Thunderbird Desktop
Version 112.0beta | Released March 15, 2023
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 112 beta 7 released April 5, 2023.
Thunderbird 111 beta enabled the UI features of "Supernova". "Supernova" has an updated user interface, designed to be more modern, customizable, and with code that is easier to maintain and improve. "Supernova" is slated to ship with Thunderbird 115 in July.
Betas 111 and 112 may contain more bugs than normal, but with your help it will quickly improve over time. The "Supernova" UI is planned to be complete for initial release of beta 114.
Follow the details in the Thunderbird beta topicbox group.
System Requirements: Details
- Windows: Windows 7 or later
- Mac: macOS 10.12 or later
- Linux: GTK+ 3.14 or higher
What’s New
new
Thunderbird will now send a minimal user-agent header by default
new
Thunderbird can now open external .eml files in a tab
new
Thunderbird now includes a "app.update.log.file" preference to enable logging of updates
new
Thunderbird now uses a non-private browser for OAuth login, allowing login to Microsoft Office 365 with Conditional Access Policies enabled
new
Thunderbird can now open OpenPGP Key Manager dialog from commandline using "-keymanager" option
new
Candidate OpenPGP keys are now automatically discovered from GnuPG keyring, if external GnuPG is enabled
new
Thunderbird now supports option to always send public key with autocrypt header
What’s Changed
changed
S/MIME signatures using the MD5 hash algorithm are now rejected
What’s Fixed
fixed
Messages with missing or corrupt "From:" header did not display message header buttons
fixed
Automatic POP3 message retrieval did not release folder lock after network error until "Get Messages" was manually clicked
fixed
Automatic detection of SSL/TLS connections during account creation was broken
fixed
Automatic detection of character set when quoting a message did not work
fixed
S/MIME signatures were not displayed correctly in nested messages
fixed
Thunderbird will now check to see if "UTF8=ACCEPT" is supported by IMAP server before enabling it
fixed
Address Book integration did not work with macOS 11.4 Bug Sur
fixed
Message List no longer fired focus events for screen reader users while navigating
fixed
Collapsing the root node of the Folder Pane using the left arrow key caused keyboard navigation of the Folder Pane to stop working
fixed
Various Unified Toolbar improvements
fixed
Various 3-pane improvements
fixed
Various Message Reader improvements
fixed
Various Calendar improvements
fixed
Various visual and UX improvements
Fixed in beta 2
What’s Fixed
fixed
Clicking "Copy text to clipboard" on "Troubleshooting Information" page did not copy anything to the clipboard
New, Changed, and Fixed in beta 3
What’s New
new
Additional Folder modes added to Folder Pane options meatball menu
What’s Changed
changed
New messages will automatically select S/MIME if configured and OpenPGP is not
What’s Fixed
fixed
"Read Messages" button in Account Central did not work
fixed
Converting an email to an event with "Convert To > Event" did not work
fixed
Message context menus in synthetic view results were incomplete
fixed
Message lists in Vertical view were missing message status and attachment indicators
fixed
Many visual and UX fixes and improvements
New, Changed, and Fixed in beta 4
What’s New
new
Added "New" indicator to vertical view of Message Reader
What’s Changed
What’s Fixed
fixed
Creating a saved search added the virtual folder twice
fixed
Unselectable GMail folders were not always hidden from the folder tree
fixed
Mail accounts in Folder Pane were not displayed in same order as in Account Settings
Fixed in beta 5
What’s Fixed
fixed
Message "Back" and "Forward" buttons were not available in Unified Toolbar; Access keys in Go menu did not work
fixed
"Undo" and "Redo" commands did not work in message list
fixed
Message list select delay preference was not honored when doing fast keyboard navigation
fixed
Vertical message list was unaffected by UI density changes
fixed
"Zoom" feature did not work on message content
fixed
Folder Pane keyboard navigation improvements for accessing context menu
fixed
Printing a selected message failed
fixed
Contact pane was not resizable when editing a contact
fixed
Selecting text in address book did not work
fixed
Theme improvements
Changed and fixed in beta 6
What’s Changed
changed
Visual density is now consistent between folder pane and message list
What’s Fixed
fixed
Deleting a message in Unified View did not select the next message in the message list
fixed
Messages selected in "Unread Folders" view disappeared immediately after being selected due to being marked as read
fixed
"Mark a message as deleted" did not properly mark IMAP messages as deleted
fixed
"Location" column in message list was blank for saved search folders
Fixed in beta 7
What’s Fixed
fixed
Message List spacing in compact mode had increased in beta 6, now restored
fixed
Drag and Drop .eml file onto message list did not work
fixed
Drag and Drop message to re-order list columns did not work
fixed
Buttons in message header (Reply, Forward, etc) were not keyboard accessible
Known Issues
unresolved
Screen reader accessibility is broken for message list and message bodies
unresolved
Various other Thunderbird "Supernova" features
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