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Help.About_Firefox.Check_for_updates can't update firefox from 56.0 to 56.0.1

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thatdud3
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56.0 (64-bit) on Windows 10 When I click - Help > About Firefox > [Check for updates] I get in response - Firefox is up to date but for about a week there is 56.0.1 available here https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-56.0.1-SSL&os=win64&lang=en-US

also on a side note - official Firefox Download page starts downloading online installer with unknown version - it is good to know which version I'm downloading or at least what is the latest official version (even if it is online installer) Official page never says - 1) that we download online installer 2) what is the expected (i.e. latest) version that the installer will try to install or upgrade to

56.0 (64-bit) on Windows 10 When I click - Help > About Firefox > [Check for updates] I get in response - Firefox is up to date but for about a week there is 56.0.1 available here https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-56.0.1-SSL&os=win64&lang=en-US also on a side note - official Firefox Download page starts downloading online installer with unknown version - it is good to know which version I'm downloading or at least what is the latest official version (even if it is online installer) Official page never says - 1) that we download online installer 2) what is the expected (i.e. latest) version that the installer will try to install or upgrade to

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Hi, 56.0.1 is primarily to change 32-bit FF users to 64-bit, so you don't need it. Also, it is being released slowly (throttled) so not all users will get it at the same time anyway.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases/

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thatdud3
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but there is 64 bit version available (and 32 bit too) therefore I think for people with 56.0 64 bit update to 56.0.1 (64 bit) should be offered

and it is not just for switching 32 to 64 bit because there is a bug fixed (bug 1403353) https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/56.0.1/releasenotes/

Updater checks here https://aus5.mozilla.org/update/6/Firefox/56.0/20170926190823/WINNT_x86_64-msvc-x64/en-US/release/Windows_NT%2010.0.0.0%20(x64)(noBug1296630v1)(nowebsense)/ISET:SSE3,MEM:16026,JAWS:0/default/default/update.xml?force=1

and response is empty updates section - while there is clearly newer version available 

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<updates>
</updates>

Modified by thatdud3