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Release Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 142.0 | Released August 19, 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.

System Requirements: Details

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

What’s New

new

Visual signatures can be added to PDF attachments opened in Thunderbird

new

'Copy Message Link' and 'Copy News Link' added to header pane 'More actions'

new

Folder copy enabled within mail server accounts and local folders

new

'Reset Folder Order' option added to folder pane to reset custom folder sorting

What’s Changed

changed

'Copy Message Location' removed from mail context menu

What’s Fixed

fixed

Users with attachments open in tabs saw an error on Thunderbird restart

fixed

Notification sounds did not respect operating system's do-not-disturb mode

fixed

Non-English localized Thunderbird created English special folders on first start

fixed

Users were unable to use Fastmail calendars due to missing OAuth settings

fixed

Sending from unified or local folder failed if no default account was set

fixed

Right-clicking 'List-ID' -> 'Unsubscribe' created double encoded draft subject

fixed

On Linux, the close caption button was inactive when mouse was in screen corner

fixed

Toggling dark message mode did not restore focus and scroll position

fixed

Message list scrolled back when returning to mail tab after opening a message

fixed

Deleting a single message in folder using 'Group by Sort' failed after CTRL+A

fixed

New newsgroups were not added in alphabetical order by default

fixed

After updating to version 142, all newsgroup folders were sorted alphabetically

fixed

With Thunderbird closed, clicking a 'mailto:' link to send signed message failed

fixed

Replying could fail with mailnews.reply_quoting_selection.multi_word set false

fixed

Multiple saves while using 'Options' -> 'Send a Copy' resulted in multiple copies

fixed

Thunderbird did not display contact photos in WebP format from CardDAV servers

fixed

Installations from Microsoft Store did not open when clicking 'mailto:' links

fixed

Clicking the backspace icon in the quick filter field cleared the input field

fixed

Initial launch had long load times and UI lag while messages downloaded

fixed

'Mark' -> 'All Read' affected newsgroup messages that had not been fetched yet

fixed

Thunderbird could not reconnect to newsgroups after connection loss until restarted

fixed

Sending a newsgroup post appeared successful when it had actually failed

fixed

Archived RSS feed messages were sent to the archive folder of default identity

fixed

Opening Website header link in RSS feed incorrectly re-encoded URL parameters

fixed

Visual and UX improvements

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