Language detection fails for some languages
Languages such as Arabic, Romanian and Turkish are not detected or cannot be turned off, causing false errors.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 20 May 2025 · last reported 12 February 2026
What's going wrong
Firefox users writing in Arabic, Romanian and Turkish report that the LanguageTool add-on either fails to detect their language or keeps checking text in a language they have turned off.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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