Mozilla came up with a fix for the issue and after some testing in development versions of Firefox, has now pushed it to the stable version of the browser via the Firefox 114.0.1 update.įirefox users interested in the specifics may follow the link to the bug report on Bugzilla, as it provides links to code changes and other information that are relevant. If it is not, Firefox would fail with a crash, which Mozilla admits is not ideal.
The change introduced in Firefox 114 and newer versions introduced checks if the origin is supported by Firefox.
Firefox would previously load the metadata file and continue the startup process. Mozilla engineers discovered that the issue was related to "old metadata files on disk containing origin types" that Firefox no longer supports. Updates are available for all affected versions of the Firefox web browser. The linked bug report provides insight on the issue.Īccording to it, Mozilla noted an increase in startup crashes that affected Firefox 114 and the development versions Firefox 115 and 116. The official Firefox 114.0.1 release notes lists just a single item: "Fix a startup crash". The help page should list Firefox 114.0.1 as the version after the update. A restart of the browser is required to complete the process. Firefox runs a check for updates at the same time and will download any that it finds to the local system. The update is available already and most Firefox installations will be updated automatically thanks to the browser's built-in updating functionality.įirefox users may select Menu > Help > About Firefox to look up the installed version.
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