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Add-on broken in Snap and Flatpak Firefox

The add-on does not work when Firefox is installed as a Snap or Flatpak sandbox, which is the default on Ubuntu.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

8 public reports · first reported 17 October 2021 · last reported 17 June 2025

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Many Linux Firefox users run the browser as a Snap or Flatpak package, which is now the default on Ubuntu.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 8 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.