Bug#1073074: firefox: looses previous tabs

From	"tv.debian" <tv.debian@googlemail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.rc
Subject	Bug#1073074: firefox: looses previous tabs
Date	2024-06-12 23:20 +0200
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On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 22:55:58 +0200 "tv.debian" 
<tv.debian@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 

Allow me to correct myself, after testing on more systems 
plasma-integration is a red herring, the message I get on first launch 
seems unrelated, what affects the outcome is the Mozilla account.

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Bug#1073074: firefox: looses previous tabs Phil Dibowitz <phil@ipom.com> - 2024-06-12 21:50 +0200
  Bug#1073074: firefox: looses previous tabs Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.org> - 2024-06-12 22:50 +0200
  Bug#1073074: firefox: looses previous tabs "tv.debian" <tv.debian@googlemail.com> - 2024-06-12 23:20 +0200
  Bug#1073074: firefox: looses previous tabs "tv.debian" <tv.debian@googlemail.com> - 2024-06-13 00:40 +0200

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