Firefox shows "Error: Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost"

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Issue

  • When starting the firefox, this message maybe showed:

    firefox.desktop[xxxxx]: ###!!! [Child][RunMessage] Error: Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost

    Or:

    firefox.desktop[xxxxx]: ###!!! [Parent][RunMessage] Error: Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9

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