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For me (repository firefox on ArchLinux), the temporary fix was setting devtools.chrome.enabled = true in about:config, and running this small JavaScript snippet in Chrome DevTools (Ctrl+Shift+J):

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firefox#Firefox_disable...

AFAIK, this will enable all the disabled add-ons until the next check, which is in 24 hours. This will be hopefully enough time for Mozilla to release a stable channel update, instead of the "Studies hack".

At least for me, fiddling with the Studies settings had no effect; the about:studies page remained empty regardless of what I did. I've also seen multiple reports from people who got the Studies hack working that the fix actually failed to address the issue properly.



On Linux you should also have the option of disabling the cert signature check. Go into about:config and set `xpinstall.signatures.required` to false. Just remember to set it back to true once this is fixed.


It appears to take several minutes for the studies to be downloaded and enabled. The process worked for me on two separate Windows 10 machines.




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