Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 150.0beta | Released March 25, 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 150 beta 5 released Apr 15, 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

'Recent Destinations' in General Settings now supports alphabetical sorting

new

Added support for generating Unobtrusive Signatures (OpenPGP)

new

Message body search enabled for OpenPGP and S/MIME encrypted messages

new

Account hub is opened on the first run of Thunderbird

new

Address book cards can be copied to the clipboard as vCard

new

Custom Accent Color can be chosen in Appearance Settings

new

Enable new calendar event view dialog with calendar.dialogs.new.enabled

new

Calendar month/multiweek views are now scrollable with touch screen

new

PDF pages can be reorganized directly in the PDF viewer

What’s Fixed

fixed

Unknown command-line arguments passed to Thunderbird did not print warning

fixed

Saved email filenames were not not always cross-platform safe

fixed

Compose progress dialog used unlocalised folder name

fixed

Clicking on a folder in the folder pane did not always open folder

fixed

Accounts could be listed twice after adding new account

fixed

Account Hub manual configuration was missing OAuth2 option

fixed

Microsoft Store installs did not open when clicking 'news://' link or .eml file

fixed

Folder states were not exposed to screen readers in saved search properties

fixed

Mailbox name was not announced and message count was incorrect for screen readers

fixed

POP3 could stop downloading mail until restart

fixed

Exchange servers/clients caused memory leaks by holding mutual references

fixed

'Move to New Window' option for the calendar was disabled

Fixed in beta 2

What’s Changed

changed

There are no Thunderbird changes requiring release notes in this release

Fixed in beta 3

What’s Fixed

fixed

Thunderbird could crash when creating a folder

fixed

Authentication could fail for some exchange accounts

fixed

Visual and UX improvements

Fixed in beta 4

What’s Changed

changed

Flatpak beta app ID changed from org.mozilla.Thunderbird to org.mozilla.thunderbird

What’s Fixed

fixed

Could not scroll to message bottom or view all attachments in some cases

fixed

Calendar view had date and time axes swapped

Fixed in beta 5

What’s Fixed

fixed

Could not scroll to bottom of message body and attachments in some cases

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