I only have a mild-mannered magic wand - computers and electronic wizardry are way beyond my skills.
Firefox is constantly updated to make it safer, faster ā¦
Have you added an add-on or changed any settings in Firefox?
Check the settings in Firefox.
Iām getting prompted to log in every time I open the front page in a new tab or window - and some other times if I have not refreshed the page for a minute or two.
Adblockers are fairly notorious for making sites not work - even when the site is not specifically coded to detect their use.
I run Adblock Plus and Ghostery - neither seem to be the problem as disabling them does not change the behaviour.
Possibly it is due to some of the new Firefox privacy tweaks - although I have those set so they only apply to private browsing windows (which I tend not to use anyway).
Iāve just reinstalled FF and the problem still persists on this PC but it is ok on my wifeās PC with the same set up. Bizarre!
Any excuse - you just want to get your hands on your wifeās whatsit (in the nicest possible way)
I donāt need to touch my wifeās PC as I can jump on hers from mine
Perhaps you should try swinging from the chandeliers
Apologies - Iāve been outside and the heat has melted what little brain I had left.
So, in further investigation I have foundā¦
- If I right click on the profile of a member to open a new window or tab my login persists in that new window or tab
howeverā¦
- If I right click on a topic heading from the Ā«LatestĀ» list my login doesnāt persist and I have to re-login to that window or tab.
So that seems to be a key element in this saga from my perspective and leads me to believe that it is a site problem - not necessarily a problem specific to my PC - if that makes sense.
In addition to above, the site appears to be blocking LastPass password manager auto login (which I think may be connected).
If I go through LastPass to login to SF, even with the Ā«auto loginĀ» set, it doesnāt take me straight in (as it used to) but returns me to the login dialogue box with the fields pre-loaded with my login data and clicking on Ā«LOGINĀ» then takes me in to the site.
curiouser and curiouser
Hi, havenāt touched a thing, Iāll investigate! Thanks
Is this only happening on Firefox?
Iāve been in touch with Discourse support and the likely cause is a rogue browser plugin, you can check if thatās the case by running Firefox in safe mode.
Yup, that worked.
Now to find which plugin is the rogue elementā¦
I found only 2 plugins which might be suspect and have disabled both and then re started FF but the problem persists.
Like @anon88169868 I also have ghostery as well as LastPass add-ons but he already tried disabling those (as did I) to no effect.
So, back to the drawing boardā¦
Strange still that it is only SF that is affected; the Stack Exchange sites still work perfectly well.
Just tried a hard reset of the PC and it still requires login to the site (whereas it used to automatically log in so disabling the plug-ins hasnāt done the trick.
So, no further forward other than knowing that starting in safe mode is ok (but that disables bookmarks and add-ons which are working correctly).
Have you tried clearing FF cache?