Librewolf 136.0 upgrade problems

bgstack15

2025-04-05 09:27

During OS updates for April, I ran into a problem with Librewolf. This was for Librewolf 136.0, but it also happened back with 135.0 and I was able to revert when I upgraded to that. I decided I needed to solve the problems, because now they were multiple.

The first problem is that the new librewolf settings/prefs in the package file somehow set the "delete my history" checkbox even if it was unselected previously. So the first time you close the browser after upgrading to 136.0 (or 135.0), it deletes all your history, including links, cookies, and saved logins. I wanted to keep mine, and I was aware of this problem so I was able to uncheck those and keep going.

The second problem was that the search suggestions were not working as intended/(configured?). I want to type in a fragment of a url, such as "mtui" and I want it to suggest any open tabs with that expression in the url, or from my history. It didn't show any. The fix was complicated, but understandable.

The fix

I set up a new profile (by copying in a known good/blank one I've established in the past). Then I ran the browser, made sure the "delete my history" settings were unchecked. Then close the browser, and copy in these files to the new profile:

cd ~/.librewolf-off-2025-03-30/3ig9z5jv.default-release-1.off-2025-03-30-v136.0
cp -pi places.sqlite cookies.sqlite storage.sqlite sessionstore.jsonlz4 favicons.sqlite credentialstate.sqlite logins.json logins-backup.json cert9.db key4.db ~/.librewolf/liwjg22ii/
cp -pr chrome/ ~/.librewolf/liwjg22ii/

That last directory is for my userChrome fixes.

And then starting up Librewolf, and it worked. I lost my localStorage for one site but that was easy to re-add.

Hm, I guess I didn't keep it simple on this one, sorry.

Additional notes

For prefs.js.

privacy.resistFingerprinting.exemptedDomains *.amazon.com,*.themoviedb.org,*.freefilesync.org,freefilesync.org,finance.yahoo.com

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