Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 98.0beta | Released February 9, 2022

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 98 beta 3 released March 1, 2022.

System Requirements: Details

  • Windows: Windows 7 or later
  • Mac: macOS 10.12 or later
  • Linux: GTK+ 3.14 or higher

What’s Changed

changed

Thunderbird will use the first occurrence of headers that should only appear once

310189

changed

Duplicated OpenPGP encrypted attachments were shown when display-attachments-inline was enabled

1749340

changed

Thunderbird generated views of meeting invitations are now expanded by default

1742101

What’s Fixed

fixed

SMTP send progress bar could trigger high CPU usage when the server connection failed

742697

fixed

Improved POP server authentication detection during Account Setup

1752397

fixed

Emails were not downloading at startup under some conditions

1735531

fixed

Importing an OpenPGP key from an attachment context menu failed

1752718

fixed

Ctrl+mouse wheel did not zoom in the message source window

1749305

fixed

Importer did not work with mail directories outside of the profile directory

1750880

fixed

Archiving multiple folders at once failed

1752516

fixed

News folders did not display biff indicator

1751160

fixed

News posting failures were not reported when using news-only profiles

1751466

fixed

Newsgroups were not removed from folder pane when unsubscribed and the root folder was collapsed

1752082

fixed

LDAP Autoconfig could block Thunderbird startup

1752773

fixed

It was possible to create annual calendar events with invalid days

1156738

fixed

Mini-month views did not properly update at midnight

1648718

fixed

UX improvements when using rotated calendar views

1749949

fixed

Port numbers were not shown in "Confirm Security Exception" dialog for CalDAV connections

1750655

fixed

Dark theme fixes

1751732 1751918

New & Fixed in Beta 2

What’s New

new

What's new link displayed in About: dialog

1619815

What’s Fixed

fixed

Copy/Cut/Paste actions not working in Thunderbird Preferences

1731934

Fixed in Beta 3

What’s Fixed

fixed

Opening mid: URLs on macOS failed

1753887

fixed

Address books stored in older formats were loaded as SQLite files, causing a crash

1739498

fixed

Address book dialogs could be obscured by a contact details pane

1756854

fixed

Replicated LDAP directories were lost after switching Thunderbird to "Offline"`mode

1754186

fixed

Importing webcals from the commandline failed if the URI ended with an .ics file extension

1754682

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