Release Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 152.0 | Released June 16, 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.

System Requirements: Details

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

What’s New

new

SecurityDevices enabled in enterprise policies

new

One-click account setup for Thundermail accounts

What’s Changed

changed

Use 'Add' instead of 'New' for account, calendar, address book creation buttons

changed

GMail OAuth updated to use PKCE

changed

Mail server hostname also checked when detecting address books and calendars

changed

Updated about:rights to replace local with hosted url

changed

'Hide completed tasks' now also hides cancelled tasks

What’s Fixed

fixed

New mail alerts appeared on wrong monitor in three-monitor setup

fixed

Spam messages triggered new mail notifications before being moved to Spam folder

fixed

Filtered IMAP or NNTP subscriptions were lost after closing Subscribe dialog

fixed

'Download Headers' dialog for newsgroups failed to open

fixed

Messages nested deeper than 255 levels disappeared from threading view

fixed

Performing Delete followed by Undo on thread parent message could corrupt view

fixed

Single messages still appeared collapsible after thread members were deleted

fixed

Updated threads remained misordered until folder refresh or resort

fixed

Non-threaded subject sorting separated 'RE:' replies from original messages

fixed

BCC recipients were included in signed email headers

fixed

Filter search on Body missed draft messages containing German umlauts

fixed

Thunderbird could crash during local message search

fixed

Blocked file warning showed without 'Unblock File' button in compose window

fixed

Forwarding/Redirecting Exchange messages failed with NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY

fixed

Compose window closed early and send progress dialog hung after NNTP failure

fixed

Compose window stayed open after sending when mailnews.sendInBackground set

fixed

Microsoft OAuth2 failed when HTTPS localhost redirect was not intercepted

fixed

Pasting contact photos stopped working when photo button had focus

fixed

Filter dialog lacked focus ring and had poorly distinguishable buttons

fixed

Subfolder kept stale accessibility unread count after unread messages were deleted

fixed

'Edit as New Message' and inline 'Forward' not possible with PGP-signed messages

fixed

Various MIME improvements

fixed

EWS messages could go missing from folder view

fixed

IMAP "Show only subscribed folders" could not be changed without restart

fixed

Unable to delete more than 1000 messages at a time on Microsoft 365

fixed

EWS folders in Trash were moved to Trash again instead of being hard deleted

fixed

IMAP notifications repeated for emails read on another device after sleep wake

fixed

POP3 deadlocked when server went silent without closing socket

fixed

Calendar acceptance no longer distinguished between single occurrence and series

fixed

Transparent popups on macOS made calendar event editing difficult

fixed

Duplicate attendees were added to invitations instead of being filtered out

fixed

Task percentage complete was not preserved separately from status in tooltips

fixed

Visual and UX improvements

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