Beta Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 97.0beta | Released January 11, 2022

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 97 beta 3 released January 24, 2022.

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 offer to send large forwarded attachments via FileLink

What’s Changed

changed

FileLink will check the provider for sufficient space before uploading

changed

Additional fields for download limits, expiration, and password protection added to FileLink template

changed

Link to create a new email address in Account Setup now hidden if "Email address" contains a value

What’s Fixed

fixed

Partially signed unencrypted messages displayed an incorrect "partially encrypted" notification

fixed

Auto-complete incorrectly changed a pasted email address to the primary address of a contact

fixed

Triggering recipient pill creation in the compose window incorrectly used the entire field as input

fixed

Compose notification bars were not easily accessible via keyboard

fixed

"Save message" confirmation dialog buttons were not navigable using arrow keys

fixed

Message size calculations incorrectly included FileLink attachments

fixed

After converting a FileLink attachment back to an e-mail attachment, the privacy notification persisted

fixed

A failed FileLink provider change removed the attachment completely

fixed

After saving a draft and subsequently sending a FileLink email, the original file was removed from disk

fixed

Chat OTR encryption did not work

fixed

Chat protocol icons in account wizard appeared distorted

fixed

Hour blocks in Calendar day and week views were sometimes squashed

fixed

Adding a Google calendar with a non-gmail or googlemail e-mail address failed

fixed

Calendar autoscroll in multi-day views was not bidirectional

fixed

Detection of attached vCalendar files improved

fixed

Various visual and UX improvements

Fixed in Beta 2

What’s Fixed

fixed

Attachments with filename extensions that were not registered in MIME types could not be opened

fixed

Attachments filenames were not sanitized before saving to disk

fixed

"Open with" attachment dialog did not have a selected radio button option

Fixed in Beta 3

What’s Fixed

fixed

Clicking links in new mail notifications did not open the message

fixed

Popups from browser action buttons had a transparent background

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