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Accessing Firefox update logs
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update_log_access_instructions.md
  1. Type about:config into the URL bar
  2. Search for app.update.log
  3. Set its value to true
  4. Open the Browser Console (Control/Cmd+Shift+J, or Hamburger Menu->Web Developer->Browser Console)
  5. In the Filter textbox at the top, enter AUS:SVC to filter out everything except the update messages
  6. Attempt to trigger an update in Firefox by going to the Preferences page or the Help->About Firefox window
  7. Now that you have only update related messages, you can copy the messages out of the Browser Console
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