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119 points mikece | 4 comments | 02 Jul 25 15:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.671s | source
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amendegree ◴[02 Jul 25 15:58 UTC] No.44445317[source]▶
Firefox has the worst update process. Idk how they haven’t figured this out yet, but the fact that I regularly get “restart to finish update and continue browsing” when opening new tabs or links is totally unacceptable. Also the fact that it can’t just update in the background and still requires me to manually accept a UAC prompt is crazy. Especially bec sometimes if you don’t accept the prompt… you can’t open Firefox until you allow it to finish updating. So you don’t really have a choice but to update to the latest.
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1. qualeed ◴[02 Jul 25 16:38 UTC] No.44445793[source]▶
>So you don’t really have a choice but to update to the latest.

Similar to most programs, you can change certain behaviors in the settings of the program. For Firefox update behavior:

Settings -> General -> Firefox Updates -> "Check for updates but let you choose when to install them".

Or, you can choose "Automatically install updates" and subsequently check "When Firefox is not running".

Either way should address your issue.

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2. amendegree ◴[02 Jul 25 18:06 UTC] No.44446933[source]▶
This is on a corporate PC, I don’t run into this issue with chrome (which I try to avoid using in general) whose update schedule is also managed by a corp IT policy.

Those settings don’t do anything bec even when I select “Check but don’t install” it still nags me and eventually installs even if corp IT policy is only to update monthly.

I wish there was a way to turn off the nagging too. Why can’t Firefox trust my corp IT to follow their process?

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4. pavon ◴[02 Jul 25 20:13 UTC] No.44448290[source]▶
> I wish there was a way to turn off the nagging too. Why can’t Firefox trust my corp IT to follow their process?

That is definitely possible. In my corporate environment, I don't get any nags or prompts to update, and when I go into settings it shows "Updates disabled by your organization".

It sounds like your IT left the update prompts enabled, perhaps specifically to let you update at your own convenience and hence avoid the problem you complain about when it forces an update while you are using it.