Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 130.0beta | Released August 9, 2024

Check out the notes below for this version of Thunderbird. As always, you’re encouraged to tell us what you think, ask for help, or file a bug in Bugzilla.

These notes apply to Thunderbird version 130 beta 3 released August, 26, 2024.

System Requirements: Details

  • Windows: Windows 10 or later
  • Mac: macOS 10.15 or later
  • Linux: GTK+ 3.14 or higher

What’s New

new

Added the outgoing server interface to send messages from EWS

new

Added ability to display EWS messages in interface

new

Added Linux system tray icon

What’s Changed

changed

Removed rss.message.loadWebPageOnSelect preference due to inconsistent behavior

changed

Removed browser.preferences.search as there is no reason to disable search

changed

Exporting a calendar to .ics did not include the calendar name

What’s Fixed

fixed

What's New page was not displayed after updating Thunderbird

fixed

Chrome URLs were opened in an external browser

fixed

Duplicate message headers could be created for EWS messages

fixed

Feed body was not rendered when "Message Body As" formatting option selected

fixed

Ctrl+Drag moved messages instead of copying them when running on Wayland

fixed

"Grouped By Sort" state was not preserved for unified and virtual folders

fixed

In a cross-folder virtual folder, right-clicking an unselected message incorrectly selected the message

fixed

Files left over from failed folder compactions could use up disk space

fixed

Flathub manifest link was not correct

New and Fixed in beta 2

What’s New

new

Account setup is updated to support OAuth2 granular permissions

What’s Fixed

fixed

Compaction of folders greater than 4GB were truncated to 4GB on 32-bit installations of Thunderbird 128esr

fixed

Some UTF-8 characters were corrupted when using OpenPGP signing with OpenPGP encryption

fixed

Visual and UX improvements

Fixed in beta 3

What’s Fixed

fixed

Performance could be degraded when sorting with Quick Filter or Grouped By Sort

fixed

Calendar updates were not added to cache when Thunderbird was offline

fixed

Visual and UX improvements

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