1648070 - Cannot install Add-on fix for Firefox 52-56

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect, P1)

Description

[atauenis]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:71.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/71.0

Steps to reproduce:

1. Feel problem about add-on ban on old Firefox versions (known bug due to certificate death).
2. Read https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-ons-disabled-or-fail-to-install-firefox#w_for-older-versions-of-firefox article.
3. Clicked "Add-on fix for Firefox versions 52-56." link to https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/disabled-add-on-fix-52-56/ .
4. Instead of fix download, got a stop.

Actual results:

Error 404. There are no «Disabled Add-on Fix for Firefox 52 - 56» add-on to download and install.

Expected results:

Download link to XPI for Firefox 52 or start or its downloading.

P.S. The article says that the fix is not tested with versions before 52. I've tested it in Firefox 47/48, and it worked in all places. So it is a real panacea for all WinXP-compatible Firefoxes. Older computers still can be used to browse WWW, at least with uBlock and NoScript.

Comment 1

[Virtual_ManPL [:Virtual] 🇵🇱 - (please needinfo? me - so I will see your comment/message/reply/question/etc.)]

I can confirm this.
These hyperlinks redirect to non existing or removed extensions:

• https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disabled-add-on-fix-61-65/
• https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/disabled-add-on-fix-57-60/
• https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/disabled-add-on-fix-52-56/

Comment 2

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

The incident mentioned in the article is over a year old, and those Firefox versions (and the OS) are extremely old, unsupported, and have known security vulnerabilities. That's why the add-ons are no longer listed.

I think the file in bug 1552218 is what you're looking for, though.

Comment 3

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

I'll also note that we'll update the documentation to remove the dead links.