Backup restore crashes or loads empty groups
Restoring tab groups from a backup crashes Firefox or loads empty groups, and users must try several backup files to recover anything.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
7 public reports · first reported 19 February 2025 · last reported 26 March 2026
What's going wrong
Users who try to bring tab groups back from a saved backup say Firefox crashes during the restore, or that it recreates groups with no pages in them.
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