Firefox Sync Doesn't Sync Addons

I have sync setup on my computer with everything checked. Then i paired my laptop to my main computer with sync. but now whenever i sync my computers it doesn't update my laptops addons and then uninstall addons on my main computer.
any ideas?

Did you enable the Add-on sync on all devices? Add-on Sync is disabled by default so if you haven't then you'll need to enable it on each device.
''Firefox > Options > In the Sync My section, check the box next to add-ons on each of your computers
'''See: '''
[[How do I manage my Firefox Sync account?]]

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