Suddenly running into "Privacy Badger failed to initialize"

[Ablesius]

I don't know much else, the add-on just suddenly showed the "Privacy Badger failed to initialize" error and a link to this page.

Firefox version 133.0, uname -a: Linux T460 6.12.1-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:04:27 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[ghostwords]

Hello and thanks for opening an issue!

Next time this happens, could you open Privacy Badger's background page console, and see if there are any errors that will help us figure out what's going on?

To open the background page console:

1. Visit about:debugging
2. Select "This Firefox"
3. Click the Inspect button in the listing for Privacy Badger
4. Select the Console tab

Let me know if you have any questions.

Previously: #2966

[ghostwords]

Also, which version of Privacy Badger do you have?

[Ablesius]

Hi there!

PB version: 2024.7.17

I returned to the page where it happened, but now it seems to just work. Maybe it was just a glitch. I'll keep my eyes open for the problem, but now it's kind of unclear when/if I can recreate the issue!

[josteins1]

I have the same issue, but mine is not auto-correcting. The debug panel says:

downloadable font: Glyph bbox was incorrect (glyph ids 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 16 17 18 19 24 26 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 42 43 44 45 46 48 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 106 122 123 139 141 144 145 155 156 157 158 181 184 186 188 202 203 212 213 216 217 218 223 224 225 226 232 234 236 237 246 249 267 268 269 270 271 274 275 289 290 291 299 300 301 304 305 308 309 310 318 319 322 323 324 325 326 328) (font-family: "jquery-ui" style:normal weight:400 stretch:100 src index:0) source: moz-extension://265c4404-6eb1-4d38-a805-fef7b9deb35a/lib/vendor/jquery-ui-iconfont-2.3.2/font/jquery-ui.woff2?juif-bac778

Its similar to this bug (closed) https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/19925

[ghostwords]

Hi @josteins1, the message about fonts is unrelated. Are there any other messages or errors in Privacy Badger's console?

[MadeinDave]

Same here with Firefox 134.0.2 (64 bit) and PB 2024.7.17, it fails on browser startup.

[ghostwords]

Hi @MadeinDave, are there any messages or errors in Privacy Badger's console when this happens?