Bug 297381 - www/firefox gmail fails to load
Summary: www/firefox gmail fails to load
Status: Closed Works As Intended
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-gecko (Nobody)
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Reported: 2026-08-09 00:53 UTC by rkoberman
Modified: 2026-08-17 02:10 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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bugzilla: maintainer-feedback? (gecko)


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Description rkoberman 2026-08-09 00:53:16 UTC
Firefox 153.0.3 on h16.0-CURRENT #105 main-n287884-16e47f317c4c: Sat Aug  1 16:20:36 PDT 2026)

gmail fails to start on Firefox. No errors shown onscreen, just a completely blank . No "M" splash and the screen indicated
that the load was complete afte about 1.5 seconds. (Spinner stops.)

I then ran Firefox from a terminal and tried https://gmail.com, I got
following messages:
Extension error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE) [nsIDOMWindowUtils.addSheet]"  nsresult:
"0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE)"  location: "JS frame ::
resource://gre/modules/ExtensionCommon.sys.mjs :: runSafeSyncWithoutClone
:: line 66"  data: no] undefined 66
[[Exception stack
runSafeSyncWithoutClone@resource://gre/modules/ExtensionCommon.sys.mjs:66:12
inject@resource://gre/modules/ExtensionContent.sys.mjs:670:32
injectInto@resource://gre/modules/ExtensionContent.sys.mjs:543:19
Current stack
runSafeSyncWithoutClone@resource://gre/modules/ExtensionCommon.sys.mjs:75:57
inject@resource://gre/modules/ExtensionContent.sys.mjs:670:32
injectInto@resource://gre/modules/ExtensionContent.sys.mjs:543:19
]]

One possible related issue is that, in an attempt to fix an unrelated drm problem, I ran 'pkg autoremove' which did remove a lot of ports. I have rebuilt both firefox and its dependencies. Maybe something is missing? All other Google tools (maps, calendar, etc) work fine as well as all other websites I have tried.
Comment 1 Sean Farley freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-08-16 21:48:48 UTC
Gmail works for me with Firefox 153.0.4.  Have you tried a fresh profile for testing to make sure it is not a preference, addon or something cached?

Speaking of cached, sometimes Ctrl+Shift+r can help by reloading without relying upon the cache.  I think I saw what you saw a week or so ago, but it could have been some other site (Google service or other).
Comment 2 rkoberman 2026-08-17 00:13:59 UTC
While I wish I know what item broke gmail, I created a new profile and gmail works there. I really hate to lose all of my customizations, but it seems like it's time to start over.

Thanks for the obvious suggestion.
Comment 3 Sean Farley freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-08-17 02:10:17 UTC
You are welcome.  I would also hate to lose everything too.  You can examine a diff between the prefs.js files in both profiles to see if there is anything obvious.  Another thing to try is "firefox --safe-mode" which will disable the extensions and themes.  It could be an extension messing with your. Perhaps, a uBlock filter is doing it (been there!).