Well that didn't last long. This has been disabled by default after Bug 2016525 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016525> was reported.
On Thursday, 12 February 2026 at 18:02:16 UTC Bob Owen wrote: > Hi all, > > In Bug 2014735 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2014735> I've > landed a change to always use the parent binary (i.e. firefox.exe for > Firefox) for all child processes on Windows Nightly. > This only affects GMP as it is the only remaining user of > plugin-container.exe. > > This is controlled by the pref: dom.ipc.alwaysUseParentBinary > > If you see any issues with Widevine or Openh264 that are caused by this, > please file them as regressions to Bug 2014735 and blocking Bug 2014698 > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2014698>. > > Thanks, > Bob > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/d/msgid/dev-platform/425fe4ad-1520-447b-b65a-5f74c6d9abb6n%40mozilla.org.
