**This article applies to the deprecated Zotero for Firefox (pre-Zotero 5.0) plugin. It no longer applies to the current versions of Zotero.**

=== "The add-on could not be downloaded because of a connection failure on www.zotero.org." ===

This message previously could appear when attempting to download Zotero Firefox extensions on systems or networks that intercepted secure (HTTPS) connections to zotero.org. We've since put a workaround in place that allows installations to take place over such connections.

Automatic updates will continue not to work over such connections, however. See [[Updates Not Detected]] for more details.

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