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Firefox for Enterprise 96 - Release notes

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Revision id: 236004
Created: Jan 7, 2022, 4:15:05 AM
Creator: Mike Kaply
Comment: Enterprise release notes for Firefox 96
Reviewed: Yes
Reviewed: Jan 7, 2022, 5:02:37 AM
Reviewed by: Fabi.L
Is approved? No
Is current revision? No
Ready for localization: No

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Except where noted, everything here applies to both Firefox 96 and the Firefox 91.5 ESR.

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=Bug Fixes=

*The fix for downloading files to mapped network drives ([https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1731049 bug 1731049]) is now in the Firefox 91.5 ESR.

*The Windows SSO option in preferences is no longer displayed on versions of Windows where it isn't supported.

=Policies=

*When using the [https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#autolaunchprotocolsfromorigins AutoLaunchProtocolsFromOrigins] policy, errors were not properly displayed. This was fixed in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1737605 bug 1737605].

*The [https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#searchengines--add SearchEngines | Add] policy now properly updates engines when any attribute is changed. This was fixed in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1481946 bug 1481946].

*SuggestURLTemplate in the [https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#searchengines--add SearchEngines | Add] policy didn't work correctly.. This was fixed in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1730218 bug 1730218].

*Firefox will now enforce the <code>Cookie Policy: Same-Site=lax</code> by default. There are two new policies that modify this behavior: [https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#legacysamesitecookiebehaviorenabled LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabled] and [https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#legacysamesitecookiebehaviorenabledfordomainlist LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabledForDomainList]

Revision Content

Except where noted, everything here applies to both Firefox 96 and the Firefox 91.5 ESR.

Table of Contents

1 Bug Fixes
2 Policies

Bug Fixes

The fix for downloading files to mapped network drives (bug 1731049) is now in the Firefox 91.5 ESR.

The Windows SSO option in preferences is no longer displayed on versions of Windows where it isn't supported.

Policies

When using the AutoLaunchProtocolsFromOrigins policy, errors were not properly displayed. This was fixed in bug 1737605.

The SearchEngines | Add policy now properly updates engines when any attribute is changed. This was fixed in bug 1481946.

SuggestURLTemplate in the SearchEngines | Add policy didn't work correctly.. This was fixed in bug 1730218.

Firefox will now enforce the Cookie Policy: Same-Site=lax by default. There are two new policies that modify this behavior: LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabled and LegacySameSiteCookieBehaviorEnabledForDomainList