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Firefox not closing properly

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Hi,

For a couple of weeks I've noticed, that at night when I close Firefox and prepare to turn off my computer, the Firefox browser does not close properly.

I've also noticed that it takes a while for the browser to close. Maybe a minute or more as opposed to immediately as had been in the past. I've attached a picture and I always 'click' Quit Firefox.

I'm on an iMac running Monterey 12.4.

Thanks very much!

Hi, For a couple of weeks I've noticed, that at night when I close Firefox and prepare to turn off my computer, the Firefox browser does not close properly. I've also noticed that it takes a while for the browser to close. Maybe a minute or more as opposed to immediately as had been in the past. I've attached a picture and I always 'click' Quit Firefox. I'm on an iMac running Monterey 12.4. Thanks very much!
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Hi Damian, Luckily you used the Mozilla Crash Reporter come up, so there should be a crash report we can look at. Could you please do the following:

  1. Go to Help > Troubleshooting Information. That should open a new tab with info about your Firefox setup.
  2. Under "Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days" click on your latest crash report. That should take you to a web page starting with "https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/" and post the address of your latest crash report.

We can then look at the data specific to your crash and have a better idea of what is causing the problem.

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Hi Chris,

I'm hoping I did this correctly.

Please let me know what you discover and if you need additional info.

Thanks much!

Damian

https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/b41dfad2-f613-40e7-acba-51a150220622

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Use one of these to close Firefox if you are currently doing that by clicking the close X on the Firefox Title bar, especially if you have multiple windows open to prevent losing tabs in unnoticed windows.

  • "3-bar" menu button -> Exit (Power button)
  • Windows: File -> Exit
  • Mac: Firefox -> Quit Firefox
  • Linux: File -> Quit
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Thanks for writing, I want to make sure I understand your suggestion.

You think I should go to the top left of my Firefox browser, click on 'Firefox' on the drop down and click 'Quit'?

Also, what do you mean by '3-bar menu button'?

Thanks much,

Damian

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I would try running Firefox in Safe Mode, close it the same way you've been doing and see if it crashes. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/diagnose-firefox-issues-using-troubleshoot-mode#w_how-to-start-firefox-in-4troubleshoot-modesf5safe-modesf

Modified by jonzn4SUSE

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Hi,

Well, I just did a 'troubleshoot mode' restart and it still crashed when attempting to close.

I pasted the very LONG error below, but it did not all fit.

Thx,

Damian


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Intermediate steps: 0.005691s: starting


QM: 3 normal origin ops pending Intermediate steps: 0.000003s: startCrashBrowserTimer 0.004346s: initiateShutdownWorkThreads 0.005726s: startKillActorsTimer 5.006764s: killActorsTimerCallback


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