Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 153.0beta | Released June 17, 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 153 beta 2 released June 22, 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

Unified folders now display account color indicator with account name tooltip

new

Added Proton Mail key server and WKD key discovery for Proton domains

new

OAuth login for mail accounts now opens in default web browser

new

Thundermail services can now be used without installing an add-on

new

OAuth responses now verify issuer fields and reject missing required issuers

What’s Changed

changed

Removed Odnoklassniki chat setup and directed users to XMPP configuration

What’s Fixed

fixed

Ctrl+S did not save PDF attachments opened in Thunderbird tabs

fixed

TLS errors incorrectly reported all unknown failures as untrusted certificates

fixed

Thunderbird could crash during shutdown

fixed

Old IMAP profile migration deleted INBOX and other mailbox files

fixed

Space bar did not scroll in PDF attachments opened from emails

fixed

'Search Messages' shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+F) failed in standalone message window

fixed

Folder location widget used non-localised name

fixed

Empty confirmation dialog when more messages opened in tabs than mailnews.open_tab_warning

fixed

Removing tags from IMAP messages could fail and tags reappeared after refresh

fixed

Global search failed to display inaccessible messages found in local folders

fixed

Numeric subfolders were sorted alphabetically instead of naturally

fixed

Virtual folder folder-picker showed unlabeled IM account as selectable folder

fixed

Apple Mail OpenPGP emails failed to decrypt due to hidden recipient key ID

fixed

OpenPGP import of public key with experimental packets failed with unclear error

fixed

Performance issue when decrypting encrypted messages

fixed

Opening messages with OpenPGP keys was slow and blocked the UI for large keyrings

fixed

OpenPGP key refresh failed when fingerprint lookup returned multiple results

fixed

Invalid S/MIME encryption certificate caused misleading send errors

fixed

Esc cleared quick filter pin after changing folder

fixed

Dragging email address between compose windows failed to add recipients

fixed

Thunderbird could crash when using Find and Replace All

fixed

Compose window remained open when delayed sending was enabled

fixed

Account hub showed connection security instead of actual authentication method

fixed

Account Hub GSSAPI autoconfiguration incorrectly prompted for a password

fixed

New identity dialog lacked reply-matching and end-to-end encryption settings

fixed

Account Hub manual EWS setup lacked OAuth authentication option

fixed

Thunderbird could fail to shut down cleanly during active OAuth requests

fixed

Account Hub kept OAuth selected after changing to hostname without OAuth support

fixed

Account Hub showed a false error when returning from EWS manual configuration

fixed

Account Hub autodetect wrongly prompted for a password when auth was unavailable

fixed

Redirected CardDAV URLs resolved relative URLs against the wrong host

fixed

Auto-compaction could corrupt database and cause crashes during syncs

fixed

NNTP server with invalid TLS certificate could not be added to certificate exceptions

fixed

Sent message in EWS account showed message as unread in the sent items folder

fixed

EWS NTLM authentication triggered login failures despite successful syncs

fixed

Saving inline Exchange images used incorrect filenames and file types

fixed

Cancelled message send could not be retried and hung with SMTP timeout errors

fixed

EWS folders failed to show new mail notifications until the folder was selected

fixed

Corrupted NNTP account data caused excessive memory use and startup crash

fixed

Multiple selected IMAP folders could not be moved or deleted together

fixed

Non-Latin IMAP keywords were lowercased and encoded incorrectly as MUTF-7

fixed

Message tags were lost when moving folder from local folder to IMAP folder

fixed

Removing a chat account threw an exception and failed to clear the UI

fixed

Calendar invites were incorrectly marked processed after calendar sync completed

fixed

ICS event comments were not displayed in Thunderbird event details

Fixed in beta 2

What’s New

new

Enable the "Sign in with Thundermail" button in Account Hub

What’s Changed

changed

Update Thundermail system add-on to 1.9.0 and additional fixes

What’s Fixed

fixed

Interrupted external OAuth2 setup required restarting Thunderbird

Known Issues

unresolved

Account Hub OAuth setup for Yahoo could hang after sign-in and never complete

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