MetaMask / MetaMask/metamask-extension
Metamask Firefox addon not loading at all
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Description
### What is this about?
The MetaMask Firefox extension is not loading properly. I tried updating Firefox or trying old versions of MetaMask and the extension remains unresponsive. It stopped working suddently.


MM version: 11.12.4
Firefox: 125.0.1 (64-bit)
OS: Windows
### Scenario
1. Open Firefox.
2. Attempt to open the MetaMask extension.
3. Notice that the extension is stuck on a loading icon and does not open.
### Design
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### Technical Details
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### Threat Modeling Framework
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### Acceptance Criteria
The MetaMask extension opens without issues in Firefox.
### Stakeholder review needed before the work gets merged
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the loading failure in Firefox 125.0.1 on Windows with MetaMask 11.12.4, following the reported steps. Investigate the extension's loading behavior and verify that the MetaMask extension opens normally in Firefox without remaining on the loading icon.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100