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Add-on hangs on Loading and never connects to the app

Add-on stays on a Loading screen and never connects to the FDM desktop app.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

16 public reports · first reported 6 July 2019 · last reported 7 February 2026

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

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What's going wrong

Many Firefox users say the add-on opens to a Loading message and never shows their downloads, even after reinstalling.

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 16 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.