Support/Firefox136

Firefox 136 release information

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Release notes

Bug boards

Dot releases

Platform Version Release date Notable fixes Unresolved
Firefox Desktop 136.0.1 Mar 11, 2025 A fix for a webcompat issue that may affect multiple sites bug1950565, bug1947723 bug1952564
Firefox & Focus for Android 136.0.1 Mar 11, 2025 bug1950565 -
Firefox Desktop 136.0.2 Mar 18, 2025 Disabled support for the CookieStore API due to compatibility concerns (will be enabled later once the issues have been addressed). Bug1952564, Bug1946121, Bug1951930, Bug1924932 -
Firefox & Focus for Android 136.0.2 Mar 18, 2025 - -
Firefox Desktop 136.0.3 Mar 25, 2025 TikTok Nearly Unusable on Firefox 136+ bug1954323 -

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What's new in Firefox 136

Firefox Desktop

Sidebar update for the 136 release
Description: Sidebar update for the 136 release
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1948430
KB articles: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-sidebar-access-tools-and-vertical-tabs New article
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-firefox-sidebar-access-bookmarks-history-synced KB updated
Crash reports in Firefox desktop (ToU update)
Description: Firefox crash report article for desktop
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1931078
KB articles: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/crash-reports-pref New article
Marketing data (ToU update)
Description: New article about how to manage marketing data in Fx desktop
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1933833
KB articles: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/marketing-data New article
Technical and interaction data (ToU update)
Description: SUMO article for technical and interaction data setting
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1931075
KB articles: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/technical-and-interaction-data New article
DAU ping (ToU update)
Description: SUMO article for managing DAU Ping
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1925054
KB articles: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/usage-ping-settings New article
Explanation for the OHTTP feature (ToU update)
Description: SUMO article for the OHTTP feature
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1946031
KB articles: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/ohttp-explained New article

Firefox for Android and iOS

Technical and Interaction Data Setting on mobile (ToU update)
Description: SUMO Article for Technical and Interaction Data Setting on mobile (ToU update)
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1931077
KB articles: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/technical-and-interaction-data New article
DAU ping for iOS (ToU update)
Description: SUMO article for managing DAU Ping on iOS
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1925053
KB articles: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/usage-ping-settings New article
SUMO article for Adjust and SKAdNetwork marketing data (ToU update)
Description: SUMO article for Adjust and SKAdNetwork marketing data on mobile products
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1917415
KB articles: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/mobile-marketing-data New article

Firefox Focus for Android & iOS

DAU ping for Focus iOS (ToU update)
Description: SUMO article for managing DAU Ping on Focus iOS
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1937183
KB articles: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-daily-usage-ping-data-collection-settings-f New article

Known studies/experiments

Escalation

TBD

Known issue(s)/Trending topic(s)

Known incident(s)

CookieStore API issue that cause login and other state-related issues
Description: Websites that use CookieStore cookies with name+value lengths > 1024 will fail. This could cause login and other state-related issues.
Status: Fixed in 136.0.1
Product(s) impacted: Firefox Desktop/Android/iOS
Associated bug: bug1950565, bug1952771, bug1952489
Resolution/workaround: Upgrade to 136.0.1
New update checked "Cookies and site data" automatically for some users
Description: Users clearing "History" and/or "Site settings" on shutdown on previous versions will also have clearing "Cookies and site data" and "Temporary cached files and pages" enabled after updating to Fx136 even if they previously haven't checked these settings.
Status: Ongoing (a patch with fix is ready to be shipped)
Product(s) impacted: Firefox Desktop
Associated bug: bug1952564
Resolution/workaround: Affected users can go to "Privacy & Security" settings directly after the upgrade and uncheck both boxes to avoid getting logged out.
History Disappears for users in Firefox for iOS
Description: Certain history disappears from the user’s history & search suggest. However, it seems like the data is not lost, but it’s just actually not visible.
Status: Ongoing (fixes are ready)
Product(s) impacted: Firefox for iOS
Associated bug: #25161, #25257
Resolution/workaround: A fix is coming up with the release of version 136.2 on iOS


Post-release

  • TBD