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Searching Google from Address Bar, Search Bar is end up with "Server not found"

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I'm trying to use "Search Bar" and "Address Bar" to search in Google (my default search engine). But after the recent update, I'm facing a problem that searching something by means of "Search Bar" and "Address Bar" is not working and ends up with "Server not found" error message sometimes. Sometimes it works and sometimes it fails. But typing something directly in Google.co.in is always giving the results. Please fix this issue, I have verified the same in other machine's Firefox also.

I'm trying to use "Search Bar" and "Address Bar" to search in Google (my default search engine). But after the recent update, I'm facing a problem that searching something by means of "Search Bar" and "Address Bar" is not working and ends up with "Server not found" error message sometimes. Sometimes it works and sometimes it fails. But typing something directly in Google.co.in is always giving the results. Please fix this issue, I have verified the same in other machine's Firefox also.

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Type about:preferences#search<enter> in the address bar. Confirm your default search engine and its web link.

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When this happens, could you copy the address from the address bar and then paste it into a reply? You would expect Firefox's built-in Google search plugin to send this if you were to search for firefox:

https://www.google.com/search?q=firefox&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

Does the problem address follow that pattern?

Also, does reload (click the button or click in the address and press Enter to send it again) help or does the error continue?