Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 77.0beta | Released May 11, 2020

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 77 beta 3 released May 18, 2020.

New in Thunderbird 77.0beta: Experimental support for OpenPGP encryption. New functionality is being added with every beta! Want to help? Join the conversation on Matrix: #openpgp:mozilla.org.

What’s New

new

Native support for OpenPGP encryption

new

DisableSystemAddonUpdate policy added

new

Global Search menu item in app menu

new

"Delete" action column in thread pane (message list)

new

Calendar: Added ICS import support to -file command line option

new

MailExtensions: Added composeScripts API

What’s Changed

changed

Various theme and dark mode improvements

changed

MailExtensions: Return a tab object with getComposeDetails

What’s Fixed

fixed

Password display font had characters that were difficult to read

fixed

Improvements to recipient address pills

fixed

Calendar: Event printouts were blank

fixed

MailExtensions: browser.runtime.openOptionsPage did not display page

fixed

MailExtensions: Calendar and task tabs did not trigger browser.tabs events

New and Fixed in Beta 2

What’s New

new

Lock icon added next to OTR encrypted chat messages

What’s Fixed

fixed

Chat on macOS did not connect to servers

fixed

Global search(Gloda) view was broken

New and Fixed in Beta 3

What’s New

new

Added several enhancements and fixes for OpenPGP support

What’s Fixed

fixed

WebSockets could not be used

fixed

Custom headers added for searching or filtering could not be removed

Known Issues

unresolved

Older Linux distributions may not have working OpenPGP support when using the official builds

unresolved

Print progress dialog is disabled

unresolved

Message composer not using correct fonts

unresolved

Addons cannot be removed

unresolved

Anomalies when inserting an image into the compose window

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