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Firefox started asking for Primary Password when I launch it

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I just updated to version 128 of Firefox. Previously I used this user.js file as my profile:

//https://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries

user_pref("app.normandy.api_url", ""); user_pref("app.update.auto", false); user_pref("app.update.checkInstallTime", false); user_pref("app.update.disabledForTesting", true); user_pref("browser.dom.window.dump.enabled", true); user_pref("browser.download.dir", "/home/seluser/automated-tests/downloads"); user_pref("browser.download.folderList", 2); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.cfr", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.cfr-fxa", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.message-groups", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.messaging-experiments", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.snippets", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.whats-new-panel", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.config", "[]"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.system.topstories", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.fxaccounts.endpoint", ""); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.tippyTop.service.endpoint", ""); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.passwords.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash", false); user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore"); user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0); user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false); user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnClose", false); user_pref("browser.uitour.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.warnOnQuit", false); user_pref("browser.webapps.checkForUpdates", 0); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.documentServerURI", "http://%(server)s/dummy/healthreport/"); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.logging.consoleEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.firstRun", false); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyBypassNotification", true); user_pref("devtools.console.stdout.chrome", true); user_pref("dom.ipc.reportProcessHangs", false); user_pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 0); user_pref("extensions.enabledScopes", 5); user_pref("extensions.installDistroAddons", false); user_pref("extensions.update.enabled", false); user_pref("extensions.update.notifyUser", false); user_pref("focusmanager.testmode", true); user_pref("general.useragent.updates.enabled", false); user_pref("geo.provider.testing", true); user_pref("geo.wifi.scan", false); user_pref("hangmonitor.timeout", 0); user_pref("idle.lastDailyNotification", -1); user_pref("marionette.log.level", "Info"); user_pref("marionette.port", 0); user_pref("media.gmp-manager.updateEnabled", false); user_pref("media.sanity-test.disabled", true); user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2); user_pref("network.http.phishy-userpass-length", 255); user_pref("network.manage-offline-status", false); user_pref("network.sntp.pools", "%(server)s"); user_pref("plugin.state.flash", 0); user_pref("remote.log.level", "Info"); user_pref("security.certerrors.mitm.priming.enabled", false); user_pref("services.settings.server", ""); user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url", "about:blank"); user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url.additional", ""); user_pref("toolkit.startup.max_resumed_crashes", -1); user_pref("widget.gtk.overlay-scrollbars.enabled", false);

All worked fine. But now with this new version of Firefox if I use that profile I see a popup asking me for my Primary Password. I do not have a primary password. Why has Firefox started asking me for one? What can I change in my user.js file to stop this?

I just updated to version 128 of Firefox. Previously I used this user.js file as my profile: //https://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries user_pref("app.normandy.api_url", ""); user_pref("app.update.auto", false); user_pref("app.update.checkInstallTime", false); user_pref("app.update.disabledForTesting", true); user_pref("browser.dom.window.dump.enabled", true); user_pref("browser.download.dir", "/home/seluser/automated-tests/downloads"); user_pref("browser.download.folderList", 2); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.cfr", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.cfr-fxa", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.message-groups", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.messaging-experiments", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.snippets", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.whats-new-panel", "null"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.config", "[]"); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.system.topstories", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.fxaccounts.endpoint", ""); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.tippyTop.service.endpoint", ""); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.passwords.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash", false); user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore"); user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0); user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false); user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnClose", false); user_pref("browser.uitour.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.warnOnQuit", false); user_pref("browser.webapps.checkForUpdates", 0); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.documentServerURI", "http://%(server)s/dummy/healthreport/"); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.logging.consoleEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.firstRun", false); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyBypassNotification", true); user_pref("devtools.console.stdout.chrome", true); user_pref("dom.ipc.reportProcessHangs", false); user_pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 0); user_pref("extensions.enabledScopes", 5); user_pref("extensions.installDistroAddons", false); user_pref("extensions.update.enabled", false); user_pref("extensions.update.notifyUser", false); user_pref("focusmanager.testmode", true); user_pref("general.useragent.updates.enabled", false); user_pref("geo.provider.testing", true); user_pref("geo.wifi.scan", false); user_pref("hangmonitor.timeout", 0); user_pref("idle.lastDailyNotification", -1); user_pref("marionette.log.level", "Info"); user_pref("marionette.port", 0); user_pref("media.gmp-manager.updateEnabled", false); user_pref("media.sanity-test.disabled", true); user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2); user_pref("network.http.phishy-userpass-length", 255); user_pref("network.manage-offline-status", false); user_pref("network.sntp.pools", "%(server)s"); user_pref("plugin.state.flash", 0); user_pref("remote.log.level", "Info"); user_pref("security.certerrors.mitm.priming.enabled", false); user_pref("services.settings.server", ""); user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url", "about:blank"); user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url.additional", ""); user_pref("toolkit.startup.max_resumed_crashes", -1); user_pref("widget.gtk.overlay-scrollbars.enabled", false); All worked fine. But now with this new version of Firefox if I use that profile I see a popup asking me for my Primary Password. I do not have a primary password. Why has Firefox started asking me for one? What can I change in my user.js file to stop this?
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Hi Current Firefox releases may ask for the Primary Password on startup to initialize encrypted storage (oskeystore). This should only happen once, try to enter a (short) dummy password to see if that stops asking for the PP.

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Hi, its not asking for a new password. Its asking for my password, a password that I never created. So no idea why its doing that. Futhermore I use this profile every time so it won't just be a one time thing. It asks this every time as its like a brand new profile. So I need to know how to modify the user.js to stop this

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Did you anyway try to enter a (fake) password to see if Firefox accepts this since 127+ now uses special encrypted storage that needs to be protected by a Primary Password ?

Firefox will create optout prefs in about config to be able to access this protected storage.

  • signon.management.page.os-auth.optout
  • extensions.formautofill.creditCards.reauth.optout

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