Invalid hostname entered: Please enter a valid hostname
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groundhog2
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Invalid hostname entered: Please enter a valid hostname
Just upgraded from 27* to 28.3.1 and upon opening a blank new tab or an unloaded tab I get this error message. The tab then loads fine, but of course it's highly annoying. What's happening? This is on any tab, not any particular site, and even on the blank new tab.
Re: Invalid hostname entered: Please enter a valid hostname
Check the settings for changes you didn't expect.
Alternatively, try safe mode then report back here the results.
Alternatively, try safe mode then report back here the results.
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groundhog2
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Re: Invalid hostname entered: Please enter a valid hostname
Doesn't happen in safe mode but I just went through all the setting in the Preferences window and I'm not sure what could be causing it. Is there something specific to this?
Re: Invalid hostname entered: Please enter a valid hostname
If it doesn't happen in safe mode, then it might be related to an extension.
However, I'm not really sure what kind of error you got, so if it's not an extension then I can't really tell you what preference to check for.
If it happens only when opening a new tab, then just check that your settings for when a new tab is opened are correct.
If it happens in other cases too, then I don't know.
Anyway, right now the only thing you can do is disabling all extensions (not safe mode, go on your add-ons manager and click "disable" on each one of them) and then enabling them one by one, checking that the error doesn't occur.
If it happens after enabling a certain extension, then that extension is the culprit.
Sorry, there isn't any other way right now, so if you have lots of extensions it's going to take a while.
However, I'm not really sure what kind of error you got, so if it's not an extension then I can't really tell you what preference to check for.
If it happens only when opening a new tab, then just check that your settings for when a new tab is opened are correct.
If it happens in other cases too, then I don't know.
Anyway, right now the only thing you can do is disabling all extensions (not safe mode, go on your add-ons manager and click "disable" on each one of them) and then enabling them one by one, checking that the error doesn't occur.
If it happens after enabling a certain extension, then that extension is the culprit.
Sorry, there isn't any other way right now, so if you have lots of extensions it's going to take a while.
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groundhog2
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Re: Invalid hostname entered: Please enter a valid hostname
It was the Cookie Monster 1.2.5 extension. I'll move to this I guess: https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/cookiemasters/