Firefox 129 release information
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What's new in Firefox 129
Firefox Desktop
| Reader View with enhanced Text and layout menu
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| Description:
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The look and feel of the menus in Desktop Reader View have been updated. New functionality has been added, including the ability to add custom color schemes and additional text formatting options. We want to increase the comfort (and accessibility) of using the reader by making the type controls support all the options in the WCAG success criteria for text spacing, allowing users to pick their preferred fonts and allowing custom colors.
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| Content request:
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1910697
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| KB article:
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages
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Article updated
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| Extending linux install SUMO page with AppArmor profile info for non packaged installations
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| Description:
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Our sandbox code makes use of unprivileged user namespaces when creating new processes for enforcing more security. This feature can in some context be considered a security risk, thus some distribution started to restrict its usage and only allow it to selected binaries via AppArmor profiles.
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| Content request:
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1899705
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| KB article:
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux
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Article updated
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| How to set Firefox as your mail-to default
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| Description:
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We will provide prompts (for users that have set Firefox as their default browser) for:
- Firefox to be set as the Windows OS default handler for mail sites
- The mail site to be set as the default handler for mail links
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| Content request:
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1910137
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| KB article:
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Link TBD
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New article will be created
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Firefox for Android
Firefox for iOS
Known studies/experiments
| Platform |
Studies/experiments |
Description |
Feedback collection
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| Firefox desktop |
- |
- |
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Escalation
TBD
Trending/known issue(s)
| Platform |
Issue |
Known bug |
Fix/workaround |
Associated inbound
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| Desktop |
Tiktok - can't comment on livestream |
Bugzilla |
-
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| Android |
Tiktok video doesn't load |
Bugzilla |
-
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| Desktop |
Address bar stops working after a while until firefox restart with Avast installed |
Bugzilla |
Avast issued a hotfix on Aug 28 |
Desktop bug board
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Known incident(s)
| Firefox iOS back button intermittent issue
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| Description:
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After rebooting the app, navigation within the active tab does not enable the back arrow properly. However If you open a new tab, the navigation there works.
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| Status:
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fixed using Firefox iOS v129.1
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| Product(s) impacted:
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Firefox iOS users on v129.0
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| Associated bug:
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-
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| Resolution/workaround:
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Release 129.1 and fix #20831 in a later release
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Post-release
