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[Bug-gnuzilla] Can't sign in to Firefox Sync

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Reported by: bill-auger <bill-auger <at> peers.community>

Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: bill-auger <bill-auger <at> peers.community>
To: bug-gnuzilla <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Can't sign in to Firefox Sync
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 12:24:39 -0500

On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 20:42:42 +0000 Davide wrote:
> Maybe there are privacy concerns about Firefox Sync service,
> like any other cloud service

i dont think thats the issue - this is a recurring bug over the
years - the sync feature has been working in some icecat
releases and not in others

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=50960

with v68, the only apparent clues are this line in the shell
terminal:

  console.warn: LoginRecipes: getRecipes: falling back to a
  synchronous message for: https://accounts.firefox.com

and this error in the browser JS log:

  Working…
  Response not received for: fxaccounts:can_link_account
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