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Replace the outdated irc.mozilla.org IRC link in docs/add-to-firefox.md with the correct #webextensions:mozilla.org Matrix room link. Mozilla shut down its IRC server in 2020 and migrated all channels to Matrix, so the old reference was a dead link.

Also added a link to the Firefox Extension Workshop as an additional debugging resource.

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Fixes: N/A (documentation maintenance)

Manual testing steps

  1. Open docs/add-to-firefox.md and verify the Matrix link https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#webextensions:mozilla.org resolves correctly
  2. Verify the Extension Workshop link https://extensionworkshop.com/ is live
  3. Confirm the old IRC reference (irc.mozilla.org) has been removed

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Before

The doc referenced #webextensions on irc.mozilla.org, which has been offline since 2020.

After

The doc now links to the Mozilla Matrix room and Firefox Extension Workshop.

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Low Risk
Documentation-only change that replaces a dead IRC reference with current Mozilla support links; no runtime or build impact.

Overview
Updates docs/add-to-firefox.md to replace the outdated irc.mozilla.org debugging reference with the active #webextensions:mozilla.org Matrix room link, and adds the Firefox Extension Workshop as an additional troubleshooting resource.

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tenderdeve marked this pull request as ready for review April 28, 2026 10:01
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HowardBraham changed the base branch from develop to main April 28, 2026 23:08
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@tenderdeve you accidentally tried to merge your PR to branch develop, which is no longer the default branch, it's now main. I fixed the merge base, but then it got a lot of conflicts.

Mozilla shut down irc.mozilla.org in 2020 and migrated to Matrix.
Update the debugging help reference in add-to-firefox.md to point
to the correct #webextensions room on chat.mozilla.org and the
Firefox Extension Workshop.

Fixes MetaMask#42178
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tenderdeve force-pushed the fix/update-firefox-irc-link branch from 82c2eff to 8e7fb81 Compare April 29, 2026 06:33
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@HowardBraham hey my bad 🙇 , fixed the conflicts now. Thanks for pointing it out.

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