"There was an error downloading"? - addons bug
Hello Firefox team. Thank you for reading this.
I'm currently using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and using Firefox as the internet browser.
Few days ago, I downloaded and installed an update for it.
Since them, I found a bug when I try to update my addons. Everytime that I click to "Search for updates", 2 addons says that "There was an error downloading [insert addon name here]", and even if I click to try again, it doesn't work. Also, even through Firefox is trying to install new updates for the addons, those addons that gives an error are already updated.
I included a picture of it.
Do you guys know if this a Firefox bug? Or maybe a bug from the devs of NoScript?
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Sorry, Firefox failed to upload the image before, so I'm uploading now.
Apparently the AMO website was updated yesterday and there seems to be an issue with a new feature that was added - "hash" for the new security signing feature isn't matching up for many users or extensions. Yeah, add features on a Friday and go home for the weekend. Real bright.
the-edmeister said
Apparently the AMO website was updated yesterday and there seems to be an issue with a new feature that was added - "hash" for the new security signing feature isn't matching up for many users or extensions. Yeah, add features on a Friday and go home for the weekend. Real bright.
I didn't really understand your answer. What is AMO? Can this issue/bug cause any problem or crashes?
AMO is the Mozilla website that hosts extensions: https://addons.mozilla.org/
They are planning to move to signing all extensions with a certificate to make it more difficult for malware to install extensions.
cor-el said
AMO is the Mozilla website that hosts extensions: https://addons.mozilla.org/ They are planning to move to signing all extensions with a certificate to make it more difficult for malware to install extensions.
Good to know that. Also, the problem here is now gone (didn't updated anything). Thank you for the help.