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Is that a bug or feature

KelvinPaul — Thu, 05 May 2022 12:27:22 GMT

I'm using Zorin OS 16.1,

I got a default firefox browser, but today I saw a news, there is a new release 100v.

so I decided to uninstall the current firefox, and just searched on snapstore, I found alpha version 102.

after the un-installation of the old version, I installed the alpha version. after opening the new browser, I got my old browser saved password, search history etc. is that a feature? I don't even using the firefox syn and save data feature? then how it is possible? sharing password of the old browser after the uninstallation. I didn't gave any permission.

Re: Is that a bug or feature

Serg — Thu, 05 May 2022 15:06:51 GMT

@KelvinPaul it's a feature. Updating app (manually or automatically) should not affect your data. Everything you had in your older version of Firefox should be available to you in newer version. Just like updating a document editor should not delete your documents.

Re: Is that a bug or feature

jscher2000 — Sat, 07 May 2022 19:23:07 GMT

Hmm, on Windows, the regular release, Developer Edition, and Nightly use distinct profiles so that they can coexist without breaking one another's functionality. When I install a pre-release version, it doesn't automatically grab and migrate or update my data from a regular profile. It may work differently on Linux, or maybe it did that because there was no other Firefox installed, just the leftover data.

Re: Is that a bug or feature

Mossop — Mon, 09 May 2022 16:15:45 GMT

Snap packages on Linux work a little differently to normal builds when it comes to profile selection (similarly Firefox installed through the Windows Store work a little differently too). They will use the profile data of a different install in a couple of cases, either if it was the default profile for an install of Firefox earlier than 67 or if it is the only profile present on the system.