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Firefox 158.0 update leaves app crashing repeatedly
Original: 2026, October 18th: Upon updating to version 158.0 (another forced update) Firefox is now unstable again, and is consist
A user reports that after being forced to update to Firefox 158.0 on October 18, 2026, the browser has become unstable, crashing consistently around 6:51 pm. The complaint comes less than two weeks after a similar incident, prompting frustration that Mozilla may be neglecting the Ubuntu port of Firefox and questioning the quality control behind recent releases.
Why now: Users are frustrated by another forced Firefox update introducing instability and crashing issues on Linux.
Evidence
- 2026, October 18th: Upon updating to version 158.0 (another forced update) Firefox is now unstable again, and is consistently crashing at around 6:51 pm, less than 2 weeks since the last incident of this. Is Mozilla abandoning the Ubuntu port of Firefox? It really feels like… · seanpm2001@techhub.social · 1
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