Background updater

Supported on: Firefox 90 or later, Firefox 78.12 ESR or later

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox

HKCU Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox

Value name: BackgroundAppUpdate

Enabled: BackgroundAppUpdate = 1

Disabled: BackgroundAppUpdate = 0

Description

If this policy is disabled, the application will not try to install updates when the application is not running. If this policy is enabled or not configured, application updates may be installed (without user approval) in the background, even when the application is not running. The operating system might still require approval.