Firefox Flicker Fix: Mozilla Patches NVIDIA Glitch in Emergency Update

Firefox 139.0.1 is here to save the day (and your screen) after its predecessor turned NVIDIA GPUs into modern art creators. Mozilla’s hotfix restores sanity by blocking the troublesome DirectComposition path, ensuring your web browsing is flicker-free. So, update now and bid farewell to those unintentional graphic masterpieces!

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Published: May 29, 2025 11:59 pmAdded: May 29, 2025 at 5:12 pmAssembled by: The Editor
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Hot Take:

Well, it seems Mozilla decided to spice things up a bit with Firefox 139, turning the web into a flickering light show for NVIDIA users. But no worries, the hotfix is in, and your browser will no longer double as a strobe light. Let’s all agree that fireworks are best left for celebrations, not web browsing!

Key Points:

  • Firefox 139 caused graphical artifacts with NVIDIA GPUs due to a DirectComposition path behavior issue.
  • Videos and web pages flickered, affecting sites like Instagram.
  • Mozilla quickly released a hotfix (v139.0.1) to address the issue.
  • The problem was linked to a graphics driver bug on NVIDIA cards under Windows 10.
  • Single-monitor or AMD/Intel setups remained unaffected.

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