Firefox open tab sync has stopped functioning

I often use the Sync function to bring open tabs over from my smartphone to my desktop computer. I have noticed over the past month or so, this functionality has become i… (funda kabanzi)

I often use the Sync function to bring open tabs over from my smartphone to my desktop computer. I have noticed over the past month or so, this functionality has become increasingly unreliable and sometimes does not function at all. At the moment I have no synced tabs showing on my desktop. I have signed out and back in to Mozilla on both my smartphone and desktop multiple times, checked the sync settings, and nothing seems to resolve this. There have been a couple Firefox updates on both the desktop and mobile side, none of which have changed this behavior.

Has anyone else been experiencing this? What other trouble shooting steps can I perform? Any help is much appreciated.

Desktop FF version: v131.0 Mobile FF version (Android): v130.0.1

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Inhibits Power Management

Firefox inhibits power management, causing the screensaver to not activate. This happens when I am not running a video. It happens if I open a website that has video but … (funda kabanzi)

Firefox inhibits power management, causing the screensaver to not activate. This happens when I am not running a video. It happens if I open a website that has video but I do not run the video. If I turn off Firefox the screensaver works. Screensaver is set to activate at 5 minutes. Power Management is set to turn off screen when inactive for 7 minutes. Linuxmint 21.3. and on another computer - Linuxmint 22.0

Asked by borgward 6 ezinsukwini ezidlule

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bookmarks

I have a lot of bookmarks (too many, I know) - but I can't see a way to find a bookmark, that I made for some time ago. Is there a search bar, search field or... for bo… (funda kabanzi)

I have a lot of bookmarks (too many, I know) - but I can't see a way to find a bookmark, that I made for some time ago. Is there a search bar, search field or... for bookmarks? And why not? Thanks!

Asked by HHAA 1 usuku oludlule

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Firefox very slow to load some websites lately

At some point in the last few weeks -- possibly after an upgrade -- I've noticed that some websites such as the Washington Post and Fidelity can take minutes rather than … (funda kabanzi)

At some point in the last few weeks -- possibly after an upgrade -- I've noticed that some websites such as the Washington Post and Fidelity can take minutes rather than seconds to load. The problem doesn't seem to be with the sites themselves (because they load fine on Chrome) or with my hardware (because exactly the same thing happens on both of my computers). Has anyone else noticed this?

( I'm running Firefox 131.0.3 on Windows.)

Asked by BlebNevus1015 2 emasontweni adlule

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Synchronization randomly overwrites data locally on PC or online on Mozilla's servers

Good day, Firefox Synchronization restores my old data as soon as I sign in, even though I do not push synchronization. I have absolutely no power to decide what gets … (funda kabanzi)

Good day,

Firefox Synchronization restores my old data as soon as I sign in, even though I do not push synchronization.

I have absolutely no power to decide what gets restored. I do not see any possibility to update the data stored on my Firefox profile online.

But the oddest behavior is that I opened a new account from another PC in order to save my actual Firefox data. I then synchronized my data from the first PC with the new account, and this time, instead of overwriting my local data from my new account, it is the data from the new account that got overwritten from my local profile containing the old data.

To sum up things, it seems that:

- I cannot choose what gets saved or restored neither on my PC locally nor on my Firefox profile online.

- When I synchronize Firefox, my data gets randomly overwritten either on my PC locally or on my profile online, without giving me the choice to either backup or restore these data.

Is there any way to avoid this ? And how do I choose if synchronization overwrite my local profile from my online one or the other way round ?

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Disable dialog asking to open a link in application

Some application registered links to a certain pattern of URLs to itself. Now every time I try to go to such address, a dialog pops up and asks to open that link in that … (funda kabanzi)

Some application registered links to a certain pattern of URLs to itself. Now every time I try to go to such address, a dialog pops up and asks to open that link in that application, but I neither have that application anymore nor am I interested in doing that. How can I make FF forget that application's setting?

Asked by pulolane 6 ezinsukwini ezidlule

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Previous session now showing up after Macbook air update

After doing an update on my macbook air, I opened firefox and selected restore previous session (which was a selectable option). However, the window does not appear anywh… (funda kabanzi)

After doing an update on my macbook air, I opened firefox and selected restore previous session (which was a selectable option). However, the window does not appear anywhere, even though when I click on the icon in the dock, it shows that the window exists (so my session was correctly restored, but its not visible at present). Any help?

Asked by benjaminvandiepen 1 usuku oludlule

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constant falls

Recently, even on Ubuntu, but after that on arch, my browser tabs started to fall. Only the browser fell on Ubuntu at once, but everything falls on arch: both tabs and th… (funda kabanzi)

Recently, even on Ubuntu, but after that on arch, my browser tabs started to fall. Only the browser fell on Ubuntu at once, but everything falls on arch: both tabs and the browser itself. Please help me figure this out.

Asked by vladccffaa 3 emasontweni adlule

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Lost work

Today I was filling in a contract with a government organization. The type that allows me to answer questions and submit. I clicked on something else before finishing … (funda kabanzi)

Today I was filling in a contract with a government organization. The type that allows me to answer questions and submit. I clicked on something else before finishing and I could not retrieve my work.

I have tried ALL of the suggestions available in HISTORY (restore previous session) open closed tabs etc Etc.

Nothing works

Asked by bruce106 6 ezinsukwini ezidlule

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YouTube keeps crashing

Hi Any help will be appreciated as I have this issue over a year. I thought with the updates it would be fixed but it seems like its only my firefox browser issue. Ever… (funda kabanzi)

Hi

Any help will be appreciated as I have this issue over a year. I thought with the updates it would be fixed but it seems like its only my firefox browser issue.

Every time I try to view a YouTube video it keeps crashing. I get this message - Gah. Your tab just crashed. We can help! Choose Restore This Tab to reload the page. YouTube works in other browsers though.

Asked by Previsha Parbhoo 6 ezinsukwini ezidlule

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Cannot delete Screenshots from PC

I take a lot of screenshots using Firefox's built in screenshot tool to share with my friends. After a while it slows down my Photos folder and I move them elsewhere. How… (funda kabanzi)

I take a lot of screenshots using Firefox's built in screenshot tool to share with my friends. After a while it slows down my Photos folder and I move them elsewhere. However, I cannot move, delete, or even rename any of the 18 photos shown in the photo below. They are all from Twitter/X, but this error does not apply to every screenshot from Twitter - I was able to move or delete most of them. However, it is ONLY happening with photos from Twitter. They are not Read Only so I don't know what the issue is. I'm not having this issue with Windows Snip tool, only Firefox Screenshots.

Asked by NiaMariae 4 emasontweni adlule

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Frequent crashes on Windows 10

My Firefox started crashing a lot recently. Dozens of tab crashes within the span of just a minute or two are not uncommon. Sometimes, the entire browser itself crashes. … (funda kabanzi)

My Firefox started crashing a lot recently. Dozens of tab crashes within the span of just a minute or two are not uncommon. Sometimes, the entire browser itself crashes. Usually, the reason given is a vague EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION_WRITE or EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION_READ. I should note that in my case, the crashes affect most of the browsers I use, but they do not crash nearly as often as firefox does.

I've tried using it without any extensions (clean install), and with hardware acceleration disabled. I've run a RAM test also, which showed no issues. Disk check also indicated no issues. I installed windows 10 and even windows 11 on the secondary hard disk, but the issue persisted. I've also tried forcing my discrete/integrated GPU to be used solely as the display adapter, but the crashes still persisted.

When using firefox on ubuntu, the crashes do not happen, strangely. There was only one instance that I noticed the crashes on ubuntu, and that was when I set my discrete graphics card as the exclusive display adapter, from the BIOS settings.

Anyway, nothing really sticks out as the root cause. Wonder if someone is able to decipher anything from the crash reports below https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/bp-6927a483-6c22-4830-b057-1413e0241104 https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/bp-42b9b1f5-5820-4ed9-9c52-30c8e0241104 https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/bp-0b92e804-00e8-4515-9129-3b5db0241104 https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/bp-d27cdb0b-3e38-4507-925b-09ce30240914 https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/bp-fa6b0609-ae19-4a66-a81d-078040240911

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Add-In Permissions

One of the add-in permissions is "Access your data for sites in the “named” domain". I looked at that and thought, "That certainly cannot include passwords"; BUT the exp… (funda kabanzi)

One of the add-in permissions is "Access your data for sites in the “named” domain". I looked at that and thought, "That certainly cannot include passwords"; BUT the explanation for this permission is: "The extension could read the content of web pages you visit in the specified domain, as well as data you enter into those web pages, such as usernames and passwords. "

I was stunned.

That means that addins that get this permission have access to my banking/medical/etc. usernames & passwords. This is not acceptable. Can a permission be developed that would be: "Access your data for sites in the “named” domain" (except usernames/passwords).

The permission "Access your data for all websites" is significantly worse in that it applies to all sites.

Asked by pabsfx-config 4 izinyanga ezidlule

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Password manager

During the last two hours, while I was using Firefox on my PC for browsing, the password manager lost all of my passwords but three - of which I don't need two logins any… (funda kabanzi)

During the last two hours, while I was using Firefox on my PC for browsing, the password manager lost all of my passwords but three - of which I don't need two logins any more. Where are my account data and passwords? What the hell?!?

Asked by Myke 3 ezinsukwini ezidlule

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My browser will not play most videos including mp4

I have windows 10 and the latest update of firefox and many normal mp4 videos and videos of other formats will not play. I do not understand why or how to fix it please h… (funda kabanzi)

I have windows 10 and the latest update of firefox and many normal mp4 videos and videos of other formats will not play. I do not understand why or how to fix it please help

Asked by Wolfe Andedare 3 ezinsukwini ezidlule

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Root Certificate Expiration

I recently read the article about the root certificate expiration and the updates related to it (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/root-certificate-expiration ). I wan… (funda kabanzi)

I recently read the article about the root certificate expiration and the updates related to it (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/root-certificate-expiration ). I wanted to understand whether my add-ons will be affected because of this. Types of add-ons which i have 1) Simple searchOverride functionality 2) Simple functionality that communicates with remote APIs to display some data.

Asked by Ruben Monteiro 2 ezinsukwini ezidlule

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redirecting to a next page when hitting a NEXT button

This has happened on my 2 laptops with one particular website. Firefox is updated as required.... It has worked before. On the Norwegian ( NCL ) website , if you go to t… (funda kabanzi)

This has happened on my 2 laptops with one particular website. Firefox is updated as required.... It has worked before. On the Norwegian ( NCL ) website , if you go to the " excursion " link , pick a port , you see the 1st available tours...at the bottom of the page stating " 1-12 of 24 NEXT." However when you click the " highlighted" NEXT , nothing happens.....I have tried every combinations of settings....This feature, however works on my other browser with No additional settings....I was Always able to accomplish this.

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