Switching bypass modes freezes the browser
Switching bypass modes freezes Firefox for minutes or leaves the mode switch stuck on installing.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 4 June 2023 · last reported 26 May 2026
What's going wrong
Users who change between bypass modes, such as the antizapret list and the anticensority mode, report that Firefox hangs, memory use jumps, and a status line stays stuck at installing.
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