Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 135.0beta | Released January 13, 2025

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 135 beta 3 released January 22, 2025.

System Requirements: Details

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

What’s New

new

Add-ons: Added support for specifying a cookieStoreId when creating a space

What’s Changed

changed

CardDAV address books and calendars now use the same OAuth2 code as mail

changed

Ignore unsupported subkeys/signatures when importing compliant OpenPGP keys

changed

Add-ons: browser.messages.listAttachments() now returns attachment headers

changed

Set show missed reminders preference to false by default

What’s Fixed

fixed

Compacting an empty folder failed with write error

fixed

Compacting of IMAP folder with corrupted local storage failed with write error

fixed

POP3 'fetch headers only' and 'get selected messages' could delete messages

fixed

'Search Online' checkbox in saved search properties was incorrectly disabled

fixed

Dragging threaded emails to another folder left a summary in the message panel

fixed

POP3 status message showed incorrect download count when messages were deleted

fixed

Thunderbird could show incorrect 'From' and 'To' fields for mailing list emails

fixed

mail.compose.other.header wrongly added fields to message preview pane headers

fixed

Space bar did not always advance to the next unread message

fixed

Folder creation or renaming failed due to incorrect preference settings

fixed

After restart, all restored tabs with opened PDFs showed the same attachment

fixed

Shutdown could hang due to unterminated search execution

fixed

Sort order in 'Search Messages' panel reset after search or on first launch

fixed

Reply window added an unnecessary third blank line at the top

fixed

Thunderbird spell check box did not allow ENTER to accept suggested changes

fixed

Thunderbird did not warn when replying to a 'noreply' address containing a '+'

fixed

'Please fill out this field' in account setup always appeared in English

fixed

Add-ons: Links in content pages with a target attribute loaded a blank page

fixed

Double clicking a new contact icon added the contact to the address book twice

fixed

POP3 'fetch headers only' and 'get selected messages' could skip some messages

fixed

Thunderbird logged network errors in console when used in offline mode

fixed

'Prefer client-side email scheduling' needed to be selected twice

fixed

Calendar print misaligned days (Mon-Sun) with their correct dates

fixed

Duplicate invitations were sent if CALDAV calendar email case did not match

fixed

Thunderbird calendar failed to show attendee as busy when added to an event

Fixed in beta 2

What’s Fixed

fixed

Race condition in folder compaction could cause unexpected behavior

fixed

Data corruption occurred when compacting IMAP Drafts folder after saving a message

fixed

Long email subject lines could overlap window control buttons on macOS

fixed

Exceptions during CalDAV item processing would halt subsequent item handling

Fixed in beta 3

What’s Fixed

fixed

Link at about:rights pointed to Firefox privacy policy instead of Thunderbird's

fixed

fixed

Forwarding/editing S/MIME drafts/templates unusable due to regression

fixed

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