Please lower frequency of Firefox updates

[peterpan]

I use firefox for many websites having to do with finances, and all of them insist on two factor authorization anytime I log in from a different device or browser. That's good for security, but when the browser updates, even by a minor version, this triggers the need for extra login security on most of those websites. It's expected, but when the browser offers to update multiple times/week, it gets sufficiently annoying that I end up dismissing the frequent update reminders.  May I suggest you have a tiered level of updates? Maybe a setting that would allow me to only see reminders for major updates, like security fixes or major feature additions. Thanks for considering, and by the way thanks for making it easier to offer a suggestion!

[allizom]

it is botherig and molesting that firefox and/or thunderbird forces themself to update. it is not only the permant the updating-advice. If i reject to update this programs they make my machine slowly, force down my system, disconnect from the internet so i MUST make the update, rebooting the whole machine and so on. what **bleep** is it?

[john3]

The frequency of updates is not just annoying, it is also causing problems.

I have had to revert back to version 96 and it works perfectly

The latest updates have been a real problem. THe Video Download Helper either does not work or downloads only a small part of a file with the latest updates. Firefox no longer accepts the VDH activation code with the latest updates.

With version 96, the VDH takes the code and works perfectly on any and all sites so far.

Unfortunately, every time I turn Firefox on, up pops a reminder to update.

Please get rid of it as it is only of nuisance value. If I needed to update, I would do so in the settings. PLease include a buttun to never to update or dismiss until required.

With this annoying popup, all I have to do is click on the wrong part & then go through the process of having to set everything up again. \

Shouldn't be too difficult for people who created Firefox in the first place.

[chebanthienhylo]

Tối ngày cập nhật hoài, phiền chết được, nên gom lại lâu lâu cập nhật một lần thôi, cứ 1, 2 ngày là cập nhật, người dùng cảm thấy bực bội quá. Nếu tình hình không cải thiện thôi tôi chia tay.

Update every night, it's annoying, so it's time to update once every 1-2 days, users feel so frustrated. If the situation doesn't improve, I'll break up.

[RimTickler]

stop updating firefox every other day

How about it? it's annoying, I remember when Firefox was good. It's bloated now, has about 100 processes running in the background. If it's not broken don't fix it.

[tg1]

Absolutely agree.
Firefox updates are so frequently that it is a bit disturbing, I finally stopped all my work, and checked what the frequency of update notifications of Firefox is. Here are the results;
13May 10:17 Update notification - dismissed
13May 22:39 Update notification for the same version - dismissed
14May 10:48 Update notification for the same version - dismissed
It is all about update from 113.0 to 113.0.1
It means Firefox forces you again to update in 12h averagely, 2 times a day, even if you prefer to dismiss.
Actually, dismiss means that 'dismiss this version', but it functions as 'remind me 12h later'. Actually, this is a functionality bug, or false statement.

[GCAREY1954]

Once again I see a new version of Firefox!  No 113 !!!

It seems I am spending MORE TIME updating Firefox than ACTUALLY using it.

Please SLOW down with these endless new versions!

[rhinosfan56]

Are the developers taking ANY notice of these comments because I'm seriously thinking of switching to a different browser because of the intrusive nature and frequency of these updates and the impact on my ability to perform simple tasks.

Please knock it off!

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

Take a look https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/option-to-disable-update-reminders/idc-p/46382/highlight/true#M...

[rconstan]

I'm the original poster, and no... the developers are neither commenting nor listening. But having multiple browsers is wise, and the product is free, works well, and is still the best browser for some sites. So in windows what you can do is create two files to modify and un-modify the windows system registry, to disable or re-enable updates. That way you can disable the nuisance changes, and then occasionally re-enable, and do the updates. As for me,  I'm still on 108.0.2. My choice. These files should be appropriately  named with ".reg" extensions. Use at your own risk...

For file: "disable firefox background updates.reg"

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox]
"BackgroundAppUpdate"=dword:00000000
"DisableAppUpdate"=dword:00000001

For file: "enable firefox background updates.reg"

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox]
"BackgroundAppUpdate"=-
"DisableAppUpdate"=-

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

Additional information

Windows Take a look
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/get-rid-of-the-quot-restart-required-quot-in-firefox/idc-p/4600...

Linux
Given the planned obsolescence of certain systems
https://forums.mozfr.org/viewtopic.php?p=949840#p949840
I discovered Linux https://forums.mozfr.org/viewtopic.php?p=949449#p949449

Take a look
https://forums.mozfr.org/viewtopic.php?p=949515#p949515At first glance discovered, the Directory for updates does not exist in Linux

[alannsandiego]

2/20/2024

Dear Firefox,

If you keep changing your browser more twice a year Chrome is going to be the only browser on the market; you making work for the users and website admins by updating to often; Also you lower the quality of your product by making it harder to user for no reason.

[nitesigh]

Waaaaayyyyyy too many updates! It interrupts every program I am using and causes mistakes in those programs and shutdowns! STOP IT!

[pamluft]

I updated last week and all of my pinned tabs were eliminated. Now I've gotten 3 notifications this week to update again. What is going on?!! This is my constant experience!

[Ondersoeker]

Yes, I have had the same frustration. I had more than 230 tabs on various aspects that I researched, but had not the time to download... And poof All gone...!
My computer has become a updater. Updating Microsoft more and more frequent, Firefox, more and more frequent, and in between, I have the opportunity to do some of what the reason is for having a computer: Research work.

[jscher2000]

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@Ondersoeker wrote:

Yes, I have had the same frustration. I had more than 230 tabs on various aspects that I researched, but had not the time to download... And poof All gone...!
My computer has become a updater. Updating Microsoft more and more frequent, Firefox, more and more frequent, and in between, I have the opportunity to do some of what the reason is for having a computer: Research work.

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There was a bug in the Firefox 127.0 update: if you canceled a Primary Password dialog on the first run of Firefox 127, it started up a broken state and failed to restore your previous session. This is now fixed in Firefox 127.0.1.

If you haven't recovered the lost tabs by now, you can try this:

(A) Find the upgrade.jsonlz4-20240606181944 file

This file would be a snapshot of your session that Firefox created during the last update (the last 6 digits may vary). It would be in your currently active Firefox profile folder, in the sessionstore-backups subfolder. For more information on accessing the profile folder, see:

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data

(B) Use my Scrounger tool to extract a clickable list of open/closed tabs

The page is at https://www.jeffersonscher.com/ffu/scrounger.html

You can drag-and-drop a copy of the upgrade file from Windows File Explorer onto the box on that page to decompress it.

After that, click the "Scrounge URLs" button. It usually finishes its work and generates the list within 10 seconds. If nothing seems to be happening in the page after 15 seconds, the script probably crashed. You can close the tab and try again in a new tab, or try the "Unstructured URL List" button which doesn't depend on perfectly parsing the backup file.

You can use Save List to archive a copy of the list on your computer for future reference.