firefox addons broken for now

proxygo

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world wide.
Late on Friday May 3rd, we became aware of an issue with Firefox
that prevented existing and new add-ons from running or being installed.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused to people who use Firefox.

A technical glitch breaks Firefox extensions, but a fix is out
An out-of-date certificate to blame

If you're struggling to get your Firefox extensions working today,
you're not alone a technical glitch has rendered all add-ons
unusable, and Mozilla is currently working on a fix.

it looks like an out-of-date certificate has borked everyone's
extensions, as Firefox is simply recognizing them as
incompatible.

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

 

Last edited: May 4, 2019

roberth07

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I thought it was just my problem.
Uninstall the Firefox I had and install Firefox ESR
I do not know if the problem was solved, but for me Firefox ESR is working very well
it's even more stable than normal firefox.

 

ilovetobun69

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Weird I heard about that 4 days ago. Not sure why they saying it was yesterday.

 

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ilovetobun69 said:

Weird I heard about that 4 days ago. Not sure why they saying it was yesterday.

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because it said affect different zones and different people

 

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Are the addons still down?

 

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got me tonight
still cant install addons

 

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proxygo said:

got me tonight
still cant install addons

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Fuck. I was running an AMF bot on an unmanned VPS. That's probably down. -_-

 

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theres is a temp fix - can take 6 hrs

To provide this fix on short notice, we are using the Studies system.
This system is enabled by default, and no action is needed unless Studies have been disabled.
Firefox users can check if they have Studies enabled by going to:
Firefox Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Allow Firefox to install and run studies
(scroll down to find the setting)

It may take up to six hours for the Study to be applied to Firefox. To check if the fix has been applied,
you can enter “about:studies” in the location bar. If the fix is in the active, you’ll see
“hotfix-update-xpi-signing-intermediate-bug-1548973” in either the Active studies or

 

paja93

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Go to about:config and disable xpinstall.signatures.requires
Should work on most versions.

 

Philip Kim

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Yes this is true.. I thought it was only me! all my FF addons were suddenly disabled!

 

umerjutt00

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I was going crazy why all of my addons are disabled. Then I searched on Google and everything became clear. I have to use firefox for some tasks and can't really do them at the moment.

 

KamBhai

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Simple solution.
Use Chrome

 

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Go to about:config and disable xpinstall.signatures.requires
tried few hrs ago still wont let me install any addons

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paja93 said:

Go to about:config and disable xpinstall.signatures.requires
Should work on most versions.

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Wow!! U just saved me mate lol

Thank you!

 

M4DM4X

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Nope disabling xpinstall only works with old versions , use the method given by hacker news (and relayed on Twitter by Firefox team) it will put back all your addons instantly

 

proxygo

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can u link it for twitter please

 

mhub146

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i have the same problem

 

Aaric

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Wait for a day or install firefox ESR to different folder in program files.

paja93 said:

Go to about:config and disable xpinstall.signatures.requires
Should work on most versions.

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Post a proof to support this?
This is only valid for Firefox ESR, its said by firefox support.

 

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Aaric said:

Wait for a day or install firefox ESR to different folder in program files.



Post a proof to support this?
This is only valid for Firefox ESR, its said by firefox support.

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Yea it works only on esr, developer edition and all linux versions(from my experience).

Allowing firefox to run studies seems to work for many but if that was the only option for me i wouldn't do it. Millions of users allowing them to invade their privacy, seems phishy. I wonder what will happen to all Tor users whos noscript got disabled just like that without warnings, if they did anything sensitive...

 

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deutch welle

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if you have enough lucky by using multiple profile on your firefox its work well .
because this what happen to me.
my default profile add ons gone all but not my other profiles.