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!

[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!

[HonestlyPut]

My updates are daily, furthermore as I thought it rather odd that anything requiring updating that regularly (other than using it as an excuse to data collect) is not necessary or not what we are told it is to be. I changed my setting so that it can't update without my permission, hoping to observe that it would tell me once in a while. It happens between 4-8 times a day. Since you are not discussing the normal reason for an update, and when we look its to sort out a BUG? from the last 5 minutes ago update, are you writing 'updates', so frequently that pointless mistakes are being made, or that it's the best rollox you can come up with rather than we are collecting what sites you visited, when, how and if to whomever wants to purchase it. Do users of firefox that don't use their internet as frequently gets harrassed as often, as I can ignore these updates, because of my settings for weeks yet the update it says I needs number does not increase............ You'd assume with such frequency it would, so why if left doesn't it? If these updates are sooooooooooooo necessary, which they clearly aren't. Go back to how you used to do things and spend less time, alot less, coming across like every other dodgey corporation blowing smoke up our bums for dishonourable reasons, and expecting everyone to be OK about it, why would they be? Value the loyalty or lose it. Tolerance of unnecessary behaviour and questioned conduct, is not inexhaustible, neither should you expect it to be.

[sfink]

I notice that there are a few different things being described in this idea. Some people are objecting to several updates a year. This is expected behavior, so these people are arguing that it shouldn't be. I have no strong opinion there. All other browsers have similar update frequency, not that that means it's ok.

Other people are talking about an update or more every day. That would only be expected if you're on the Nightly channel. I'm not sure the easiest way to check this is, but if you go to the Help menu, that last "About..." item will give you a pop up that would say "You are currently on the nightly update channel." If that's the case, you want to get off of that channel by installing the release browser.

It sounds like daily or weekly updates are happening in other situations too, and that's a bug not a policy choice by Mozilla. There should be something like 1 major release every month (usually 4 weeks), and then a few (1-3 or so) dot releases between them.

If you are regularly getting updates once or more per day, that would be really irritating, and it would be helpful to file a bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&component=General and mention where you installed Firefox from if you remember.

This is all assuming you're installing the updates suggested. It also sounds like people are dismissing the updates and getting re-asked too frequently. I have no idea what the expected behavior is there. If it's for a point release like 113.0.1 right after the release of 113.0, I would suggest updating because that generally means a serious bug was found that is actively affecting people. For the major releases, delaying makes perfect sense to me. But again, I don't know how refused updates are supposed to work, and I can easily imagine that it would re-ask frequently enough to be annoying.

[DigNap15]

I am getting sick of Firefox updating every few days

It never tells me, or asks me

And it interrputs or stops what I am doing

Please make it an options like Windows does

You cant afford to lose anymore users!

[MattAuSupport]

Have any of you used the Extended Support Release (ESR) of Firefox.  A sort of annual update on the same release cadence as Thunderbird has used for the last 10 years.

It is hidden on the Enterprise download page. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/enterprise/#download

If you are getting Downloads more frequently than every four weeks.  Check you are not using a development build.  The developer's daily build updates,  well daily.  And beta also has frequent updates.

Release versions appear on a published schedule and it is here https://whattrainisitnow.com/calendar/ if you are getting regular out-of-band releases, it may well be you have other issues that a Firefox release schedule going on.