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
fixed
Known Issues
unresolved
Passwords are not remembered in 32-bit MAPI use without a compose window