[BUG] Firefox on Linux doesn't start a query when using the search bar. Takes me to Whoogle home page instead

[motoridersd]

Describe the bug
Configured Whoogle as described in the Readme. Did the "Firefox Containers" process as well. I use containers, but I don't use Whoogle in a container, nor is the issue happening only in containers.

To Reproduce
Type in a search in the address bar while having Whoogle as the default search engine
You are taken to the Whoogle Home page where I have to type in the query again

Deployment Method

• [X ] Docker
• run executable
• pip/pipx
• Other: [describe setup]

Version of Whoogle Search

• Latest build from [source] (i.e. GitHub, Docker Hub, pip, etc)
• [X ] Version [0.8.4]
• Not sure

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Linux
• Browser Firefox
• Version 128

Additional context
Whoogle works fine on Edge on Windows and Firefox on Android, and on Chrome/Chromium on the same Linux installation

[kevinsivic]

I was having this same problem on a mac and it turned out that for some reason Firefox was refusing to load the up to date opensearch.xml file and kept pushing me to http which my proxy redirected to https and subsequently lost the POST data.

In my case the easiest fix was to install the mozlz4-edit extension to manually edit the search file (in <firefox_profile>/search.json.mozlz4) and update the url templates to https.

[Akitash]

Did you re-add Whoogle as a search engine and clear the cache?

I hadn't re-added Whoogle as a search engine at first and had the same problem in the past. But after I re-added the search engine and cleared the cache, it started working.

• OS: Fedora 40 (Linux)
• Browser: Firefox (131.0.2)