Firefox Private Mode breaks 7TV (IndexedDB not supported) | 7TV | Page 1

golden torrent Mar 8, 2023, 9:05 AM

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On Firefox, when private mode is enabled, it prevents the extension from loading.
I've got the following error message : [7TV] [ERROR] <IDB> Failed to open database InvalidStateError
It seems that Firefox disables IndexedDB in private mode, see : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26819332

jffry

By default in Firefox, indexedDB is disabled in private browsing mode (dom.indexedDB.privateBrowsing.enabled=false in about:flags), so you can detect it with something like var db = indexedDB.open("test");
db.onerror = () => console.log('private browsing');
db.onsuccess = () => console.log('not private browsing');

Based on Bugzilla, it see...

tired spoke Mar 8, 2023, 9:17 AM

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did you click this?

golden torrent Mar 8, 2023, 9:27 AM

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yes, I can fix the problem by enabling dom.indexedDB.privateBrowsing.enabled in about:config

tired spoke Mar 8, 2023, 9:29 AM

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okay

half jolt Mar 8, 2023, 1:56 PM

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golden torrent On Firefox, when private mode is enabled, it prevents the extension from loading...

i don't think this is an issue
private mode by default doesn't even have any extensions. trying to run an extension in private mode can't be expected to work

#Firefox Private Mode breaks 7TV (IndexedDB not supported)