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Bug#1073074: firefox: looses previous tabs

From	"tv.debian" <tv.debian@googlemail.com>
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Subject	Bug#1073074: firefox: looses previous tabs
Date	2024-06-12 23:10 +0200
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On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 22:40:01 +0200 Christoph Anton Mitterer 
<calestyo@scientia.org> wrote:
> FYI:
> 
> I haven't seen that behaviour after upgrading...  and I do have quite a
> few tabs in many windows open.
> Maybe it happens not in all configurations.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris.
> 
> 

Something worth investigating: my experience is that this bug appears if 
plasma-integration addon is installed (so likely KDE d-e is used), even 
if it is disabled. When Firefox is launched after the upgrade it expects 
some kind of password login, maybe a Mozilla account or maybe the main 
password vault, but if this password is ignored the Firefox window will 
be blank, the tabs will be forgotten, and the profile corrupt. In my 
case I couldn't find my tabs in the history either, only restoring the 
profile from backup and providing the password on first launch worked 
around the bug.
It is repeatable in my case, if I restore the original profile folder 
(~.mozilla) all my tab history is gone again.

Hope it makes sens and helps.

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Bug#1073074: firefox: looses previous tabs "tv.debian" <tv.debian@googlemail.com> - 2024-06-12 23:10 +0200
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