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Revision as of 09:38, 21 June 2024
Firefox 127 release information
Disclaimer
The following information is intended for members of the Mozilla Support community for the purpose of supporting users in the Mozilla Support platform. Mozilla Support is a community of enthusiastic volunteers and employees trying to support Mozilla's users around the globe. You can join us by contributing through the following ways:
- Answer questions in the support forum
- Write help articles
- Localize support content
- Provide support on social media channels
- Respond to mobile store reviews
What's new in Firefox 127
Firefox Desktop
Firefox auto-launch in Windows | ||
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Description: | You can now set Firefox to automatically launch whenever you start or restart your Windows computer. Setting Firefox to auto-launch optimizes efficiency in our browser-centric digital routines, eliminating manual startup delays and facilitating immediate web access. | |
Content request: | - | |
KB article: | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/open-firefox-automatically-when-you-start-computer | KB Updated |
Privacy-preserving attribution | ||
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Description: | Ramping up privacy-preserving attribution (PPA) technology that can enable the attribution insights advertisers need to understand their campaign performance while preserving the privacy of our users within the Firefox browser. End users won't "see" any change, but can still opt out from the Settings page. Part of Ads' deliverables is to update the Firefox Settings with a checkbox and a link to the support page. | |
Content request: | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1895979 | |
KB article: | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/privacy-preserving-attribution | New article |
Ability to Close Duplicate Tabs | ||
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Description: | It is now possible to close all duplicate tabs in a window with the Close duplicate tabs command available from the List all tabs widget in the tab bar or a tab context menu. | |
Content request: | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1901638 | |
KB articles: | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/changes-tab-context-menu-firefox-78 | Update TBD |
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/tabs-organize-websites-single-window#w_close-tabs |
OS authentication for passwords | ||
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Description: | Users will have the option to enable OS authentication for passwords in about:preferences. This option already exists for credit cards. The feature was previously available in Nightly only but will be available on release in v127. | |
Content request: | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1897494 | |
KB article: | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/firefox-password-authentification-prompt | KB Updated |
Firefox for Android
"Recently saved" changed into "Bookmarks" | ||
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Description: | In FX 127 on Android the homepage section currently labeled Recently Saved will be replaced with a section named Bookmarks.
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Content request: | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1897454 | |
KB articles: | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/customize-firefox-home-screen | KB updated |
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/view-recent-bookmarks-and-searches-firefox-android-home |
Add `Passwords` into the main three-dot menu | ||
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Description: | The three-dot menu has a new item: Passwords, placed between Downloads and Extensions | |
Content request: | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1893597 | |
KB articles: | https://support.mozilla.org/kb/copy-saved-password-firefox-android | KB updated |
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/manage-saved-login-information |
Firefox for iOS
No content updates for v127
Known studies/experiments
Platform | Studies/experiments | Description |
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Release notes
Contributor discussions
Please refer to the following contributor forum threads to learn more about known issues and discuss with other contributors:
- Desktop release discussion
- Mobile release discussion
- Localization discussion
- Support release scrum meeting
You can also join our Matrix channel to ask questions/join community discussion.
Stay updated
Apart from sharing release information, there are other ways to stay updated with product release and community updates:
- Community call: We run a monthly community call (usually a week before Firefox release date). Check our schedule here and don't hesitate to join the call in person if you can!
- Firefox pod meeting: If you’re an NDA’d contributor, you can watch the recording of our Firefox Pod Meeting from AirMozilla to catch up with the latest train release. You can also subscribe to the AirMozilla folder by clicking on the Subscribe button in the top-right corner of the page to get notifications each time we add a new recording.
- Newsletter: Consider subscribing to Firefox Daily Digest to get daily updates (Mon-Fri) about Firefox from across the internet.
Escalation
TBD
Heads up
Dot releases
Platform | Version | Release date | Notable fixes |
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Trending issue(s)
Platform | Issue | Known bug | Fix/workaround |
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Desktop | Dismissing Primary Password prompt prevents session restore | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1901899 | Upgrade to 127.0.1 should fix the issue |
Known incident(s)
Sollarwinds cookies are being rejected | |
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Status: | Resolved if Firefox updated to 127.0.1 |
Product(s) impacted: | Firefox 127+ users |
Associated bug: | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1901325 |
Resolution/workaround: | Resolved with Firefox 127.0.1 release |
Firefox can't upgrade Windows users past 127.0 | |
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Status: | Ongoing |
Product(s) impacted: | Firefox |
Associated bug: | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1901954 |
Resolution/workaround: | Windows users with several versions of Firefox installed (e.g.: beta and release) may be unable to get release updated right away. A reboot of Windows is one known way to recover from this bug. |
Post-release
- Release report (TBD)