<div dir="ltr"><div>Firefox ships with default settings and then queries updates to those settings via RemoteSettings.</div><div><br></div><div>There's some developer info here - <a href="https://remote-settings.readthedocs.io/en/latest/">https://remote-settings.readthedocs.io/en/latest/</a></div><div><br></div><div>But not a lot user facing.</div><div><br></div><div>The reason removing it works is because we ship defaults.</div><div><br></div><div>Mike<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 2:57 AM Timo Pietilä <<a href="mailto:timo.pietila@helsinki.fi">timo.pietila@helsinki.fi</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">So basically a cache of settings which can be deleted safely and it then <br>
rebuilds it after FF is started again.<br>
<br>
I find these unnecessary cache files that can't be removed from UI and <br>
have nothing important in them rather annoying.<br>
<br>
It feels like there is security/privacy issue too if you can dig any <br>
history of how FF has been used from those files.<br>
<br>
Timo Pietilä<br>
<br>
On 8.10.2020 10.17, Wes Kocher wrote:<br>
> My understanding is that "Remote Settings" is the system Firefox is <br>
> using to synchronize and distribute preference changes and localized <br>
> messages between all of the various processes Firefox is using these <br>
> days as a multi-process browser.<br>
> <br>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2020, 9:50 PM Timo Pietilä <<a href="mailto:timo.pietila@helsinki.fi" target="_blank">timo.pietila@helsinki.fi</a> <br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:timo.pietila@helsinki.fi" target="_blank">timo.pietila@helsinki.fi</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> What are these remote settings? They don't seem to have any impact<br>
> on TB<br>
> or FF. Are these some kind of cached settings that for some reason are<br>
> in permanent storage?<br>
> <br>
> Timo Pietilä<br>
> <br>
> On 7.10.2020 17.52, Mike Kaply wrote:<br>
> > Unfortunately I don't have a better answer. That file is used for<br>
> our<br>
> > remote settings database which can be that big.<br>
> ><br>
> > Mike<br>
> ><br>
> > On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 11:55 PM Timo Pietilä<br>
> <<a href="mailto:timo.pietila@helsinki.fi" target="_blank">timo.pietila@helsinki.fi</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:timo.pietila@helsinki.fi" target="_blank">timo.pietila@helsinki.fi</a>><br>
> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:timo.pietila@helsinki.fi" target="_blank">timo.pietila@helsinki.fi</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:timo.pietila@helsinki.fi" target="_blank">timo.pietila@helsinki.fi</a>>>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Unfortunately no such pref exist in TB or FF.<br>
> ><br>
> > Also it isn't GB -size large, just 10+MB, but that is large<br>
> enough to<br>
> > cause problems in roaming profiles.<br>
> ><br>
> > I just changed all dom.indexed -prefs to false, maybe that helps<br>
> > with it<br>
> > getting large.<br>
> ><br>
> > Maybe I can change permissions do that FF/TB can't write in that<br>
> > directory just to see if that has any effect on FF/TB. If it<br>
> doesn't I<br>
> > consider making that change university-wide.<br>
> ><br>
> > Timo Pietilä<br>
> ><br>
> > On 6.10.2020 18.50, Mike Kaply wrote:<br>
> > > It's used for storing indexedDB data for internal pages.<br>
> There is<br>
> > a bug<br>
> > > for the growth:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517145" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517145</a><br>
> <<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517145" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517145</a>><br>
> > <<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517145" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517145</a><br>
> <<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517145" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517145</a>>><br>
> > > <<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517145" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517145</a><br>
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> <<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517145" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1517145</a>>>><br>
> > ><br>
> > > One of the comments says you can set:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > "dom.indexedDB.dataThreshold" pref to "-1".<br>
> > ><br>
> > > To avoid it.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Mike<br>
> > ><br>
> > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 12:56 AM Timo Pietilä<br>
> > <<a href="mailto:timo.pietila@helsinki.fi" target="_blank">timo.pietila@helsinki.fi</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:timo.pietila@helsinki.fi" target="_blank">timo.pietila@helsinki.fi</a>><br>
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> > > <mailto:<a href="mailto:timo.pietila@helsinki.fi" target="_blank">timo.pietila@helsinki.fi</a><br>
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> <mailto:<a href="mailto:timo.pietila@helsinki.fi" target="_blank">timo.pietila@helsinki.fi</a>>>>> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > What is 3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite (and other files<br>
> > like that),<br>
> > > why it is in \storage\permanent\chrome in<br>
> firefox/thunderbird<br>
> > profile<br>
> > > and why does it keep getting bigger? I can delete<br>
> everything<br>
> > in that<br>
> > > folder and it does absolutely nothing in my browser,<br>
> it just<br>
> > rebuilds<br>
> > > that folder when I restart FF/TB. When it is rebuild<br>
> it is at<br>
> > first<br>
> > > very<br>
> > > small.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > If that is not needed why is it "permanent"?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > How can I get rid of it? It eats up a lot of roaming<br>
> space.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Timo Pietilä<br>
> > ><br>
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