Chromium crashing extensions [SOLVED]

[finotti]

The new update of Chromium (76.0.3809.87-1) crashes extensions on start up: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=933598

The only work around suggested so far is to downgrade: if you have the testing repositories enabled, you can simply

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apt remove chromium chromium-common
apt install chromium=76.0.3809.71-1 chromium-common=76.0.3809.71-1


[devil]

Sorry to say, but the only workaround that makes sense in this case in my book is using Chrome.

[piper]

I beg to differ !!!!

FIREFOX

[devil]

For my job I need hundreds of open tabs. I need them secured and I need them to be restored reliably through restarts of the browser and reboots of the machine. Firefox does not play ball here reliably.

[kokurya]

Guess it always depends on what you need.
I love my little paranoia setup:
Firefox - for my standard websites (only handpicked cookies allowed / everything else blocked)
Chromium - for finding new stuff (everything deleted and reset at exiting the browser)

Falkon - play around and find out if I can get rid of chromium

[piper]

@devil, please try firefox 70 and the real firefox not a debian one, restored session I have never had a problem with, right now I have 124 tabs open, I have a old machine

[finotti]

It seems that the new version (76.0.3809.87-2) fixes the problem.  (At least no crashes for me so far.)  I will mark it solved.

@devil: I will second piper.  Firefox has been running really well!  (Although I do use Debian's package.)  If you haven't given it a try in a while, it might be worth a try now...