Thunderbird Desktop
Version 153.0esr | Released July 22, 2026
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.
For help and a quick start on Thunderbird 153, see Thunderbird 153 Meadow FAQ
For more on all the new features in Thunderbird 153, see What’s New in Thunderbird 153.
System Requirements: Details
- Windows: Windows 10 or later
- Mac: macOS 10.15 or later
- Linux: GTK+ 3.14 or higher
What’s New
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Visual signatures can be added to PDF attachments opened in Thunderbird
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'Copy Message Link' and 'Copy News Link' added to header pane 'More actions'
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Accessiblity is improved in various tree views
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Added 'Archive' action to mail notifications
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Add "Show Full Path" folder pane option for compact view modes
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Unified folders now display account color indicator with account name tooltip
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Folder copy enabled within mail server accounts and local folders
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'Reset Folder Order' option added to folder pane to reset custom folder sorting
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Add `mail.useLocalizedFolderNames' to toggle special folder name localization
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'Favorites' added as destination for 'Move To' and 'File' buttons
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Composer now shows a warning if user's configured OpenPGP key expires soon
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Enabled configuration of preferred OpenPGP keyserver via the UI
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Add mail.openpgp.load_untested_gpgme_version to load untested GPGME version
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Added support for generating Unobtrusive Signatures (OpenPGP)
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Implemented option to show only messages without any tag
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Message body search enabled for OpenPGP and S/MIME encrypted messages
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SecurityDevices enabled in enterprise policies
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Enable support for DNS over HTTPS
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OAuth login for mail accounts now opens in default web browser
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Thundermail services can now be used without installing an add-on
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OAuth responses now verify issuer fields and reject missing required issuers
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Enable the "Sign in with Thundermail" button in Account Hub
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Account hub is opened on the first run of Thunderbird
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Account Hub email manual config option added
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Enable Thundermail OAuth sign-in with account auto-configuration
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Address book cards can be copied to the clipboard as vCard
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Enable exporting selected address book cards
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Custom Accent Color can be chosen in Appearance Settings
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Enable support for Microsoft Exchange via Exchange Web Services
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Calendar month/multiweek views are now scrollable with touch screen
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Tasks can be sorted by created or modified date
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PDF pages can be reorganized directly in the PDF viewer
What’s Changed
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'Copy Message Location' removed from mail context menu
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Read folders are now removed from Unread Folders view
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Special folders are now localized based on a restricted set of names
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OpenPGP public key no longer attached by default in signed-only messages
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Address books are now created in Account Hub
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Yahoo, AT&T, AOL accounts migrated to OAuth 2.0 with PKCE for improved security
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GMail OAuth updated to use PKCE
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Skype has been retired and therefore dropped from Address book IM selection
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Removed pref default_supports_diskspace.{HOST}
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Removed pref default_offline_support_level.{HOST}
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Removed Odnoklassniki chat setup and directed users to XMPP configuration
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Use of the string "Junk" has been replaced with "Spam"
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Updated about:rights to replace local with hosted url
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Stop shipping 32-bit Linux x86 binaries
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'Hide completed tasks' now also hides cancelled tasks
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Stop shipping 32-bit Linux x86 binaries
What’s Fixed
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Thunderbird could crash when parsing message state
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The English string for the Angry emoji was incorrectly named as the Yell emoji
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Notification sounds did not respect operating system's do-not-disturb mode
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Non-English localized Thunderbird created English special folders on first start
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Copying text from some error alerts was not possible
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Fastmail CalDAV app password access failed due to forced OAuth regression
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Thunderbird could crash in server subscription logic
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Could not distinguish folders with same name in 'Recent Destinations' and 'Favorites'
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Donation banner stole focus when Thunderbird was running in the background
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Unknown command-line arguments passed to Thunderbird did not print warning
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Thunderbird could crash when processing new incoming messages
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Spam messages triggered new mail notifications before being moved to Spam folder
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Web pages with bad certificates displayed as blank
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Memory leak after opening New Window from folder pane context menu
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Importing a vCard only displayed VCF files in the file picker
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Calendar view tabs were not properly keyboard accessible
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Ctrl+S did not save PDF attachments opened in Thunderbird tabs
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TLS errors incorrectly reported all unknown failures as untrusted certificates
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Thunderbird could crash when copying an empty list of messages
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Incorrect roaming data directory caused regression on Windows and macOS
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Changing to new drafts folder and then back did not correctly restore the folder
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Message headers were re-downloaded at every startup
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Old IMAP profile migration deleted INBOX and other mailbox files
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'Search Messages...' dialog could not be opened outside the email tab
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Option did not exist to create new address book under File -> New
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Newly created folder was missing under "Recent" when moving a message
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Could not compose new message if the folder pane was empty
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'Delete' was missing from context menu when multiple IMAP folders were selected
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Compacting multiple folders failed and did not compact
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Shift-click for 'Edit' button in drafts header view did not work
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"Replace All" in Compose did not update plain text until dialog closed
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Status bar messages displayed unlocalized folder names or IMAP mailbox names
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Saved email filenames were not not always cross-platform safe
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Space bar did not scroll in PDF attachments opened from emails
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Folder location widget used non-localised name
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Empty confirmation dialog when more messages opened in tabs than mailnews.open_tab_warning
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Removing tags from IMAP messages could fail and tags reappeared after refresh
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Toggling dark message mode did not restore focus and scroll position
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'Show remote content' did not display remote content for EML message
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Emoji sequences were not properly handled in subject lines
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'Delete' button in unified toolbar could delete attachments instead of message
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"Repair text encoding" could duplicate recipient and attachments
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Some IMAP emails showed current time instead of correct received date
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Deleting a single message in folder using 'Group by Sort' failed after CTRL+A
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New newsgroups were not added in alphabetical order by default
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Sorting by threads only brought threads with unread top messages to the top
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News message marked read after NNTP error prevented retrieval from server
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'Recent destinations' submenu was not sorted by time of modification
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Account column could display incorrect account name
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'Tag' submenu of mail context menu could be populated incorrectly
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Unified archive subfolders could show wrong names and no messages
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Moving saved search/virtual folder under IMAP could fail
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New Folder dialog allowed invalid folder creation without a selected parent folder
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New/unread messages in collapsed thread were not obvious enough
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Pressing Delete on Trash folder could remove it without confirmation
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Renaming of a 'unified folder' created a duplicate
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Clicking on a folder in the folder pane did not always open folder
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Messages nested deeper than 255 levels disappeared from threading view
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Performing Delete followed by Undo on thread parent message could corrupt view
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Single messages still appeared collapsible after thread members were deleted
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Updated threads remained misordered until folder refresh or resort
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Global search failed to display inaccessible messages found in local folders
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Numeric subfolders were sorted alphabetically instead of naturally
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Virtual folder folder-picker showed unlabeled IM account as selectable folder
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Some folders showed new mail count prior to receiving mail
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Menu Bar -> View contained duplicate accelerator keys
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Unified toolbar Spam button did not switch to "Not Spam" when spam message selected
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Warning was not logged if mail.openpgp.alias_rules_file file did not exist
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Not all headers were signed when creating digitally signed OpenPGP email
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When configuring external GnuPG, user was not promted to import public key
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"Open and Show" for OpenPGP-signed message (.eml) did not work
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Invalidly signed unencrypted emails were indicated as worse than unsigned ones
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Reason for revoked certificate was not shown
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Apple Mail OpenPGP emails failed to decrypt due to hidden recipient key ID
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OpenPGP import of public key with experimental packets failed with unclear error
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Opening messages with OpenPGP keys was slow and blocked the UI for large keyrings
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OpenPGP key refresh failed when fingerprint lookup returned multiple results
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Encrypted Gmail CSE emails with outer opaque S/MIME were not readable
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Invalid S/MIME encryption certificate caused misleading send errors
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"Search Messages" search did not finish due to unparsable local folders
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Search results showed older irrelevant emails before newer exact matches
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Filter search on Body missed draft messages containing German umlauts
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Esc cleared quick filter pin after changing folder
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Thunderbird could crash during local message search
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Replying could fail with mailnews.reply_quoting_selection.multi_word set false
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Drag-drop of unselected contact inserted wrong or no email address
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Changing identity in compose window caused modified draft not to be saved
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Shift-click 'Compose Message To' on 'mailto' link did not open in plain text
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Reply with selected text lost formatting for HTML messages containing </pre>
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Multipart/related attachments were not preserved when editing or forwarding
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Forwarded malformed MIME email had empty body and extra attachment
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Message compose window was removed from Task Bar after saving as draft or template
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Dragging email address between compose windows failed to add recipients
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Thunderbird could crash when using Find and Replace All
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Compose with PDF attachments opened PDFs instead of creating a new email
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Multiple saves while using 'Options' -> 'Send a Copy' resulted in multiple copies
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Search for "Attachment" in Settings menu did not find "Files and Attachments"
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Add-on account creation did not work with Account Hub
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Owl install did not show link to website in Account Hub
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Username field did not appear in Account Hub when exchange authentication failed
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Account Hub advanced config setup did not include default outgoing config
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Disabled inputs could be toggled in Account Hub address book
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Users could not disable spinning overlay in Account Hub for email
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Account Hub local address book creation could continue with blank name
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Account Hub email success messages were not always accurate about config source
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Calendar/address book sections were shown in Account Hub when there were none
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New password-based Exchange accounts failed to save passwords in login manager
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Account hub showed connection security instead of actual authentication method
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New identity dialog lacked reply-matching and end-to-end encryption settings
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Thunderbird could fail to shut down cleanly during active OAuth requests
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Account Hub kept OAuth selected after changing to hostname without OAuth support
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Account Hub autodetect wrongly prompted for a password when auth was unavailable
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Interrupted external OAuth2 setup required restarting Thunderbird
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The default account could be reset after restart if uninitialized
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Virtual folders did not update correctly for filtered POP3 messages
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'Copy Message to' action in a newsgroup filter did not work
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Thunderbird could crash while importing mail thread
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Thunderbird did not clearly fail when importing profile from a bad source
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Thunderbird could not import profile located at the top level of zip file
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'Any Number' was unavailable in address book search with 'Match all of the following'
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Contact not found in Advanced Address Book Search if phone number had a period
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Thunderbird did not display contact photos in WebP format from CardDAV servers
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Opening a vCard (.vcf) from file manager or CLI did not work in some cases
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Redirected CardDAV URLs resolved relative URLs against the wrong host
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Installations from Microsoft Store did not open when clicking 'mailto:' links
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Windows new message notification click did not bring Thunderbird to foreground
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Microsoft Store installs did not open when clicking 'news://' link or .eml file
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Using thunderbird -compose with double quotes made last email address invalid
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Clicking the backspace icon in the quick filter field cleared the input field
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Subfolder kept stale accessibility unread count after unread messages were deleted
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Moving virtual folder within maildir based IMAP or local folder could fail
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Thunderbird could crash when completing folder copy/move
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'Edit as New Message' and inline 'Forward' not possible with PGP-signed messages
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Various MIME improvements
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Forwarding some Apple Mail messages incorrectly attached inline text as a file
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Thunderbird could crash when marking all messages as read
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Auto-compaction could corrupt database and cause crashes during syncs
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'news:' URIs without specific server had incorrect format displayed in status bar
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'Mark' -> 'All Read' affected newsgroup messages that had not been fetched yet
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Thunderbird could not reconnect to newsgroups after connection loss until restarted
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Sending a newsgroup post appeared successful when it had actually failed
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Saving a new draft retained superceded version
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Thunderbird hung when auto-checking multiple accounts for new messages
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Spam not checked with mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new on
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Startup could be slow with large number of folders not using subscriptions
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Saved search in unified folder resulted in server error
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Thunderbird did not report refused POP3 connection
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Remove message body retention policy was not functional
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POP3 could stop downloading mail until restart
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With auto-mark-read disabled, large mail still marked as read during load delay
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IMAP "Show only subscribed folders" could not be changed without restart
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POP3 deadlocked when server went silent without closing socket
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Thunderbird could crash when mail folder was renamed or moved
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NNTP server with invalid TLS certificate could not be added to certificate exceptions
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Cancelled message send could not be retried and hung with SMTP timeout errors
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Corrupted NNTP account data caused excessive memory use and startup crash
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Multiple selected IMAP folders could not be moved or deleted together
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Non-Latin IMAP keywords were lowercased and encoded incorrectly as MUTF-7
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Message tags were lost when moving folder from local folder to IMAP folder
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Removing a chat account threw an exception and failed to clear the UI
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Enterprise policy use not indicated in about:preferences with link to about:policies
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Language field in settings was empty after restart in Troubleshoot Mode
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Primary Password policy was detected but not enforced for saved account passwords
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Archived RSS feed messages were sent to the archive folder of default identity
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Broken feed icon could prevent updating of feeds
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Task reminders could fail for tasks without end dates or with shifted due dates
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Calendar did not alert user for connection issues
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Copying one recurring event occurrence failed to set the date when pasted
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Could not copy an event in multiweek or month view by drag-and-drop
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Duplicate attendees were added to invitations instead of being filtered out
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Calendar discovery with certificate error displayed multiple exceptions
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It was not possible to create date-only all-day tasks
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Task percentage complete was not preserved separately from status in tooltips
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Calendar invites were incorrectly marked processed after calendar sync completed
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ICS event comments were not displayed in Thunderbird event details
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Dismissed Gmail calendar reminder did nothing and item stayed visible
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iCal imports misread unknown timezones as GMT, creating events at wrong times
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Could not export local calendar as HTML
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Cancelled filter edit dialog closed the message filter dialog
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Visual and UX improvements