[FIXED] NoScript causing need to refresh pages in Firefox

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[FIXED] NoScript causing need to refresh pages in Firefox

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Hi,

For the last week or so, I have been running into an issue with Firefox (v61.0.1 64-bit) where pages are not loading correctly on initial navigation to them. Pages like Gmail and Facebook have been loading partially or appearing to load but not functioning.

To address, I did the following:
1. Ensured Firefox is up to date
2. Ensured all add-ons are up to date

That didn't solve the problem so I:
1. Disabled all add-ons
2. Restarted Firefox
3. Activated one add-on and checked performance
4. If the issue did not appear, I removed that add-on and repeated steps 2 and 3 with a different add-on

Using this method, the problem appears strongly to be linked to NoScript. When it is enabled, even as the only add-on, pages are not loading properly.

Any thoughts on how to correct? Is this a known issue that will be addressed with a future release?

Thanks!
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Does this problem persist with latest development build 10.1.8.9rc8?
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Re: NoScript causing need to refresh pages in Firefox

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I started experiencing such issues after the NoScript was updated to 10.1.8.9. Often even subsequent attempts to reload websites didn't help and I had to retry many times.
After rolling back to NoScript 10.1.8.8 the problem disappeared.
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Can confirm this DOES happen on the development build 10.1.8.9rc8. Google.com loads a "blank" page after many seconds, but will then fully load with F5 refresh.
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I have started getting this issue today, not to say it didn't exist before today though.

I've pinpointed it down to only happening after leaving Twitter. I can navigate to/from any page, except for Twitter. The initial load from any other site to twitter works fine, but navigating to any page away from Twitter, even simply reloading the site, will stall on loading until I try a second time or refresh again.

Also works fine with Noscript disabled.
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Brush wrote:I've pinpointed it down to only happening after leaving Twitter. I can navigate to/from any page, except for Twitter. The initial load from any other site to twitter works fine, but navigating to any page away from Twitter, even simply reloading the site, will stall on loading until I try a second time or refresh again.
Not sure whether it's the same issue, but this should be fixed in latest development build and stable:
v 10.1.8.14
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x Fixed regression in NOSCRIPT elements emulation
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Having the same issue the past 2 days with 10.1.8.14 on FireFox 61.0.1. 90% of pages try loading for a minute and then stop on a blank page and have to reload 3-4 times to get the page to load completely. Been using NoScript for the past couple of months with no issues at all untill the past 2 days. Havnt changed or added anything i can think of. tried resetting it and then uninstalling and reinstalling but no difference.

NoScript on Chrome seems to work fine and (i think) i have the same settings there too.
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AlexL wrote:Having the same issue the past 2 days with 10.1.8.14
10.1.8.14 has been released just this morning (and 10.1.8.15 some minutes ago) ;)
Please upgrade and check if it persists. If it does, please also provide
  1. the URL some specific page where this happen
  2. your NoScript Options>Export file
AlexL wrote:NoScript on Chrome seems to work fine and (i think) i have the same settings there too.
"NoScript for Chrome" does not exist yet.
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Brush has it spot on.... Twitter is the culprit somehow. Go from Twitter to Google and it doesn't load. Any other tab appears to be fine thus far.

I just tested this on the absolute latest version, you mentioned: 10.1.8..15. Sorry, Giorgio. Thanks for all you do!
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sage11 wrote:Brush has it spot on.... Twitter is the culprit somehow. Go from Twitter to Google and it doesn't load.
Go how? Following a link or typing in the navigation bar?
Is t.co allowed to run scripts or not?
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Giorgio Maone wrote:
sage11 wrote:Brush has it spot on.... Twitter is the culprit somehow. Go from Twitter to Google and it doesn't load.
Go how? Following a link or typing in the navigation bar?
Is t.co allowed to run scripts or not?
Sorry, in address bar. I open new tab, load twitter.com by typing, then in same tab overwrite with google.com and it loads blank page. To be thorough, I put shortcut to Google on my Bookmarks bar and clicked that from twitter page, and it still won't load properly.

I don't even see t.co as an option in the NoScript dropdown... looking for a way to manually add but not finding it. Is there?
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sage11 wrote: Sorry, in address bar. I open new tab, load twitter.com by typing, then in same tab overwrite with google.com and it loads blank page. To be thorough, I put shortcut to Google on my Bookmarks bar and clicked that from twitter page, and it still won't load properly.
I think I might have nailed this, thanks. Please check latest development build,
v 10.1.8.16rc1
=============================================================
x Fixed random stallings on page transitions (thanks sage11,
Brush and pbelleisle for reporting)
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Giorgio Maone wrote:
sage11 wrote: Sorry, in address bar. I open new tab, load twitter.com by typing, then in same tab overwrite with google.com and it loads blank page. To be thorough, I put shortcut to Google on my Bookmarks bar and clicked that from twitter page, and it still won't load properly.
I think I might have nailed this, thanks. Please check latest development build,
v 10.1.8.16rc1
=============================================================
x Fixed random stallings on page transitions (thanks sage11,
Brush and pbelleisle for reporting)
Yes! Works now. Thanks!
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Giorgio Maone wrote:
sage11 wrote: Sorry, in address bar. I open new tab, load twitter.com by typing, then in same tab overwrite with google.com and it loads blank page. To be thorough, I put shortcut to Google on my Bookmarks bar and clicked that from twitter page, and it still won't load properly.
I think I might have nailed this, thanks. Please check latest development build,
v 10.1.8.16rc1
=============================================================
x Fixed random stallings on page transitions (thanks sage11,
Brush and pbelleisle for reporting)
Fixed here too. Thankyou.
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Giorgio Maone wrote:v 10.1.8.16rc1
=============================================================
x Fixed random stallings on page transitions (thanks sage11,
Brush and pbelleisle for reporting)
I cannot find that in your commit history. Do I overlook anything?
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