Passwords gone.. Where? History is okay

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Starlite
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Passwords gone.. Where? History is okay

Post by Starlite »

I have 56.00 64bit which I think recently updated.

2 days ago I was able to get my passwords info but today they have all gone.

I have not changed anything anywhere.

I rely on them as I maintain websites with many many passwords.

What would have happened, why and can I get them back?

Thanks

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therube
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Re: Passwords gone.. Where? History is okay

Post by therube »

Did FF refresh/reset?
Do you have a backup Profile on your desktop?

Is it FF itself that handled your passwords or were you using a third-party extension?
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Starlite
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Re: Passwords gone.. Where? History is okay

Post by Starlite »

HI,

As far as I know FF didn't refresh however it must have done something as the pwds have all gone.

It was in FF no 3rd party and no backup came onto the Desktop.

Fortunately I have a close duplicate on another box which I moved key and json over and it works.

I would like to know what happened though
mrekat
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Re: Passwords gone.. Where? History is okay

Post by mrekat »

I think I may have a related issue with Firefox on a mac. Firefox deleted all my browsing history older than "yesterday". I rarely use 'clear all history' option and by default it is selected to clear only the "last hour" of data. I think this issue started with your latest version update (v56). I also noticed that my auto fill in /sign on history is gone. Is anyone experiencing the same thing?
Is there any way I can restore my old browsing history from the AppSupport files?
Thanks!
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