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Firefox Developer Edition crashes on startup, even in troubleshooting mode

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I tried a clean Firefox Dev install On MBP M1 2020 Monterey 12.5 MacOS is up to date. Crash ID bp-63427f0f-a1fc-45b0-84da-46f710220816

Crash report AdapterVendorID: 0x106b AvailablePhysicalMemory: 4841553920 AvailableSwapMemory: 0 BackgroundTaskMode: 0 BuildID: 20220811191329 ContentSandboxCapable: 1 ContentSandboxLevel: 3 CrashTime: 1660673653 DOMFissionEnabled: 1 DOMIPCEnabled: 1 EventLoopNestingLevel: 1 ExperimentalFeatures: devtools.inspector.compatibility.enabled GraphicsNumActiveRenderers: 1 GraphicsNumRenderers: 1 HeadlessMode: 0 InstallTime: 1660616909 MacAvailableMemorySysctl: 87 MacMemoryPressure: Normal MacMemoryPressureCriticalTime: Unset MacMemoryPressureNormalTime: 1660673624 MacMemoryPressureSysctl: 1 MacMemoryPressureWarningTime: Unset Notes: FP(D00-L1000-W00000000-T000) WR? WR+ GL Context? GL Context+ ProductID: {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} ProductName: Firefox PurgeablePhysicalMemory: 538312704 ReleaseChannel: aurora SafeMode: 1 SecondsSinceLastCrash: 152 StartupCrash: 0 StartupTime: 1660673624 SubmittedFrom: Client TelemetryEnvironment: 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This report also contains technical information about the state of the application when it crashed.

I tried a clean Firefox Dev install On MBP M1 2020 Monterey 12.5 MacOS is up to date. '''Crash ID bp-63427f0f-a1fc-45b0-84da-46f710220816''' '''Crash report ''' AdapterVendorID: 0x106b AvailablePhysicalMemory: 4841553920 AvailableSwapMemory: 0 BackgroundTaskMode: 0 BuildID: 20220811191329 ContentSandboxCapable: 1 ContentSandboxLevel: 3 CrashTime: 1660673653 DOMFissionEnabled: 1 DOMIPCEnabled: 1 EventLoopNestingLevel: 1 ExperimentalFeatures: devtools.inspector.compatibility.enabled GraphicsNumActiveRenderers: 1 GraphicsNumRenderers: 1 HeadlessMode: 0 InstallTime: 1660616909 MacAvailableMemorySysctl: 87 MacMemoryPressure: Normal MacMemoryPressureCriticalTime: Unset MacMemoryPressureNormalTime: 1660673624 MacMemoryPressureSysctl: 1 MacMemoryPressureWarningTime: Unset Notes: FP(D00-L1000-W00000000-T000) WR? WR+ GL Context? GL Context+ ProductID: {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} ProductName: Firefox PurgeablePhysicalMemory: 538312704 ReleaseChannel: aurora SafeMode: 1 SecondsSinceLastCrash: 152 StartupCrash: 0 StartupTime: 1660673624 SubmittedFrom: Client TelemetryEnvironment: 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Hi

I have contacted our developers who have confirmed that an update is being sent out now that should resolve this issue. If you are unable to open Firefox to update, you can install a new version over the top of your existing copy from https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/developer/