v8 update silently wipes saved proxy settings
Updating to version 8 silently erased users' saved proxies, patterns and settings, with no warning or backup offered.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
25 public reports · first reported 8 December 2023 · last reported 19 December 2023
What's going wrong
After a recent major update to this proxy switcher browser add-on, many Firefox users report that their saved proxies, bypass patterns and whole configurations disappeared without any warning or prompt to back up first.
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 25 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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