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fishnet37222
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1 year ago

Incorrect mimetype on XPI download link.

Lately, when I've been downloading the latest beta Firefox extension, I've noticed that Firefox doesn't automatically prompt to install it. At first I thought it was an issue with Firefox, so I post...
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1P_Dave
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1 year ago

fishnet37222

Thanks for your patience. The team has investigated and found that the MIME type is already set correctly. While I did see the same behaviour that you reported yesterday, I'm no longer able to reproduce it today. When I download the beta version of the extension from this page I see the following:

and then:

Can you test again to see if you see different behaviour? If you do still see the same behaviour can you check if you've blocked our website from installing add-ons in the past:

I look forward to hearing from you.

-Dave