When I close a tab, why do I get a tabless blank screen instead of the view switching to one of the tabs that is open?

''locking this thread as duplicate, please continue at [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1047350 /questions/1047350]''
Like the title says. I close a tab I'm done with, and I get a tabless white screen instead of it switching to a tab that's already there. I also get a blank page new tab along with previous ones when I start up firefox. Likely started after updating, but I can't be sure.

On the about:newtab page in the upper right hand corner, is there an option to change the blank page to Classic or another option?
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