Bug 1480452 Comment 10 Edit History

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(In reply to Kirk Steuber (he/him) [:bytesized] from comment #8)
> This problem can basically be caused in two known ways. If you are encountering this problem, and none of these situations seem to apply to you, please let us know!
> 
>  1. While Firefox is running, another instance of Firefox using the same installation updates. This is typically the result of running multiple profiles simultaneously. This is also theoretically possible on a system with multiple simultaneous users but, to my knowledge, no one has ever reported this problem to us.

Is it expected that this can happen even when *both* (or all) profiles involved have "Check for updates but let you choose to install them" selected in `about:preferences`?
(In reply to Kirk Steuber (he/him) [:bytesized] from comment #8)
> This problem can basically be caused in two known ways. If you are encountering this problem, and none of these situations seem to apply to you, please let us know!
> 
>  1. While Firefox is running, another instance of Firefox using the same installation updates. This is typically the result of running multiple profiles simultaneously. This is also theoretically possible on a system with multiple simultaneous users but, to my knowledge, no one has ever reported this problem to us.

Is it expected that this can happen even when **both** (or all) profiles involved have "Check for updates but let you choose to install them" selected in `about:preferences`?

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