Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 123.0beta | Released January 25, 2024

Check out the notes below for this version of Thunderbird. As always, you’re encouraged to tell us what you think, or file a bug in Bugzilla.

These notes apply to Thunderbird version 123 beta 5 released February 12, 2024.

System Requirements: Details

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

What’s New

new

Added support for OS-specific accent colors

new

Manual account configuration now implements form validation

new

Added option to show packet dump when OpenPGP fails to decrypt

new

UI density now affects multi-message view

What’s Changed

changed

Added Show more/less buttons to notifications in Account Hub

changed

Folder alerts now display full path of affected folder

changed

IMAP "Too Many Connections" alerts now display IMAP server name

changed

Disabled support for LibrePGP v5 AEAD/OCB decryption

What’s Fixed

fixed

OpenPGP Key Manager filtering did not work

fixed

OpenPGP sometimes attempted to decrypt message with incorrect key

fixed

Autoconfig failed on servers that did not support OAuth2

fixed

Network settings window was blank

fixed

Selected row in folder pane did not always remain visible when using keyboard navigation

fixed

Hovering over folder does not always expand subfolders

fixed

Yahoo! and AOL account message filters only filtered most recent message match

fixed

Quick Filter settings did not persist when Quick Filter bar was turned off

fixed

Mail tab-specific Unified Toolbar buttons received focus incorrectly

fixed

Clicking "Sent unsent messages" in Outbox context menu while in offline mode did not prompt user to go online

fixed

"Confirm Deletion" prompt was incorrectly shown when deleting messages with Grouped By header also selected

fixed

Thread collapsing did not behave correctly when copying thread messages in multi-folder view

fixed

Opened ignored messages in a message thread/subthread were not marked as read in IMAP folders

fixed

Opening different attachments with the same name in different messages could cause attachment files to become conflated

fixed

Address Book scrolling did not work when using keyboard navigation

fixed

When creating new calendar, password prompt showed "rememberPassword" instead of "Use Password Manager to remember this password."

fixed

Overflowed attachment list could not be scrolled

fixed

Thread styling appeared on Grouped by Sort messages

fixed

Various visual and UX improvements

Fixed in beta 2

What’s Fixed

fixed

Remote content warning was shown multiple times for the same message

Fixed in beta 3

What’s Fixed

fixed

Thunderbird slowed down significantly when opening email files (.eml)

fixed

Passwords disappeared from password manager list after applying and clearing filters

fixed

Cookies in cookie manager list disappeared after applying and then clearing filters

Fixed in beta 4

What’s Fixed

fixed

A selected attachment's filename in the mail reader was not visible

Fixed in beta 5

What’s Fixed

fixed

S/MIME encryption failed to encrypt if unsupported certificate type was encountered

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