FireFox Auto Disabled My Addons and I Can't DL Any Now

[Marzipanogram]

I'm using the lastest version of FF and earlier today whilst watching a YT video.
FF popped a mesage up saying all Addons were now disable and they were "legency".
(NoScript, uBlock Origin, Kaspersky).

I've tried to re DL them, plus any random Addons, but I get a message saying "Download failed. Please check your connection", when I try.
I can browse websites normally.

I've uninstalled and reinstalled FF and deleted then created a new profile, but I still can't DL any Addons.
Plus I've turned off my VPN and Firewall, to check if that made any difference.
NoScript & uBlock Origin work fine using Brave browser.

Any advice please (apart from using a differenet browser)?
Thank you

 

[MrRockliffe]

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/

 

[Marzipanogram]

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/

Thank you very much the quick reply and help Sir

 

[MrRockliffe]

Thank you very much the quick reply and help Sir

No problemo; not a Firefox user but spotted the issue while browsing Apple News earlier

 

[labcoattech]

Noticed the same this morning, after about 30 minutes my extensions came back

 

[Scougar]

I use Firefox with u block origin to get rid of ads and stupid sponsored content etc on mobile FB (I am just done with fb app, pure trash), so it is mildly annoying.

 

[Van_Dammesque]

I hope you guys can help, the work around via about:config and setting add-ons check to false makes no difference!?

 

[LOAM]

I hope you guys can help, the work around via about:config and setting add-ons check to false makes no difference!?

Same here

 

[area51]

mines still borked had same as you

 

[Marzipanogram]

I fixed mine (download the Addons again) by clicking on MrRockliffe's link, scrolling down and then downloading the file in the "Samuel Vuorela" post (link number 1).
i.e. https://storage.googleapis.com/[email protected]
I used another browser to download it.

 

[V F]

I fixed mine (download the Addons again) by clicking on MrRockliffe's link, scrolling down and then downloading the file in the "Samuel Vuorela" post (link number 1).
i.e. https://storage.googleapis.com/moz-fx-normandy-prod-addons/extensions/[email protected]
I used another browser to download it.

It was funny reading Reddit. Lack of NoScript was my biggest concern.

its horrible, the internet is full of adverts it turns out!

edit, emergency over, I fixed it with the temporary solution.

 

[Kainz]

Try this, it’s the Normandy fix via about:config.
https://reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/bkmkt3/_/emhxg2x/?context=1

Going to download the Vivaldi browser in a bit to have a look at. I’ll keep it alongside FF as a secondary browser just in case of Mozilla balls ups like this.

 

[Van_Dammesque]

Try this, it’s the Normandy fix via about:config.
https://reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/bkmkt3/_/emhxg2x/?context=1

Going to download the Vivaldi browser in a bit to have a look at. I’ll keep it alongside FF as a secondary browser just in case of Mozilla balls ups like this.

Thanks, this works for me!

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Had this happen last night while on YT, uBlock Origin just suddenly ****** off, so i started getting ads everywhere


Done the about:debugging fix at first (but you have to do it everytime you restart Foxy), so then i did the Studies one, to permanently fix it

about:debugging fix.

Temporarily loading extensions

Extensions installed via Firefox's debugging tools are installed "temporarily", meaning they will be automatically disabled again on browser restart.

All of your extensions currently reside in the "extensions" folder inside your profile folder. Go to ☰ > Help > Troubleshooting Information, then copy or make note of your "Profile folder" in the table.

Next open a tab and type about:debugging and click Load Temporary Add-on.... Navigate the file dialogue to your profile, then to the "extensions" folder inside. You should see a list of .xpi files - these are your add-ons. Load one, then repeat for all of them.

Just make sure, you show hidden/files and folders first, otherwise they wont show up, when you click on Load Temporary Add-on.

 

[Orcvader]

There's a new fix since yesterday afternoon, enable Options -> Privacy & Security -> and enable Allow Firefox to install and run studies. In about:studies you will see hotfix-reset-xpi-verification-timestamp-1548973 and hotfix-update-xpi-signing-intermediate-bug-1548973, once both of these are installed your add-ons will return and you can disable the studies option. A proper fix is also being rolled out as 66.0.4, although my FF doesn't see the update yet.

 

[jpaul]

Going to download the Vivaldi browser in a bit to have a look at.

ther's a moral though ... disable auto updates on browsers + add-ons, henceforth.

- after having been bitten by firefox and chrome (and windows) I adopted that strategy and will install a newer firefox at a different location,
and continue to use the old one until I have checked out the newer one,
there's a balance of risk, but if you have good hygene, many of the updates are cosmetic or addressing security issues that wouldn't impact you.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Fix has just rolled out (i think), v66.0.4 just came through

 

[darael]

Fix has just rolled out (i think), v66.0.4 just came through

I've just got 66.0.4 too.

 

[V F]

ther's a moral though ... disable auto updates on browsers + add-ons, henceforth.

- after having been bitten by firefox and chrome (and windows) I adopted that strategy and will install a newer firefox at a different location,
and continue to use the old one until I have checked out the newer one,
there's a balance of risk, but if you have good hygene, many of the updates are cosmetic or addressing security issues that wouldn't impact you.

This just proves and why I despise auto updates these days.

 

[ANDARIAL]

Yup working for me now too