Firefox 140 release information
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What's new in Firefox 140
Content in this page is being updated periodically as we're rolling out the release.
Firefox Desktop content update
| On-device Model Management
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| Description:
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We'd like to empowers users to control AI on their devices with a transparent, user-first local model management system through this feature
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| Content request:
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[7]
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| KB article:
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https://support.mozilla.org/kb/on-device-models
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New article
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Firefox for Android content update
Firefox for iOS content update
Known studies/experiments
| Platform |
Studies/experiments |
Description |
Related discussions |
Forum tag
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| Firefox for Android |
Android tablet address bar moved on top of the screen |
- |
[11] |
browser-appearance
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| Firefox for Android |
Search box in the middle of home screen |
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- |
browser-appearance
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| Firefox for Android |
Remove all content (including Jump Back In, Bookmarks, Recently Visited) from home screen except Shortcuts and Stories |
- |
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browser-appearance
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Trending requests
| Platform |
Request |
Related discussions |
Status
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| Desktop |
Synced tab groups |
[12] |
Tracking
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| Desktop |
Customizable bookmark toolbar font |
[13] |
Tracking
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| Desktop |
Customizable hotkeys |
[14] |
Tracking
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| Desktop |
Differentiate "Site you save" and "Sites you visit" in new tab |
[15] [16] |
Tracking
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| Android |
Android address bar is too cluttered |
[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] |
Tracking
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| Android |
Add a setting to enable tab strip |
ConnectBugzilla |
Tracking
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| iOS |
Default page zoom setting |
[22] |
In progress
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| iOS |
Translate feature in Firefox for iOS |
[23] |
Tracking
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For other top requests on Mozilla Connect, please check out [24]
Known issues
| Platform |
Category |
Issue |
Known bug/Related discussions |
Fix/workaround
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| Desktop |
Webcompat |
www.xfinity.com/stream stucks loading |
bug1977318 |
Enable uBlock Origin
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| Desktop |
Crashes |
Startup crashes caused by MS's Family Safety feature |
[25] |
turn off the Family Safety feature temporarily
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| Desktop |
Webcompat |
NYT tells me I am a bot and will not let me read articles |
#162420 |
Create a new profile? (to be confirmed)
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| Desktop |
Webcompat |
Facebook audio and video call isn't working in Firefox |
bug1896361 |
-
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| Desktop |
UI/UX |
In vertical mode, when the tab strip is not in a <toolbar>, SVG favicons using prefers-color-scheme don't always get the correct color-scheme according to theme colors. |
bug1968040 |
A fix is coming in v141
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| Desktop |
Media |
Taskbar Appearing when playing Full Screen Videos |
bug1965699 |
Change widget.windows.fullscreen_marking_method to 0, 1, 2, or 3; a fix is coming in v141
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| Desktop |
UI/UX |
Switching search engines on a new address bar |
[26] [27] |
Use keyword shortcut (e.g. @google, @ddg) on the new address bar
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| Android |
UI/UX |
Back button jumps to first entry in tab's history rather than previous entry |
bug1958609 |
Fixed in v139
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| Android |
UI/UX |
Don't show the empty state while bookmarks are loading |
bug1957713 |
Fixed in v140
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| Android |
Security |
Unexpected client auth certificate request dialogs |
bug1966033 |
Fixed in v140
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| Android |
UI/UX |
spacebar and backspace working abnormaly in google search bar with gboard |
bug1968872 |
-
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| iOS |
OS/API |
User is redirected to Google app after force-closing and reopening Firefox if a Google search is open |
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/26361 |
Remediation added in v139.1 and v140.0b1 (waiting for feedback)
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Known incidents
| Sidebar dark theme issue
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| Description:
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Sidebar text has changed from white to black for some themes resulting in low contrast with dark background
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| Status:
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Resolved
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| Product(s) impacted:
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Firefox Desktop
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| Associated bug:
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[28]
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| Resolution/workaround:
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Fixed in 140.0.1
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| Deep links stopped working on Android 140.0
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| Description:
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Firefox for Android users on version 140 were unable to leverage protocol URIs.
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| Status:
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Resolved
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| Product(s) impacted:
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Firefox for Android
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| Associated bug:
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1974569
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| Resolution/workaround:
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Update to version 140.0.3 should fix this issue
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Post-release
