1297488 - Add-ons are disabled thought xpinstall.signatures.required has been set to false in Firefox version 48.0.1 and previous (Dutch) versions.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[You can set nickname by putting [:nickname] in the field doesn't work? See Bug 1146127]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:48.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/48.0
Build ID: 20160817112116

Steps to reproduce:

I did set xpinstall.signatures.required to 'false' a while ago.
See: https://support.mozilla.org/nl/kb/add-on-ondertekening-in-firefox?as=u&utm_source=inproduct for instructions.

Besides that I did configure Firefox update to warn me of incompatible add-ons before installing an update.


Actual results:

Today Firefox crashed and was updated to version 48.0.1 during the reboot of it. It crashed twice by the way.
Now it tells me my add-ons are disabled although xpinstall.signatures.required is still 'false'!


Expected results:

1) The value xpinstall.signatures.required false should not be neglected.
2) The same goes for warning me on incompatible add-ons by automatic Firefox updates.
Both settings where set but neglected! Please resolve these two bugs!

Comment 1

[Andreas Wagner [:TheOne] [use NI]]

Starting with Firefox 48, that pref has no longer any effect. See https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/07/29/extension-signing-availability-of-unbranded-builds/ for more details.

Comment 2

[You can set nickname by putting [:nickname] in the field doesn't work? See Bug 1146127]

Well, Firefox did not tell me of the incompatible add-ons during her updating now did it?
So according to me it is still a bug!

Comment 3

[You can set nickname by putting [:nickname] in the field doesn't work? See Bug 1146127]

In addition:
1) I only have the Dutch Firefox version, but the option "Mij waarschuwen als dit een van mijn add-ons zal uitschakelen" free translated in English: "Warn me if ~ updating ~ will disable one of my add-ons" is still on.
2) The Upgrade has been form version 48.0 (August 6) to 48.0.1 (August 23), in the previous (48.0) version my add-ons still worked.
3) A simple rollback does not seems to be possible as far as I could find (3443 hits on 'rolback firefox update' in support https://support.mozilla.org/nl/products/firefox/install-and-update-firefox).
Is removing and reinstalling the older Firefox (and my favourites, add-ons, settings etcetera) really the only option?

I've already lost hours by this bug, thanks!

Comment 4

[Andreas Wagner [:TheOne] [use NI]]

Please don't reopen this bug.

The option you mention is about technical incompatibilities only, not about signing. The blog post I linked offers unbranded builds in which the preference will still work.