Electron Mail is a stand-alone app you can use to check your Proton Mail.
this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2025
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No issues yet, but I did allow history and cookie retention, if that's at all relevant. Will keep an eye out though.
So the proton mail webapp works just fine for you? I don't know how I could have broken mine... Maybe I'll try a fresh install or something. Supposedly my librewolf is the latest version
Are you using jshelter?
Not sure what that is. My librewolf install is entirely stock except for one homepage plugin called nightTab
It ia an addon that will break web apps like proton, tuta etc
Does it come default? I had been using librewolf for over 6 months without problems, and haven't installed any plugins myself
No, deff not default.
Check persistent storage setting under permissions, that could be another thing that would brick these apps
Thing is, proton is already in my exceptions for a bunch of the LibreWolf features...
I have it bypassing resist fingerprinting, I let it save cookies. When I search for peristent storage it just takes me to 'Cookies and Site Data' which already has proton mail and other urls excepted...
Resist fingerprinting should never be bypassed. Instead, file a complaint with Protonmail that they are serving spyware from their website. This is the main reason why I chose mailbox.org over protonmail.
I understand and agree with you in principle but "Tell the mail service to change their application" is such a long-shot step to fix the issue that I simply want to be able to use my browser to access my webmail...
From where I'm standing it's easier to switch to hardened Firefox than to switch mail providers just to continue to use Librewolf
~~EDIT: I would love an explanation of wtf the WebCrypto API even is and why you think it's spyware, though~~ EDIT 2: Proton claims the WebCrypto API is a browser security feature. It's also developed by Mozilla
EDIT 3: Fixed this by simply forcing an update to the latest version of LibreWolf. Not a browser problem, not a proton mail problem, WebCrypto API is not spyware.
Respect on coming back to share the solution 🫡
The amount of ppl that don't do that is really saddening lol
i was going to start moving to librewolf very soon and this makes me second guess myself; i hope this gets resolved.