Firefox redirects to https

Question

I\'m using Firefox, and while setting up a server, I have been fiddling around with redirects. Now, Firefox has cached a 301 redirect from http://example.com/ to https://exa

Answer 1

"Sites preferences" are the culprit. Wasted 45min of my life finding how to fix it despite all the kb/support.mozilla tricks which does not solve your issue nor did mine. I dunno what triggers this issue but several of my websites started to go pear-shaped in a few weeks only affecting me and only firefox.

That's the solution you are all looking for:

1. Go to Preferences
2. Privacy
3. Click 'Clear your history' (nothing will happen yet, click safely)
4. Once the pop-up appears, click Details.
5. Untick everything except 'Sites Preferences'
6. Select 'Everything' in the select box at the top
7. Click Ok
8. Try now

PS: What I did try that did not worked for me are:

• urlbar.autofill false
• Forget Website trick
• Safe mode
• We all know it is not an HSTS issue when a website you own and you accessed before never got https support but now FF wants you to use https... It is just a firefox bug IMO.

Answer 2

Check your extensions!

In my case, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials extension was causing this redirect. I disabled it, and the problem is solved.

Answer 3

Disabling https, is not an absolute in Firefox. Some sites will redirect and may not offer http.

However to choose one url over the other if it is an option you can disable autofil:

Address Bar Search In order to change your Firefox Configuration please do the following steps :

In the Location bar, type about:config and press Enter. The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise! to continue to the about:config page. In the filter box, type or paste autofill and pause while the list is filtered Double-click browser.urlbar.autoFill to toggle it from true to false.

Answer 4

In my case, it was an addon that did it: disabling DuckDuckGo privacy essentials fixed it.