Can some please explain why this pops up when i open firefox? im very concerned

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this is a fresh install of fedora 38 workstation using the same install usb as last time, i have done nothing different from last install and yet when i open default Firefox i get this pop up asking me for the password to my PKCS which is on my yubikey?

Dialog box with the prompt: "Please enter the password for the PKS#11 token PIV_II
Dialog box with the prompt: "Please enter the password for the PKS#11 token PIV_II1025×570 28.9 KB

i have not installed yubikey apps yet or added it to the pam files or to firefox, this is fresh install so i am very confused as to why i am being asked for this password when i open firefox

ive installed fedora countless times and never seen this prompt before, i always use firefox and i have had a yubikey plugged in for the last few installs with no issues, why now is this popping up?

help will be immensely appreciated

EDIT: I reinstalled with freshly verified iso and still i get this pop up when i try to use firefox, what is it even trying todo?

What does PKCS even do for firefox? What benefit can i get from using pkcs with firefox?

But more important why only on this ssd and not the other one in the same machine? Yubikey is still plugged in when i boot that ssd and open firefox so why no prompt then? Both are identical installs with the same settings and same kernel, the only possible difference i can think of is maybe the first ssd did not have yubikey plugged in during install maybe? its a dual boot pc both ssds running fedora, the yubikey is always plugged in so why only prompt for PIV password on one install?

Really will appreciate the help

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The config for firefox is probably still in your home directory & I would assume that the /home data was retained for the reinstall. If you did a new clean install and wiped out /home as well then I would have no clue.

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i did do a clean install and wipe the disk, also i have never used the PKCS part of my yubikey and ive also never used my yubikey with firefox, i use it for pam.d and ssh but i have not configured anything related to this in the fresh install

only updates from the gnome store have been applied, then i started firefox and was deleting the bookmarks from toolbar like i always do and then it popped up asking me for password

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someone has to know whats going here ? pls do explain

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Have you seen Bugzilla id=1892137? Seems this has been going on for years. Post 26 may work since you don’t use yubikey with Firefox.