Firefox: “an unexpected error has occurred”. OK, what next?
For the last week or two, I've been getting this little temporary pop up dialog with an audio jingle to the right hand top of my Firefox window. "An unexpected error has occurred". Flame icon, no explanatory text. Then it disappears. And nothing really much happens.
No idea of what wrong where, and in what tab.
OK, I can give you the OS version: Sierra and the FF, 64.0.2 (stable as of right now). But what I'd like to know is: does Firefox keep a log somewhere of these event? Or is it just pointless nagging?
I've seen a bunch of references to this error, but everyone else pretty much already knows the context of their errors. I don't.
Checked the OS system log and, while I see other Firefox events, nothing that matches the timing, so the errors aren't being reported there.
enabled extensions, none of which have been added recently:
- Adblock Plus
- Cookie AutoDelete
- NoScript
- Pinboard Bookmark
- Web Developer
macos firefox error-logging
asked Jan 21 at 6:41
JL PeyretJL Peyret
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For the last week or two, I've been getting this little temporary pop up dialog with an audio jingle to the right hand top of my Firefox window. "An unexpected error has occurred". Flame icon, no explanatory text. Then it disappears. And nothing really much happens.
No idea of what wrong where, and in what tab.
OK, I can give you the OS version: Sierra and the FF, 64.0.2 (stable as of right now). But what I'd like to know is: does Firefox keep a log somewhere of these event? Or is it just pointless nagging?
I've seen a bunch of references to this error, but everyone else pretty much already knows the context of their errors. I don't.
Checked the OS system log and, while I see other Firefox events, nothing that matches the timing, so the errors aren't being reported there.
enabled extensions, none of which have been added recently:
- Adblock Plus
- Cookie AutoDelete
- NoScript
- Pinboard Bookmark
- Web Developer
macos firefox error-logging
asked Jan 21 at 6:41
JL PeyretJL Peyret
355820
gotta love to close votes with no reason given ;-) I assume it's not macos specific, which is why it's here rather than Ask Different.
– JL Peyret
Jan 21 at 6:54
Can you add a screenshot of the pop-up dialog (to identify if it's possibly browser, extension or OS related)? First I would confirm extensions are not involved by checking for the error with extension(s) disabled. Beyond that, you might run Browser Console in a side window and see what is happening when the error pops up.
– user3169
Jan 22 at 6:25
OK, so it ends up beingCookie Autodelete. And, I get that the dev may just do the equivalent of analert("error"). But, does FF provide any support in its notification mechanism that at least says which extension pushed them out? I have very few extensions so it wasn't too difficult to narrow it down. But what if I had 20-30?
– JL Peyret
Jan 24 at 3:10
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For the last week or two, I've been getting this little temporary pop up dialog with an audio jingle to the right hand top of my Firefox window. "An unexpected error has occurred". Flame icon, no explanatory text. Then it disappears. And nothing really much happens.
No idea of what wrong where, and in what tab.
OK, I can give you the OS version: Sierra and the FF, 64.0.2 (stable as of right now). But what I'd like to know is: does Firefox keep a log somewhere of these event? Or is it just pointless nagging?
I've seen a bunch of references to this error, but everyone else pretty much already knows the context of their errors. I don't.
Checked the OS system log and, while I see other Firefox events, nothing that matches the timing, so the errors aren't being reported there.
enabled extensions, none of which have been added recently:
- Adblock Plus
- Cookie AutoDelete
- NoScript
- Pinboard Bookmark
- Web Developer
macos firefox error-logging
asked Jan 21 at 6:41
JL PeyretJL Peyret
355820
For the last week or two, I've been getting this little temporary pop up dialog with an audio jingle to the right hand top of my Firefox window. "An unexpected error has occurred". Flame icon, no explanatory text. Then it disappears. And nothing really much happens.
No idea of what wrong where, and in what tab.
OK, I can give you the OS version: Sierra and the FF, 64.0.2 (stable as of right now). But what I'd like to know is: does Firefox keep a log somewhere of these event? Or is it just pointless nagging?
I've seen a bunch of references to this error, but everyone else pretty much already knows the context of their errors. I don't.
Checked the OS system log and, while I see other Firefox events, nothing that matches the timing, so the errors aren't being reported there.
enabled extensions, none of which have been added recently:
- Adblock Plus
- Cookie AutoDelete
- NoScript
- Pinboard Bookmark
- Web Developer
macos firefox error-logging
macos firefox error-logging
asked Jan 21 at 6:41
JL PeyretJL Peyret
355820
asked Jan 21 at 6:41
JL PeyretJL Peyret
355820
edited Jan 21 at 7:46
JL Peyret
asked Jan 21 at 6:41
JL PeyretJL Peyret
355820
asked Jan 21 at 6:41
JL PeyretJL Peyret
355820
asked Jan 21 at 6:41
JL PeyretJL Peyret
355820
355820
gotta love to close votes with no reason given ;-) I assume it's not macos specific, which is why it's here rather than Ask Different.
– JL Peyret
Jan 21 at 6:54
Can you add a screenshot of the pop-up dialog (to identify if it's possibly browser, extension or OS related)? First I would confirm extensions are not involved by checking for the error with extension(s) disabled. Beyond that, you might run Browser Console in a side window and see what is happening when the error pops up.
– user3169
Jan 22 at 6:25
OK, so it ends up beingCookie Autodelete. And, I get that the dev may just do the equivalent of analert("error"). But, does FF provide any support in its notification mechanism that at least says which extension pushed them out? I have very few extensions so it wasn't too difficult to narrow it down. But what if I had 20-30?
– JL Peyret
Jan 24 at 3:10
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gotta love to close votes with no reason given ;-) I assume it's not macos specific, which is why it's here rather than Ask Different.
– JL Peyret
Jan 21 at 6:54
Can you add a screenshot of the pop-up dialog (to identify if it's possibly browser, extension or OS related)? First I would confirm extensions are not involved by checking for the error with extension(s) disabled. Beyond that, you might run Browser Console in a side window and see what is happening when the error pops up.
– user3169
Jan 22 at 6:25
OK, so it ends up beingCookie Autodelete. And, I get that the dev may just do the equivalent of analert("error"). But, does FF provide any support in its notification mechanism that at least says which extension pushed them out? I have very few extensions so it wasn't too difficult to narrow it down. But what if I had 20-30?
– JL Peyret
Jan 24 at 3:10
gotta love to close votes with no reason given ;-) I assume it's not macos specific, which is why it's here rather than Ask Different.
– JL Peyret
Jan 21 at 6:54
gotta love to close votes with no reason given ;-) I assume it's not macos specific, which is why it's here rather than Ask Different.
– JL Peyret
Jan 21 at 6:54
Can you add a screenshot of the pop-up dialog (to identify if it's possibly browser, extension or OS related)? First I would confirm extensions are not involved by checking for the error with extension(s) disabled. Beyond that, you might run Browser Console in a side window and see what is happening when the error pops up.
– user3169
Jan 22 at 6:25
Can you add a screenshot of the pop-up dialog (to identify if it's possibly browser, extension or OS related)? First I would confirm extensions are not involved by checking for the error with extension(s) disabled. Beyond that, you might run Browser Console in a side window and see what is happening when the error pops up.
– user3169
Jan 22 at 6:25
OK, so it ends up being
Cookie Autodelete. And, I get that the dev may just do the equivalent of an alert("error"). But, does FF provide any support in its notification mechanism that at least says which extension pushed them out? I have very few extensions so it wasn't too difficult to narrow it down. But what if I had 20-30?– JL Peyret
Jan 24 at 3:10
OK, so it ends up being
Cookie Autodelete. And, I get that the dev may just do the equivalent of an alert("error"). But, does FF provide any support in its notification mechanism that at least says which extension pushed them out? I have very few extensions so it wasn't too difficult to narrow it down. But what if I had 20-30?– JL Peyret
Jan 24 at 3:10
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gotta love to close votes with no reason given ;-) I assume it's not macos specific, which is why it's here rather than Ask Different.
– JL Peyret
Jan 21 at 6:54
Can you add a screenshot of the pop-up dialog (to identify if it's possibly browser, extension or OS related)? First I would confirm extensions are not involved by checking for the error with extension(s) disabled. Beyond that, you might run Browser Console in a side window and see what is happening when the error pops up.
– user3169
Jan 22 at 6:25
OK, so it ends up being
Cookie Autodelete. And, I get that the dev may just do the equivalent of analert("error"). But, does FF provide any support in its notification mechanism that at least says which extension pushed them out? I have very few extensions so it wasn't too difficult to narrow it down. But what if I had 20-30?– JL Peyret
Jan 24 at 3:10