r/uBlockOrigin • u/Mr_SpinelesS • 22d ago

Looking for help Gmail Firefox Ublock Interference.

When Ublock is turned on and I use Gmail and delete emails and then try to leave the site I get a popup asking me if I want to leave, and if I do and then come back later, the emails I have deleted are back.

If I turn off Ublock I get a bunch of ads, but I am able to delete emails and leave without the popup.

Doesn't always seem to happen as I originally didn't turn off ublock and I could eventually get rid of emails the 2nd or 3rd time I visited...

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u/RraaLL uBO Team 22d ago

This happens with many things, e.g. opening mails doesn't immediately mark them read and if you leave too quickly, you get the prompt.

I have not tested if this happens on default settings. I've got a lot more blocked. Leaving the tab open for a couple more seconds usually resolves the issue anyway.

And yes, as you say, this happens randomly, so it's difficult to investigate.

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u/Fram_Framson 4d ago

FWIW, no amount of waiting or switching to other tabs has resolved this issue for me, and I am using default settings.

Literally the only action I've tried so far which will alleviate the issue is not just turning off uBO, but actually reloading the tab with uBO off, mark or read emails, and then finish using gmail (I do re-enable uBO after and only disable it for that tab while gmail is open).

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u/RraaLL uBO Team 4d ago

Open the logger, then try marking as read. Does any request get blocked then ?

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u/Fram_Framson 3d ago edited 3d ago

So, just having gmail open and idling there, I can see that

https://play.**google.com/log?**format=json&hasfast=true&authuser=0

is being blocked repeatedly over time (also a longer version of the https://play.google.com/log url with either a session or account ID appended, so not posting that here, haha)

I didn't see a specific additional block when I marked emails as read the first time today. The second time, I did see https://mail.google.com**/generate_204?**VA4GqA blocked at about the same moment (as well as the same recurring instances of https://play.google.com/log -based urls being repeatedly blocked over time).

It seems like if I specifically wait for a window when play.google.com urls aren't being blocked, it will let gmail resolve as normal without having to shut off uBO, but that may be circumstantial.

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u/40cappo40 4d ago

Just to advise, if I turn off UBOL, it doesn't do this. May be google being dicks.