When highlighting and rightclicking a link to open in a new tab, it doesnt open anything. (after latest update)

ever since the latest update the other day (9.0.1), whenever i highlight a link and right click for options to open link in a new tab i get no response. not sure if this is actually a question. is this a bug? not sure where to look for a fix if there is one. it worked fine before the last update. i have made no option changes and run firefox with no addons and basically default settings as far as i know.

Sounds like this bug:
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=644729 bug 644729] - Popup window with all toolbars visible causes new tabs to open in another browser window
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