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Primary password prompt appearing frequently

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dafyddt
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I have had a primary/master password set in Firefox for years. It only prompted me to enter it once per session. Since version 90, it now pops up at least once a day at random times to ask for the password again. This has happened on 3 different devices where Firefox is installed.

How can I stop it doing that or at least extend the time to a week? I know there are hidden config options for these, but they look to be on the default values, so have never changed.

I have had a primary/master password set in Firefox for years. It only prompted me to enter it once per session. Since version 90, it now pops up at least once a day at random times to ask for the password again. This has happened on 3 different devices where Firefox is installed. How can I stop it doing that or at least extend the time to a week? I know there are hidden config options for these, but they look to be on the default values, so have never changed.

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jonzn4SUSE
jonzn4SUSE
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I've been seeing the same issue in Nightly on Linux.

cor-el
cor-el
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Do you have Sync enabled ?

See also;

  • 1721084 - Firefox Lockwise repeatedly prompts for primary password

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html)

jonzn4SUSE
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Yes, Sync is enabled.

dafyddt
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cor-el said
Do you have Sync enabled ?

See also;

  • 1721084 - Firefox Lockwise repeatedly prompts for primary password

(please do not comment in bug reports
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html)

No, I've never used Sync. I'm not 100% sure yet but I haven't seen this since the update to 90.0.2 which was only in the last couple of days.

dafyddt
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Still happening in 90.0.2 , every couple of days now. A real pain