[Linux] Firefox HTTP/3/QUIC connections showed/reported as "Other Connections"
What happened: Since a few weeks, Portmaster intermittently shows connection prompts under Other Connections while browsing normally with Firefox.
For example if i browse YouTube, im getting promts for Other Connections to domains such as:
- *.googlevideo.com
- t1.gstatic.com
- t2.gstatic.com
- accounts.youtube.com
In the connection details, affected connections use UDP/443 and the Binary Path is empty. Firefox Secure DNS / DoH is disabled.
My Environment:
- Fedora Linux 44
- Kernel: 7.2.4-200.fc44.x86_64
- Portmaster: 2.2.3, stable channel
- Firefox: 155.0 64-bit, Fedora distribution package
- SPN: disabled
- VPN: none
- DNS: local Pi-hole
Portmaster's eBPF connection listener and bandwidth monitor appear to be running normally according to the Debug Info. (thanks ai!)
What did you expect to happen?: PortMaster should recognize Firefoxes connections.
How did you reproduce it?: My YouTube example, but its literally every webpage.
Workaround
Disable Firefox HTTP/3: network.http.http3.enable = false
Firefox then falls back to TCP/HTTP2 and the issue does not occur.
Source: safing/portmaster