topic Re: Forced Update Restarts in Discussions

Forced Update Restarts

CrustaceanFlier — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:36:49 GMT

Hi all,

I've been using Firefox for decades and still appreciate what it offers vs the others. I'm writing for the first time to share feedback on something that's very disruptive to my workflow:

"Restart to Keep Using Firefox"

I understand the importance of staying current in this current digital landscape, but the frequency of the mini-updates has led me to defer updating altogether.

Would it be possible to implement a setting that allows the user to opt-in to major releases only?

Re: Forced Update Restarts

Agentvirtuel — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:49:39 GMT

Hello

For information purposes
DisableAppUpdate https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/upgrade-notification-spam/m-p/64080/highlight/true#M22529

Firefox release notes
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories

Firefox release calendar
https://whattrainisitnow.com/calendar

Re: Forced Update Restarts

aschwein — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:34:13 GMT

Agreed!!! I want to be able to update the app, but have the option to restart now or later. Not forced.

Re: Forced Update Restarts

hanob — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:24:14 GMT

I used FF for years and it's update workflow worked beautifully: I saw a green dot-reminder and was able to restart whenever I can. But recent updates changed.

- Oh that's OK, tabs will be restored, unless you are in pvt mode...
I AM IN PRIVATE MODE!

This reminds me the days when Windows was forcing to restart and everyone was laughing on that stupidity and agreed that it is unacceptable because that's inconvenient, could happen at an inappropriate moment, and sometimes people lose their work. How tf, you guys, came to the same update model?

Re: Forced Update Restarts

staylor135 — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:50:13 GMT

I've serached and this is the newest post I've found on this issue. Unfortunately I've seen the complaint go back more than four years. This is the first time I've encountered it and I thought it was a Mac thing but I could be wrong.

This is beyond terrible. I will be trying to turn off auto updates but that is only a temporary and very bad stopgap. There could be users that cannot change their enterprise settings and will be forced to update. I don't like but am more okay with the nag box to restart or dissmess the restart to update but having the experience I just had is unacceptable.

I had been using Firefox and closed my laptop, upon opening it, opening a new tab, I received the page saying Restart to continue using firefox as an update started in the background. I am use to on windows an update starting you get the nag screen and one cannot use inprivate because it's loading the newer binary with the older profile and it's just broken and components need updating but cannot. However to block the current main session from working is highly disruptive. You have no idea what the user was in the middle of, which you cannot recover for them. How intense on the system it is to open resources and to recreate where they were. If I was doing critical work and suddenly I cannot continue until I reload, well I'm not going to use that browser anymore. I have pages that take minutes to parse, some of my profiles are highly tab junkie like and take up most of my ram and 10s of mintues to full load. I cannot risk having to unexpectedly stop working because it decided to update - locking me out until further use.