How does Firefox auto update works?
I am little confused as to how does Firefox auto update works?
So, lately, Firefox had a bug in 38.x version - so they recommended to update to the latest version.
I had auto update turned on, so I thought it would auto update automatically. So, I click on Help > About Firefox, it was still 38.x
However, after I clicked on the About Firefox, it started downloading the updates, and prompted to restart the Firefox to install them.
I replicated it on a different machine (with auto updates turned on) and same result.
So, I am wondering if I have to trigger the download manually, how does really auto update works. Or am I missing something.
Note: New version was released about 2 days ago, so it wasn't right away I checked the download.
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hello, could you go to the firefox menu ≡ > help ? > troubleshooting information, copy the contents of that page and paste them here into a reply on the forum? this might give us a clue what is going on...
Sometimes the update is sent out one area at a time. Not all at once.
Also, but rarely, the program can't update itself. In this case, just Download Firefox Full Installer For All languages And Systemsv40 {web link}
Posts: 2615 Joined: April 23rd, 2003, 11:47 am
Posted April 21st, 2009, 11:07 am
Go to about:config and make sure these preferences are set to true (double-click to toggle):
app.update.enabled app.update.auto
They should be, if you have Firefox set to automatically update, but you never know.
More on the check for updates process: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Software_Update:Checking_For_Updates