Firefox addon just spins in private window

[Russ_Conklin]

The bitwarden addon works find in my main firefox window, but if I open a new private window, the addon just pops up blank with a spinning/loading animation and never starts working.

the addon IS set to “run in private window” and I’ve tried toggling that on and off with no change.

[344yui8yhh]

Yes, it apparently doesn’t work in private mode. Must be some kind of bug. I believe there was a post for voting on that involved this.

[tgreer (Trey Greer)]

Lots to unpack on this one

Fix Firefox private mode issue

Just wanted to check… are we talking about the BW addon not working in a private window because Firefox by default does not allow addons to access private windows unless you specifically check the box during addon installation (or the radio button on the addon settings)? If the “Run in Private Windows” option is not checked, then the following message appears when you are in a private window and click the BW dropdown “Unfortunately this window is not available in private mode for this browser.” …