Bug with Zotero Connector and Firefox Containers

Zotero connector fails when attempting to add a PDF from a tab that is open in a container on firefox. It's consistently able to add the metadata, but never the PDF.

I've attached a screenshot of the encountered behaviour on the IEEE website for an example. On websites like IEEE where only the PDF is added to the library item, it just fails. On ScienceDirect it opens a new tab (as the first tab on my current window, not right next to the current tab or in a separate window as it should) with the PDF open but fails to download it, saving only the metadata and a screenshot of the website to Zotero.

Now that containers are built-in to Firefox and not limited to extensions anymore (see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-use-firefox-containers), I feel like Zotero Connector should support them, especially because it's good internet hygiene to separate your cookies and accounts across different containers to prevent tracking or mixing your accounts.

Screenshot of behaviour with IEEE site on a tab open in a Container.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u22051238/41vhrqwu7i6lcb189tet.png
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