Firefox 55.0.3 release fixes bugs

Mozilla starts to fix bugs discovered in Firefox 55 by releasing dot versions. After Firefox 55.0.1 and Firefox 55.0.2, Mozilla has released Firefox 55.0.3, which has fixed two bugs: file uploads to some websites failed, including YouTube and all installed Add-ons gets disabled after restart when the Firefox Profile contains Non-ASCII characters. These issues have been addressed.

Firefox 55.0.3

Firefox 55.0.3 update is now available via automatic update and you can also visit Firefox website and download the same.

  • Fix file uploads to some websites, including YouTube (bug 1383518 -Uploading thumbnails to YouTube, picture to Tweakers.net not working on Firefox 55+)
  • Fix an issue with add-ons when using a path containing non-ascii characters (bug 1389160 – All addons disabled after browser restart if path to firefox profile contains non-ascii characters.)

You can check the version 55.0.3 release notes here.

Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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