VPN extension breaks after sleep or restart
After sleep, reboot, or a browser restart the extension stays broken until it is disabled and re-enabled or reinstalled.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
13 public reports · first reported 5 February 2026 · last reported 3 October 2026
What's going wrong
Many Firefox users say the Proton VPN extension works after a fresh install but stops after the laptop sleeps or hibernates, after a reboot, or after Firefox restarts.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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