07-01-2023, 01:59 PM
i found the root cause, in the file \AppData\Roaming\Firestorm_x64\user_settings\settings.xml
the following setting was '1', setting it to '0' solved the problem
<key>DisableAgentUpdates</key>
<map>
<key>Backup</key>
<boolean>1</boolean>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>Encrypt IMs between this clients userbase</string>
<key>Type</key>
<string>Boolean</string>
<key>Value</key>
<boolean>0</boolean>
</map>
the following setting was '1', setting it to '0' solved the problem
<key>DisableAgentUpdates</key>
<map>
<key>Backup</key>
<boolean>1</boolean>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>Encrypt IMs between this clients userbase</string>
<key>Type</key>
<string>Boolean</string>
<key>Value</key>
<boolean>0</boolean>
</map>