Firefox 66.0.4 released to fix extensions issue

What's new in Firefox 66.0.4

It has been an intense weekend for Mozilla. I know discovered a problem with the extensions and they applied a remedy worse than the disease, which hurt many users. They soon launched a remote solution that seems to be not enough, since have released Firefox 66.0.4 with a single novelty: "Fixed the chain of certificates to reactivate the web extensions that had been disabled." Of course, they add more information in the "Unresolved" section.

Among what they have not resolved, a first point stands out in which they warn that there are a small number of extensions that might be marked as not supported or they may not appear in the "about: addons" section. Mozilla ensures that the data has not been lost and that everything will be recovered when the extension is reinstalled. Reinstalling unsupported extensions is a lesser evil, but it is important to mention this point so that those who do not see some extensions know what to do.

Firefox 66.0.4 does not automatically retrieve all extensions

As if it has been lost, it is the data of the extensions that use containers, such as those that allow us to separate services between personal use, work, etc. In these cases, the user must reconfigure them and re-enter the services. Nor will all themes be reactivated automatically, having to be the user who activates them from about: addons.

The home screen will return to its default state if we had customized it through an extension, so this change will have to be started from scratch from about: preferences or about: addons. Finally, users with a master key will have to reuse it or even reset it for the changes in this new version to take effect.

The new version is already available from this link. We remember that what Linux users will download are binaries that we will have to install manually. If we do not like this option, we will have to wait a few days for Firefox 66.0.4 to appear in APT repositories or as an upgrade to your Snap package. Right now, the Snap version is not updated either (lazy…). In any case, it seems that the nightmare has been short-lived and is now coming to an end.


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