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’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?
it usually happens on linux (and maybe macos??)
if you update firefox using your system package manager it will ask for a restart
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.
I use it on both Windows and Mac, I’ve never seen this o.o
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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
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 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.
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).
Maybe don’t update your system when you’re using firefox?
If you don’t want this you can change things.
When you first install Firefox, uncheck install updates as a service. Personally, I don’t like applications running services in the background all the time. When I close something I expect it to be gone, and I don’t want it running until I tell it to.
Second, go into settings and change your update settings to “Check for updates but let you choose to install them”. Firefox will pop up with a discrete notification telling you when an update is available, asking you to download, then another dismissable notification telling you to restart to update.
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I’m experiencing this too, but I don’t have reopen any tabs. Everything comes back when restart.
I feel like I only see this on Linux installs and never on windows.
Not on the Linux systems I’m familiar with. The only way to trigger anything similar is to execute a package update while running FF, at which point new tabs will show a message to restart, but you can keep on using the open ones indefinitely.
I have never seen it on Linux.
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.
