[GH-ISSUE #1340] Chromium trying to open another instance if opened in firejail #920

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opened 2026-05-05 07:08:59 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 3 comments
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Originally created by @Cogitri on GitHub (Jun 17, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1340

Hello,

I use chromium as my default browser and firejail'ed it. However, if I open a link and I already have started chromium it'll start another instance of chromium instead of creating a new tab in the already running chromium instance, see the attached gif

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Originally created by @Cogitri on GitHub (Jun 17, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1340 Hello, I use chromium as my default browser and firejail'ed it. However, if I open a link and I already have started chromium it'll start another instance of chromium instead of creating a new tab in the already running chromium instance, see the attached gif ![chromium](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8766773/27256491-a10d3f7e-53b6-11e7-8621-95080e57ced8.gif)
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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2017):

Fixed on mainline, somebody brought it up a few days ago: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1334

<!-- gh-comment-id:309277190 --> @netblue30 commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2017): Fixed on mainline, somebody brought it up a few days ago: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1334
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@Cogitri commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2017):

Sorry, didn't see the issue. Thanks for the fix though!

<!-- gh-comment-id:309277568 --> @Cogitri commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2017): Sorry, didn't see the issue. Thanks for the fix though!
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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2017):

No problem, let me know if you run into something else.

<!-- gh-comment-id:309277685 --> @netblue30 commented on GitHub (Jun 18, 2017): No problem, let me know if you run into something else.
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