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Is there an expected release date of Firefox ESR that will support headless browsing mode?

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I have been running some code using the PhantomJS (no longer maintained) headless browser package. However, due to compliance, it would be better that I use a browser driver that is supported and patched from time to time.

Currently our computers are using Mozilla Firefox 52.3.0 ESR. When I use the Firefox Driver in my code , it simply opens a Firefox window. I was wondering when the next Firefox ESR release date might be that would support headless browsing mode for my coding purposes.

I have been running some code using the PhantomJS (no longer maintained) headless browser package. However, due to compliance, it would be better that I use a browser driver that is supported and patched from time to time. Currently our computers are using Mozilla Firefox 52.3.0 ESR. When I use the Firefox Driver in my code , it simply opens a Firefox window. I was wondering when the next Firefox ESR release date might be that would support headless browsing mode for my coding purposes.

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Hi,

The next ESR version of Firefox (59.0) will be released on March 13, 2018. You can see a calendar of future release dates here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar

In the meantime, you should also be able to use headless browsing in the current release version of Firefox (57.0).

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Hi,

The next ESR version of Firefox (59.0) will be released on March 13, 2018. You can see a calendar of future release dates here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar

In the meantime, you should also be able to use headless browsing in the current release version of Firefox (57.0).

dhau
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Thanks for the link. Yeah I will try some testing on the current release version of Firefox.