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fix: hardcode 'firefox' as container prefix for waterfox and librewolf #648

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fix: try to patch mismatch between container prefix and browser name
akdev1l Sep 18, 2025
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fix: prefix should just be 'firefox'
akdev1l Sep 18, 2025
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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion src/background/tmp.ts
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Expand Up @@ -92,7 +92,16 @@ export class TemporaryContainers {

if (!this.storage.local.containerPrefix) {
const browserInfo = await browser.runtime.getBrowserInfo();
this.storage.local.containerPrefix = browserInfo.name.toLowerCase();

// Fix mismatch of Browser name and container prefix
if(browserInfo.name.toLowerCase() == "waterfox" || browserInfo.name.toLowerCase() == "librewolf") {
// container prefix values fetched from here: https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/blob/e4d8867f696477f5ec96db70d584716c6edb1213/toolkit/components/extensions/parent/ext-toolkit.js#L30
console.warn("WaterFox and Librewolf detected, fixing container prefix to 'firefox'");
this.storage.local.containerPrefix = "firefox";
} else {
this.storage.local.containerPrefix = browserInfo.name.toLowerCase();
}

await this.storage.persist();
}
this.containerPrefix = this.storage.local.containerPrefix;
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