Beta Notes — Thunderbird

Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 140.0beta | Released May 28, 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 140 beta 3 released June 16, 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

Added 'Mark as Spam' and 'Mark as Starred' actions to mail notifications

new

Account Hub enabled by default for second email setup

What’s Changed

changed

Some generic appearance settings were moved from General to Appearance section

What’s Fixed

fixed

Folder cache entries were not cleared when an account was removed

fixed

Selecting a folder could fail due to an underlying error

fixed

"File > Save As > Template" and "Reply With Template" filter actions failed

fixed

View Message Source no longer worked for multiple selected messages

fixed

Creating a new mail account from the menu bar in a message window failed

fixed

List-ID contents could be selected but not copied via context menu

fixed

Some webpage links could be forced to open in Thunderbird

fixed

Thunderbird could crash when scrolling folders using up/down arrow keys

fixed

"Secret Key ID" field did not sanitize input, causing draft encryption to fail

fixed

Repaired folders were not reindexed for search after repair

fixed

macOS system notifications worked but email alerts could not be disabled separately

fixed

Thunderbird could crash in debug build when adding a news account

fixed

Thunderbird could crash if message copying to Sent folder was interrupted

fixed

Moving back in the calendar import dialog could break the Continue button

fixed

Add-ons: Optional permission prompts for WebExtensions displayed wrong permissions

fixed

Density and Font Size menu item buttons used incorrect icons

fixed

Auto-unsubscribed dialog was intrusive, reappeared, and could not be ignored

fixed

Thunderbird could show a misleading error message on IMAP login failure

fixed

Modal alerts shown for expired articles when downloading news for offline use

fixed

Status bar message did not include newsgroup name along with the account name

fixed

Links in calendar event description were unreadable in dark mode

fixed

Unable to subscribe to more than one network calendar

fixed

Thunderbird could crash when copying a local folder to IMAP

Fixed in beta 2

What’s Fixed

fixed

"About" dialog incorrectly displayed "Daily" rather than "Beta"

Fixed in beta 3

What’s Fixed

fixed

Feed subscriptions were broken

fixed

Messages with multiple authors or no author were not indexed for global search

fixed

Messages from authors without email address were not indexed for global search

fixed

Creating a link from selected text did not work with advanced properties selected

fixed

Setting different archiving options for multiple identities did not work

fixed

Reconnecting to an NNTP server was potentially not possible

fixed

Clicking a 'mid:' link in event created from message did not work

fixed

Visual and UX improvements

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