LinkedIn feed eradication not working on Firefox

[ReticulatedSpline]

There are some related existing issues (e.g. #183) but they're either old or slightly different scenarios. Currently, I'm not seeing eradication occur at all on LinkedIn. If I can carve out some time later I will dig into this deeper as I hate the LinkedIn feed with a passion 🙏

NFE 2.2.7
Firefox 130.0.1
Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS

[reinvanimschoot]

I have the same issue
NFE 2.2.7
Firefox 133.0
MacOS Sequoia 15.1.1

[ReticulatedSpline]

There's not much in the LinkedIn specific typescript... I confirmed that the scaffold class still exists, at least...
const feed = document.querySelector('.scaffold-finite-scroll');

And if you manually apply the .css to the element it zaps it as expected:
linkedin.str.css

My guess is that the CSS selector is no longer working, but I'm a bit of a web noob so I can't say for sure.

[sardination]

Interestingly enough, when I load this extension from file (either as a temporary extension on regular Firefox or as a packaged and unsigned extension on Firefox Developer Edition), it works on LinkedIn. When I use the version on the add-ons store, it doesn't work. I think the version available for download from the add-ons store is outdated.

[ReticulatedSpline]

Nice catch. The last github release is 2.3.0 whereas the last published to Firefox is 2.2.7.

[ReticulatedSpline]

I see that manifest-chrome.json has been updated but not manifest.json which seems to be what Firefox reads. I tried to sync them up but I am unable to get it working locally. @sardination what's your process? For reference I'm zipping the /src/ directory and uploading at about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox.

[sardination]

Sorry, forgot to include that! I use the contents of the current manifest-chrome.json but with the following changes:

--- a/src/manifest-chrome.json
+++ b/src/manifest-chrome.json
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
                "default_title": "News Feed Eradicator"
        },
        "background": {
-               "service_worker": "service-worker.js",
-               "type": "module"
+               "scripts": ["service-worker.js"]
        },
        "options_ui": {
                "page": "options.html",
@@ -51,5 +50,13 @@
                "48": "icon48.png",
                "64": "icon64.png",
                "128": "icon128.png"
+       },
+       "content_security_policy": {
+           "extension_pages": "script-src 'self' 'wasm-unsafe-eval'; object-src 'self';"
+         },
+         "browser_specific_settings": {
+               "gecko": {
+                       "id": "@news-feed-eradicator"
+               }
        }
 }

[ReticulatedSpline]

After playing around for a bit I'm unable to get this working on my machine :(
However I think the fix is straightforward...

1. PR to update manifest.json provided above
2. Rebuild /dist
3. Submit build to AMO

Steps 1 and 3 probably require author intervention.

[jordwest]

Thanks everyone for looking into this! Yeah I've been meaning to update Firefox to 2.3.0 but because the extensions was upgraded to manifest v3 and Firefox doesn't yet support all manifest v3 features, I had to split the manifest into separate files.

Unfortunately just changing the scripts to the reworked service-worker.js wasn't enough to appease Firefox, but maybe that content_security_policy is the ticket. I'll need to sit down and try a few things when I have some time hopefully over the holiday break.

[sardination]

@ReticulatedSpline if you want it to work right now before it's updated on the add-ons store, you have to do one of the following after updating the manifest:

1. Install as a temporary extension by running make dev and then loading the unpacked build as a temporary extension. The issue with temporary extensions is that they won't stay installed between restarts.
2. Install as a packaged and unsigned extension on Firefox Developer Edition. Do this by running make and loading the packaged .zip as an add-on. You'll have to disable add-on signing. Due to security policies, you can't do this on the normal distro of Firefox.

Hope that helps!

[Alexplores]

Hi all,

Hopefully you all have warm holidays.

I want to inform you that I am experiencing the same issue since somewhere mid-November.

I've already tried updating everything related + reinstalling NFE and removing cookies etc.

Firefox version: 133.0.3 (64-bit)
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Home 10.0.26100 Build 26100

Great to see that there's already work done on this. Wishing you all the best in fixing the issue

Thank for your continued support in safeguarding my productivity!

~ A

[DreamweaverMarz]

Fwiw for others on this thread. I ran into this issue and temporarily installed this extension; hoping it works for others as at least a short-term solution

https://github.com/agliber/linkedin-feed-blocker/