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Firefox 129 release information

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The following information is intended for members of the Mozilla Support community for the purpose of supporting users in the Mozilla Support platform. Mozilla Support is a community of enthusiastic volunteers and employees trying to support Mozilla's users around the globe. You can join us by contributing through the following ways:

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Content in this page is being updated periodically as we're rolling out the release.

What's new in Firefox 129

Firefox Desktop

Reader View with enhanced Text and layout menu
Description: 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.
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1910697
KB article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages KB will be updated
Extending linux install SUMO page with AppArmor profile info for non packaged installations
Description: 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.
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1899705
KB article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux Article updated
Update to the clear history dialog
Description: There is a new UI for the clear history dialog, with new clearing options, and functionality. Users can now see how much data they are clearing for cookies and cache based on the time range they select to clear. Additionally, the dialog has been unified through all entry points for clearing history (hamburger menu, about:preferences#privacy --> clear data, clear history, clear on shutdown). The clear site data dialog will have it's own clear options remembering, separate from clear history and clear on shutdown. The new dialog will be enabled by default.
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1904392
KB articles: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/changes-tab-context-menu-firefox-78 KB will be updated
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tabs-organize-websites-single-window
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-overview-menu
ECH via OS DNS Resolver
Description: Changes for SUMO articles on Encrypted Client Hello for new toggles
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1892240
KB articles: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/faq-encrypted-client-hello KB updated
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/understand-encrypted-client-hello
Enable Address Autofill for DE and FR
Description: The address autofill feature will be available for users in France and Germany as of Fx 129. It is currently available for users located in the US and Canada.
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1908477
KB article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/automatically-fill-your-address-web-forms Article will be updated
How to set Firefox as your mail-to default
Description: 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

Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1910137
KB article: Link TBD New article will be created

Firefox for Android

Ability to do offline translations
Description: Users will have the ability to download languages for offline translations
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1909913
KB article: Link TBD TBD

Firefox for iOS

Private Tab Persistance - Bring back "Close Private tabs" option
Description: The option is by default ON, meaning that all private tabs will be closed after app closing. If the user wants, they can turn it off and persist their tabs.
Content request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1910913
KB articles: Link TBD TBD

Known studies/experiments

Platform Studies/experiments Description Feedback collection
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Release notes

Contributor discussions

Please refer to the following contributor forum threads to learn more about known issues and discuss with other contributors:

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Stay updated

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  • Community call: We run a monthly community call (usually a week before Firefox release date). Check our schedule here and don't hesitate to join the call in person if you can!
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Escalation

TBD

Heads up

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Post-release