Why can’t the devs have it update in the background or on next startup? I was in the middle of my work when I got this. Now I need to close everything and go through all the logins and 2FA again. 😡
Chrome is much better at this, hands down. It has never interrupted me the way Firefox does during updates.
I use it on both Windows and Mac, I’ve never seen this o.o
I’ve seen it multiple times over the years. Don’t know what could be causing this.
In my experience - having 2 different instances (e.g. if you want 2 icons on the taskbar) and one having updated.
just don’t update stuff unless you’re ready to restart apps? cuz you’re not gonna get the new stuff until it restarts anyway. also it should restore your session
My pet peeve is when it updates and instead of letting me go on my way, it opens the stupid “Firefox has updated” tab.
Nobody asked, just duck off, shut up.
The site that launches after updates is for telemetry - the request gives them information on the updater (IP, geo location, OS, localization, fonts, fingerprinting, etc).
Well, you are right and I hate this too.
However - why can’t you choose your own time to update your system with all packages? That’s on Linux, and Windows has suffering embedded in its license agreement anyway, even if this bit of it isn’t from MS.
Also its current UI is what I hate much more. Why could they not make it look like FF 3 at least is beyond me. It was good , usable, and it also carries an element of brand continuity, loyalty if you wish.
I understand why XUL had to go … well, not really, they didn’t have to reinvent C for multithreading, and just like that FF developers didn’t have to abolish XUL in its entirety for having separate threads for separate tabs and the UI.
Actually I also hate the fact of them abolishing XUL instead of changing it into something incompatible but just as powerful.
Maybe don’t update your system when you’re using firefox?
I’ve literally never seen this in decades of using Firefox. It always downloads in the background then I get an icon on the taskbar telling me to restart to finish the update.
Saw that for the first time today, it was a wierd feeling
Probably already been said, but I’m wondering why you haven’t just checked the box in Settings for automatic updates that says “When Firefox is not running”, because I’ve never encountered this problem with that turned on.
I wasn’t aware there was such a setting. Thanks
no problem
For anyone who is still confused about what causes this: Firefox launches copies of itself when creating new website instances (usually when loading a website that has not already been loaded). Because of this, if it is updated in the background (through any means; I usually see this after a manual system update), Firefox has to restart when you try and load a new site because it cannot create any compatible copies of itself, since the old version is the one that is still running and the copies would use the new (updated) version.
The solution is to only update when Firefox is closed, or restart it when it asks.
The solution is not a solution but is good enough.
IME it happens when I open a new tab.
Yep; sometimes I will be able to do a search and then when I try to click on a result it has me restart.
I’ve never ever seen this screen before, there must be a setting for it.
I see it under linux after updating Firefox through the package manager. Maybe OP’s distro auto updates packages?
At least I see it coming as I manually do updates on my Linux machine, so I know when I’ve updated Firefox.
The one that gets me is some websites don’t throw that message, they just fail to load. Youtube is bad at that.
I’ve been using Firefox on all my machines for (many) years now and literally not once have I ever seen this. Maybe you unintentionally have some option set to install updates more quickly/directly?
Yeah, caught out the first.time. Now I never OK the update until I am about to close.down, which is a bulahit workaround but there it is. Why can’t it be downloaded with a pop uo notification saying install the update now or wait until you reboot?
I’ve been using Firefox since 1.0PR and I’ve never seen this message before. For me, Firefox has always quietly downloaded the update in the background and then installed it the next time I used it.
I’m curious to know just exactly what it is you’re doing to make this message come up.
I saw this yesterday on Linux after a typical update command and it surprised me. Restarting FF reopened all my tabs without issue and it wasn’t really an inconvenience to me.
This happens when FF updates out of band. Ie package manager.
Your windows updates are probably set to also get applications when it updates. Turn that off and see what happens (next month).
