Error updating Firefox

[Keith]

On 11/19/25 3:08 PM, Ian Bruntlett wrote:

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> ian at turing:~$ sudo snap debug state --task 17571  /var/lib/snapd/state.json
> [sudo] password for ian:
> id: 17571
> kind: check-rerefresh
> summary: Monitoring snap "firefox" to determine whether extra refresh 
> steps are required
> status: Error
> log: |
>    2025-11-19T17:54:25Z ERROR too many requests
> 
> halt-tasks: []

Well, unfortunately that wasn't much help.

But I'm positive now that it was response from the snap-store server. 
Usually it's because the server was inundated with too many HTTP 
requests (duh) by the client in a specified period time. That could be 
caused by network connectivity, or server load issues which caused the 
client to resubmit requests. Without doing a network trace it's 
difficult to tell unless there some other snap commands that debug the 
client/server connection that I haven't come across.
  >
> Also, I am currently using Firefox 145.0.1 - is that good enough?

That's the latest version so should be good. The "Monitoring snap" 
appears to be the very last step that snapd does after the snap is 
installed/updated. I think it just basically checks with the store 
afterwards to make sure there wasn't an update pushed to it during the 
refresh on the client side. Just guessing though. >
> We have moved into uncharted snap command territory for me.... if I lose 
> Firefox, I lose easy access to my emails.
> 
Well, a snap snapshot will save your ~/snap/firefox directory which 
contains your profile so your bookmarks, stored passwords, extensions, 
history etc. will be preserved. Of course, backups or file syncs do that 
too.

But as I said previously, I believe the firefox snap updated okay. You 
could run "sudo snap refresh" again and if it comes back and says, "All 
snaps up to date.", you should be good to go.

-- 
Keith