Firefox Private Mode deletes downloaded PDF files on exit

Firefox Private Mode deletes downloaded PDF files on exit(bugzilla.mozilla.org)

11 points by ayayaweird 3 years ago | 4 comments

ayayaweird 3 years ago |

Just got hit with this 7-year old bug that resurfaced again, forced me to redownload a PDF file that I opened in Private Mode and made me wonder where the file disappeared, it sent me on a trip of thinking of various cases (bad sectors, bad VM, hacked, kids messed with my PC...etc) but it's just modern software dictating what to do with your computer.

No escape from Google Chrome now that Edge is filled with ads and spam every update (looking at you unremovable Bing icon) and Firefox insists on going downhill.

End of rant, I hope this saves people's PDFs from Mozilla.

justinclift 3 years ago | |

The bug seems to be 7 months old, not 7 years old. ;)

jsmith45 3 years ago | | |

The 7 year old bug is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1278811 which was resolved as a duplicate of the more recent one.

Nasreddin_Hodja 3 years ago |

Private mode is too private.