFO Resetting Status. 1729712031800 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.sync.failed => success.status_ok 1729712031800 FirefoxAccounts INFO Generating and persisting encrypted key (false, true) 1729712031801 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712031803 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Getting sync key 1729712031806 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 200 1729712031806 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /session/status: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712031806 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -806 1729712031806 FirefoxAccounts INFO account status: ok 1729712031806 FirefoxAccounts WARN invalid token error, but account state appears ok? 1729712031806 FirefoxAccounts WARN Failed to fetch keys, so unable to determine command keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031806 FirefoxAccounts TRACE Getting command keys: https://identity.mozilla.com/cmd/close-uri/v1 1729712031807 FirefoxAccounts INFO Generating and persisting encrypted key (false, true) 1729712031809 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/scoped-key-data 1729712031809 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST Length: 84 1729712031876 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/scoped-key-data 200 1729712031877 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/scoped-key-data: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712031877 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -877 1729712031877 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG Fetching keys with token true from https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1 1729712031878 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 1729712031928 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 401 1729712031928 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/keys: code: 401 - Status text: 1729712031928 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -928 1729712031928 Hawk DEBUG Received 401 for /account/keys: retrying 1729712031929 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 1729712031973 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 401 1729712031974 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/keys: code: 401 - Status text: 1729712031974 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -974 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts ERROR error GETing /account/keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts WARN handling invalid token error: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts INFO checking account status... 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts WARN handling invalid token error: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts INFO checking account status... 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts WARN handling invalid token error: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712031974 FirefoxAccounts INFO checking account status... 1729712031976 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 1729712031976 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 1729712031976 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 1729712032010 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 200 1729712032010 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /session/status: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712032011 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -1010 1729712032011 FirefoxAccounts INFO account status: ok 1729712032011 FirefoxAccounts WARN invalid token error, but account state appears ok? 1729712032011 FirefoxAccounts WARN Failed to fetch keys, so unable to determine command keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712032011 FirefoxAccounts TRACE Getting command keys: https://identity.mozilla.com/cmd/close-uri/v1 1729712032011 FirefoxAccounts INFO Generating and persisting encrypted key (false, true) 1729712032012 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/scoped-key-data 1729712032012 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST Length: 84 1729712032029 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 200 1729712032029 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /session/status: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712032029 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -29 1729712032029 FirefoxAccounts INFO account status: ok 1729712032029 FirefoxAccounts WARN invalid token error, but account state appears ok? 1729712032029 FirefoxAccounts WARN Failed to fetch keys, so unable to determine command keys: {"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"} 1729712032056 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/scoped-key-data 200 1729712032056 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/scoped-key-data: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712032056 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -56 1729712032056 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG Fetching keys with token true from https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1 1729712032058 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 1729712032101 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 401 1729712032101 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/keys: code: 401 - Status text: 1729712032101 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -101 1729712032101 Hawk DEBUG Received 401 for /account/keys: retrying 1729712032102 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/keys 1729712032167 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/session/status 200 1729712032167 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /session/status: code: 200 - Status text: 1729712032168 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -168 1729712032168 FirefoxAccounts INFO account status: ok 1729712032168 FirefoxAccounts WARN invalid token error, but account state appears ok? 1729712032168 Sync.SyncAuthManager ERROR Authentication error in _fetchTokenForUser: {"details":{"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"},"source":"hawkclient"} 1729712032168 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: success.login => error.login.reason.account 1729712032168 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: success.status_ok => error.login.failed 1729712032168 FirefoxAccounts TRACE Getting command keys: https://identity.mozilla.com/cmd/open-uri 1729712032168 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Failed to fetch the cluster URL: {"details":{"code":401,"errno":110,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Invalid authentication token: Missing authentication","info":"https://mozilla.github.io/ecosystem-platform/api#section/Response-format"},"source":"hawkclient"} 1729712032168 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG Cluster value = null 1729712032168 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.sync: success.sync => error.sync.reason.no_node_found 1729712032168 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => error.sync.failed 1729712032169 Sync.Synchronizer INFO No cluster URL found. Cannot sync. 1729712032169 Sync.SyncScheduler DEBUG Next sync in 600000 ms. (why=schedule) 1729712032171 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1729712032172 FirefoxAccounts INFO Generating and persisting encrypted key (false, true)

[...]

Oh wait, that's the end of the log...

Hopefully this is one of those network errors that just resolve itself the next day and not any kind of serious issue.

Hope everyone at Mozilla is having a good day! (:

Warmly, Nicolete <3

My need to work with please help me with attached to my account and investment check with my email access to my old telegram account please help me with attached to my account and investment please

I originally setup my account under a business email address that I do not operate or have access to that email. When I log in it wants to send a code to the registered email but I don’t have anyway to get that code. How do I bypass this? I’m trying to sync everything to my iPad from my desktop.

Hiya good citizens of the internet 👋

Please help me recover my bookmarks 🥺

I've gone through every single support article on this topic and tried everything suggested and still no luck. This is my hail mary.

How I got here I needed to do a full wipe and reinstal of my macOS; this was conducted with the help of the Genuis bar. Upon reinstalling Firefox, I signed into my account and my bookmarks are all gone, records of them empty.

I should also note that nothing else ported over. No passwords, no browser extensions. Nada. The passowrds and extensions aren't a big deal. I use a 3rd-party password manager and can easily re-download the handful of extensions/widgets. But I heavily relied on bookmarks for both frequently visited sites and ones rarely-used which I knew were important for future reference. And I cannot remember 80% of them...

What else I've tried other than what's suggested in help article:

• Because I did not check to confirm which Firefox profile I've been signed into for ages and ages before doing the reset, I thought maybe I had just signed into the wrong one. I proceeded to try every other email address I have, including two from my old workplace. None of the other 5 emails had profiles created. I know this because it prompted the sign up userflow; create a password, etc.
• But I also know for a fact that the bookmarks were saved as part of a profile because I used the profile sync feature to auto-port all my bookmarks when I first got this Macbook a year and a bit ago.
• The folders where bookmark backup info is stored locally are empty... Clearly, it wasn't stored in my icloud documents (that's on me for not double-checking)
• I checked my other device (mobile phone) to see if I had firefox downloaded and was signed into the same account as the original, with the bookmarks still visible. Of course I didn't. I only use Safari on my phone 😭

""Grasping at straws: the only other things I can think of""

• Is there some way of linking my MAC address with my IP address and using those to triangulate the correct profile?
• Because my computer got wiped and nothing is saved locally, my only hope is that my bookmarks are floating around the ether. If so, I just need to figure out how to find them.

Any and all help/suggestions are massively appreciated!!

Thanks in advance,

Lauren

hi I reinstalled my windows recently. before that , i made sure im singed in with this email address to protect my passwords with firefox sync. (eb.movahhed58@gmail.com)

after installing the new firefox , i figured my passwords are gone and they werent restored from my account.

i received welcome e-mail when i successfully create an mozilla accunt couple of days ago. please assist me !!

hi

i had my all data saved in my firefox online account , now i logged in on my new laptop , i logged in with my id but i cant find my bookmarks passwords , extensions etc . please help

In seeing other answers to this dilemma it presents another problem. I do use sync. But what troubles me is IF I need to give out the password for someone to use the internet that person now has access to my passwords. Since there seems no way, unless I shutoff sync. Is this correct? Should there be some Secondary password? Passwordpasswordpasswordpasswordetc.

Hello

Out of nowhere I started having problems watching Videos on Twitch. So, after some Flatpak repairs and reinstalls, I decided to sync my data with Firefox Sync and remove it completely. For my surprise after reinstalling and logging in on Firefox Sync my only extensions and, what looks like part of my history were restored. Lost my session, custom tabs names etc.

Firefox is installed on my desktop and on my cell. How can I get my cell to show all bookmarks that I have on my desktop? I already synced a few times but no change!

I'm attempting to set up sync between my windows laptop and my new android phone. The phone has firefox loaded, allows me to pull up the 'sync and save your data' page, allows me to choose 'ready to scan' and presumably successfully scans the QR code displayed on the laptop (the laptop prompts me to approve the new device). Then the laptop indicates I need to wait to approve it on my phone, and the whole process stalls. The phone continues to display the mostly blank white screen with only the "moz://a" at the top and the spinning blue circle in the center. Eventually the whole thing seems to time out and I receive an error message on the laptop saying "websocket unexpectedly closed" and "device pairing failed".

My two hypotheses are that either still having my old phone (which is being retired to at-home use only, and I'd rather not de-sync) still synced is somehow interfering (seems unlikely), or that something about the new phone's software is interfering in the sync (seems unlikely and way out of my league in terms of troubleshooting around).

Help please?