Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 154.0beta | Released July 29, 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.

These notes apply to Thunderbird version 154 beta 3 released August 5, 2026.

System Requirements: Details

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

What’s New

new

Preview functionality for attachments on macOS

new

CMS message with AuthEnvelopedData can be decrypted properly in Thunderbird

new

Global search results can open in list view by default with new setting

new

"Copy To" folder context menu added for message/rfc822 attachments

new

Optional system tray mode that hides Thunderbird when the last window closes

new

Support for dragging message/rfc822 type MIME attachments to folder tree

new

Microsoft Graph enabled for Microsoft 365

What’s Fixed

fixed

Remote content warnings appeared despite sender block exceptions being applied

fixed

Collapsed saved-search folders did not deselect their subfolders

fixed

Some signed emails could enter an endless rendering loop in the message pane

fixed

Server-designated special folder flags could be removed until restart

fixed

Messages could render excessive trailing blank lines

fixed

Copying a message subject included the "Subject:" label in copied text

fixed

Moving IMAP folders to Local Folders could delete messages after copy failures

fixed

7-bit clean unobtrusive signature payloads were unnecessarily base64 encoded

fixed

OpenPGP sending failed when an older accepted key had no valid encryption subkey

fixed

Account setup tried local-part usernames before full email addresses

fixed

Read-only CardDAV address books were incorrectly treated as writable

fixed

Blank 1970-dated messages could appear from incomplete message file copies

fixed

Opening drafts or templates with invalid quoted-printable data could crash Thunderbird

fixed

Thunderbird could crash when inserting a message header into database cache

fixed

IMAP repeatedly notified for messages already read on another device

fixed

Dragging EWS search folders to Trash caused Thunderbird to crash

fixed

Folder compaction displayed incorrect disk space recovery estimates

fixed

Custom OAuth settings for EWS account overwrote original account's settings

fixed

Thunderbird could crash when going offline with an active IMAP IDLE connection

fixed

Thunderbird could crash while running online mail search

fixed

Exchange accounts could show repeated false login failures during authentication

fixed

Expired newsgroup articles showed an insecure "click here" purge link

fixed

IMAP attachments appeared empty after messages were moved by filters

fixed

Default special-folder names could reference nonexistent server folders

fixed

Thunderbird macOS fell back to Software WebRender after GPU process launch failures

fixed

New RSS subscriptions used updated dates instead of published dates

fixed

Thunderbird could crash while discovering IMAP folders

fixed

Calendar sort order was not preserved across Thunderbird restarts

fixed

"All calendars are disabled" banner reappeared after enabling a calendar

fixed

Dismissed CalDAV reminders could permanently stop future event notifications

fixed

Read-only CardDAV calendars were incorrectly treated as writable

fixed

CalDAV sync failed when server responses used UTF-16 encoding

fixed

Visual and UX improvements

Fixed in beta 2

What’s Fixed

fixed

New Message and New Event buttons were unreadable in right-to-left locales

Fixed in beta 3

What’s Changed

changed

There are no Thunderbird changes requiring release notes in this release

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