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Release Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 140.0esr | Released July 7, 2025

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

For help and a quick start on Thunderbird 140, see Thunderbird 140 Eclipse FAQ

For more on all the new features in Thunderbird 140, see What’s New in Thunderbird 140.

System Requirements: Details

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

What’s New

new

Implemented enterprise policy to allow granular in-app notification control

new

New mail alert now includes message disposition buttons

new

Added 'Mark as Read' and 'Delete' actions to mail notifications

new

Added 'Mark as Spam' and 'Mark as Starred' actions to mail notifications

new

Support dark reader for the message pane

new

Messages are automatically adapted to dark mode with a quick toggle in the header

new

Message filters are now available in the Folder Pane context menu

new

Added horizontal threadpane scrolling mail.threadpane.table.horizontal_scroll

new

Implemented customizable row count for Cards View in 'Appearance' settings

new

Implemented ability to manually sort folders in the folder pane

new

New "Appearance" Settings UI to globally control message threading/sorting order

new

Added checkbox to select/unselect all calendars in the calendar setup wizard

new

Account Hub enabled by default for second email setup

new

Add-ons: Added support for specifying a cookieStoreId when creating a space

new

Added Thunderbird-specific loading symbol

What’s Changed

changed

Removed obsolete preference extensions.overlayloader.loglevel

changed

CardDAV address books and calendars now use the same OAuth2 code as mail

changed

Display junk state and allow toggling it from top of message context menu

changed

Subscribe/Unsubscribe buttons were removed from the IMAP subscribe dialog

changed

Ignore unsupported subkeys/signatures when importing compliant OpenPGP keys

changed

Some generic appearance settings were moved from General to Appearance section

changed

Add-ons: browser.messages.listAttachments() now returns attachment headers

changed

Set calendar.alarms.showmissed preference to false by default

changed

Exporting a calendar to .ics did not include the calendar name

What’s Fixed

fixed

Chrome URLs were opened in an external browser

fixed

Race condition in folder compaction could cause unexpected behavior

fixed

Crash could occur when shutting down during MAPI send

fixed

Message preview truncation in notifications improved

fixed

Thunderbird could crash when setting message compose headers

fixed

Links in the OAuth authentication window did not open when clicked

fixed

Mail window could stop functioning during and after folder compaction

fixed

Error message for compacting a corrupted local folder was not useful

fixed

Repair folder did not fix mbox files produced on MacOS before Thunderbird 1.0

fixed

Wrong day of week displayed for some emails

fixed

Edit menu entries missing when group header selected in "Grouped by sort" view

fixed

IMAP folder "Undelete" performed "Delete" when mixed messages were selected

fixed

View Message Source no longer worked for multiple selected messages

fixed

Creating a new mail account from the menu bar in a message window failed

fixed

Feed subscriptions were broken

fixed

Feed body was not rendered when "Message Body As" formatting option selected

fixed

Thunderbird could show incorrect 'From' and 'To' fields for mailing list emails

fixed

mail.compose.other.header wrongly added fields to message preview pane headers

fixed

Deleting or detaching attachments in a saved .eml file appeared to work but failed

fixed

In RSS feeds, the space bar did not scroll the message like it did in emails

fixed

Unchecking "Show all headers" in Message Header Settings closed dialog

fixed

Some webpage links could be forced to open in Thunderbird

fixed

Right-click of message in cross-folder virtual folder wrongly selected it

fixed

Messages deleted from a cross-folder search view could not be undeleted

fixed

Cards view "replies" button remained styled without new messages in thread

fixed

Subscribe window "Show items that contain" should not have been shown for IMAP

fixed

POP3 inbox could show new mail with no subject, no sender, and date 1970-01-01

fixed

Folders at level 3+ were not auto-discovered when IMAP subscriptions were ignored

fixed

New subfolder did not inherit parent view, sort order, sort type, or columns

fixed

With "Fetch headers only" enabled, messages could not be sorted by size

fixed

Selecting starred messages did not update immediately

fixed

Marking a unified folder as favorite did not show it in favorite folders

fixed

Threaded search view was not updated correctly when sorted by date received

fixed

Menu items to manage folders were not disabled in offline mode

fixed

Ctrl or Shift selecting multiple messages reset when dragging across a message

fixed

Folder was hidden from Favorite when subfolder was removed

fixed

Folder tree message counts displayed incorrectly under certain conditions

fixed

The UI could falsely report a message as encrypted when a null cipher was used

fixed

Message security panel strings were used in the wrong places

fixed

Importing an OpenPGP public key with whitespace failed

fixed

Unable to open attached signed OpenPGP .eml message

fixed

OpenPGP key was not updated when accepted key was reimported with new identities

fixed

Dual signed (PGP and S/MIME) emails were not displayed

fixed

"Secret Key ID" field did not sanitize input, causing draft encryption to fail

fixed

Could not send signed/encrypted messages in some setups due to regression

fixed

Quick Filter did not display loading symbol when search was in progress

fixed

Search messages dialog list could not be sorted by clicking the header icon

fixed

Repaired folders were not reindexed for search after repair

fixed

Messages with multiple authors or no author were not indexed for global search

fixed

Messages from authors without email address were not indexed for global search

fixed

Shutdown could hang due to unterminated search execution

fixed

Changing a saved draft's send identity did not prompt to save the modified message

fixed

Thunderbird did not warn when replying to a 'noreply' address containing a '+'

fixed

Invite attachments without a name were forwarded as 'Attached Message Part'

fixed

Creating a link from selected text did not work with advanced properties selected

fixed

Spellcheck no longer highlighted misspelled words in the compose window

fixed

Changing the UI font size did not apply to some dialogs

fixed

Deleted Gmail messages stayed visible until compact/expunge, despite settings

fixed

Notification duration preference enabled when system notifications were enabled

fixed

Chat settings tab remained visible when mail.chat.enabled was false

fixed

macOS system notifications worked but email alerts could not be disabled separately

fixed

Setting different archiving options for multiple identities did not work

fixed

OAuth2 not shown in "Authentication method" menulist for existing Exchange account

fixed

'Please fill out this field' in account setup always appeared in English

fixed

No gap existed between Back and Forward buttons in the Feed Account Wizard dialog

fixed

Moving back in the calendar import dialog could break the Continue button

fixed

Add-ons: Links in content pages with a target attribute loaded a blank page

fixed

Add-ons: Context menu entries were incorrectly aligned.

fixed

Add-ons: Optional permission prompts for WebExtensions displayed wrong permissions

fixed

Double clicking a new contact icon added the contact to the address book twice

fixed

Unable to auto-discover Address Book on Radicale server

fixed

CardDAV synchronization to Zimbra server failed

fixed

Mark-Of-The-Web was not applied to attachments saved via drag and drop

fixed

System search toggle did not properly reflect and control integration state

fixed

Some messages could not be scrolled due to hidden overflows in inline styles

fixed

Keyboard navigation was not possible when first header button was disabled

fixed

Thunderbird could crash when renaming a local folder while copying from IMAP

fixed

Some functionality was missing for newsgroup messages opened from a file or URI

fixed

Message and folder lists could display incorrect line spacing after restart

fixed

Automatic compact did not attempt to compact all folders when error encountered

fixed

APOP authenication for POP3 did not prompt for corrected password

fixed

POP3 'fetch headers only' and 'get selected messages' could skip some messages

fixed

Thunderbird logged network errors in console when used in offline mode

fixed

Slow performance when moving bulk messages from IMAP to local

fixed

Crossposting news article was not possible if newsgroups on different servers

fixed

Cancelling a post to a news server could fail and remove the article

fixed

Thunderbird could crash in NNTP subscription dialog

fixed

Newsgroup searches with slashes were not supported with XPAT-enabled servers

fixed

Offline newsgroup use lacked functionality needed for effective offline access

fixed

Thunderbird could show a misleading error message on IMAP login failure

fixed

Modal alerts shown for expired articles when downloading news for offline use

fixed

Status bar message did not include newsgroup name along with the account name

fixed

Reconnecting to an NNTP server was potentially not possible

fixed

Nickserv messages appeared during successful authentication

fixed

Thunderbird Flatpak install did not use a branded symbolic icon

fixed

Unable to view full certificate chain from the "View Signature" button

fixed

Organizer email address for CalDAV calendar events could be incorrect

fixed

Changing calendar.week.start preference did not update calendar views

fixed

Clicking a mid: link in Calendar opened two copies of the message

fixed

Clicking a 'mid:' link in event created from message did not work

fixed

Thunderbird calendar failed to show attendee as busy when added to an event

fixed

Some calendar requests were blocked due to opaque response blocking

fixed

Visual and UX improvements

Known Issues

unresolved

Passwords are not remembered in 32-bit MAPI use without a compose window

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