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Thunderbird had never crashed before, but lately, after the last 2 Windows 10 updates within the last 2 weeks, it crashes. It's at 128.5.2esr, the next-to-last update.

It always crashes when I choose "About" and it starts downloading the update. It appears that it doesn't get the 1st byte before crashing. It will still say 0 bytes when it crashes.

It also crashes if I leave it running and the screen goes through the screen saver mode and turns black. Twice it crashed while I was using it.

I thought it might have something to do with the fact that I had 4,000 emails in my Inbox (is there a limit?), so I deleted many and moved many to folders. I now have just under 1,000 in my Inbox.

I also tried restarting in Troubleshoot Mode and updating, but it still crashed at 0 bytes downloaded.

Is there a way to manually download the update and apply it? I can't find it on the website.

The next thing I know to do is reinstall. Is there anything I can try before doing that? Would you suggest uninstall first or reinstall over what's here?

I have a new Macbook M4, and installed Thunderbird 128.6.1esr as default email application.

If a new message comes in, suddenly a white square appears in the upper left of the desktop, and Thunderbird becomes nonresponsive. If I close it, it won't reopen. If I click the white square, a truncated Thunderbird menu appears at the top. See screenshot.

Also, the white square overlays all other running applications, so that anything full screen has the red and yellow close/minimize buttons hidden.

This happens whether Thunderbird is the only application running or if others are running.

It is driving me mad. Any insights how to fix it?

This problem started after the latest Firefox update was installed. I have looked in Thunderbird Solutions but with the only one that comes close to my problem the person was able to switch to a different profile. I don't have another profile that I can do that with. In another one the problem was solved with a bug fix in a newer version. I already have the newest version. ??? Please help.

Trying to download updates from Intel.com and as soon as I click the download button, Firefox just locks up and won't allow me to do anything. I have to basically shut down firfox through task manager to get the browser to work again. I have 139.04 which is the latest update for Firefox

A message to Mozilla if this is a bug how about fixing the problems that some people are having instead of consintration on implementing AI into Firefox as I want a browser that doesn't and isn't link to AI as many other people do as well as some if not most of us are sick to ther back teeth with everything having AI installed with in the programs.

Thunderbird has pretty much disappeared from my iMac, and I cannot find a way to solve this problem. I've restarted Thurnderbird multiple times and restarted the iMac. It came out of nowhere, and I do not know what to do. I've attached a screenshot with the screen that pops up when I open Thunderbird. None of the dropdown menus work, and I cannot access my years of email. Help!

Hi I have just reloaded Thunderbird onto my laptop after installing a new hard drive. It worked Ok until i imported an account and now get this error message even if I uninstall and reinstall.

That appears in a box and thats it.

Cheers Jim

I'm using Win 11 and ver 140.3.1esr (64 bit)

Thunderbird works perfectly except for just one thing. Every time I write any email it freezes after about 2 minutes. If it's a short email, it gets sent. If it's longer, before I can get to the end, the program freezes, and I have to use Task Manager to stop it. No problem receiving and reading emails. This started about a month ago.

I use Bitdefender, but it still happens with that off. Windows is up to date. Any ideas why this is happening? Thanks.

For about 2 weeks, EVERY time I try to write an email, after typing a few lines or so, the whole window 'grays out' and becomes UN-responsive. I get no error message. Waiting for it to respond doesn't work and I have to close out and re-start Thunderbird. Sometimes Thunderbird will have saved some portion of my email in my 'Drafts' folder, but not reliably, so I have to frequently 'Control + S' - save it to avoid having to re-type the entire message again. Troubleshoot Mode doesn't help, nor does clearing the cache. I've been hoping an update would come up that would solve this, either from Thunderbird or Windows (11), but not so far. Please tell me how I should resolve this - I have used Thunderbird for years (and regularly contribute too) and don't want to have to change to different email client.

When playing a YouTube video and attempting to open a new tab, Firefox consistently crashes. This was also occurring with Picture-in-Picture mode.

Has anyone else encountered this?

When I attempt to add an attachment, sometimes Mozilla crashes. This happens several times a month. Windows 10 Home "File Explorer" pops up & I can be scrolling and it will crash Mozilla. Other times I am selecting the file to attach & it crashes. I am at a loss as to why. I'm using the latest version & "Send later" is my only add-on.

Ich habe Thunderbird auf meinem MacBook Air von Anfang 2015 geladen auf dem MacOS Monterrey läuft. Sobald ich einen eMail Account einrichten möchte stürzt Thunderbird ab. Was muss ich tun, um diese Abstürze zu vermeiden?

The latest crash:

b1ad0fde-1882-41ce-9b80-4fd3e2c5ac20 java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Failed to allocate a 134217744 byte allocation with 50331584 free bytes and 120MB until OOM, target footprint 125474336, growth limit 201326592

* New Sentry Instance: https://sentry.io/organizations/mozilla/issues/?project=6375561&query=e9bad27f848049fca9e39dc6b2d0abd5
* Socorro: https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/bp-22da7755-1702-4479-8d06-ab0d60251118

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Failed to allocate a 134217744 byte allocation with 50331584 free bytes and 120MB until OOM, target footprint 125474336, growth limit 201326592 at java.util.Arrays.copyOf(Arrays.java:3578) at java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.grow(ByteArrayOutputStream.java:120) at java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.ensureCapacity(ByteArrayOutputStream.java:95) at java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.write(ByteArrayOutputStream.java:156) at kotlin.io.ByteStreamsKt.copyTo(IOStreams.kt:19) at kotlin.io.ByteStreamsKt.readBytes(IOStreams.kt:21) at mozilla.appservices.httpconfig.FetchBackend.sendRequest$lambda$3(FetchBackend.kt:6) at mozilla.appservices.httpconfig.FetchBackend.sendRequest(FetchBackend.kt:274) at mozilla.appservices.viaduct.uniffiCallbackInterfaceBackend$sendRequest$callback$makeCall$1.invokeSuspend(viaduct.kt:49) at mozilla.appservices.viaduct.uniffiCallbackInterfaceBackend$sendRequest$callback$makeCall$1.invoke(viaduct.kt:2) at mozilla.appservices.viaduct.uniffiCallbackInterfaceBackend$sendRequest$callback$makeCall$1.invoke(viaduct.kt:1) at mozilla.appservices.viaduct.uniffiCallbackInterfaceBackend$sendRequest$callback$$inlined$uniffiTraitInterfaceCallAsyncWithError$1.invokeSuspend(viaduct.kt:39) at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:9) at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:122) at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.run(CoroutineScheduler.kt:127) Suppressed: kotlinx.coroutines.internal.DiagnosticCoroutineContextException: [StandaloneCoroutine{Cancelling}@2104835, Dispatchers.Default]

HELP!!!!

Greetings. TB crashes - It originally died after a short period of working. Managed to empty cache which seemed to have solved it, but then it came back with vengence and has given me no chance to explore as it won't load at all. I used to use folders for mail and also regularly compressed, however not the last few years. I also have a few Mozbackup files, but restoring a recent one of these has not helped. I am now finding it frustrating not being able to reach my messages. It is set up mainly as POP, with a number of different email addresses all reached through a common inbox. I have been using TB for decades and this is first issue like this. Glad of any suggestions. David

Hi -- I'm getting quite a few page crashes that seem mostly tied to YouTube, although not exclusively. I only recently swapped over to Firefox from Chrome because I was having similar crashing issues with that browser as well. This is after a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro and a number of different benchmark tests (no known issues with CPU, GPU, or RAM).

Since there are so many reports that all seem different, could someone help troubleshoot? I really can't tell if it's a browser problem, maybe something with my MOBO or PSU or other hardware.

bp-8849827b-dbff-4f56-ab32-a00e50251111 11/10/2025, 7:04 PM bp-b9b83d66-9ac5-4eae-9676-367000251111 11/10/2025, 7:04 PM bp-4b8e92c0-0a15-45ef-b8e1-567920251111 11/10/2025, 7:02 PM bp-4c1a61f1-674e-4da0-8921-156f50251110 11/10/2025, 12:21 PM bp-659dc04a-4933-4a3b-919b-3c1c50251110 11/10/2025, 12:21 PM bp-9387464a-bc4e-4217-995a-f457f0251110 11/10/2025, 12:21 PM bp-97bc77f5-3fa3-4623-b48b-d94e90251110 11/10/2025, 12:21 PM bp-47d723e7-4eab-41d1-b97b-410ef0251110 11/10/2025, 12:21 PM bp-58abdc4e-d959-41c9-bf0a-469280251110 11/10/2025, 12:21 PM bp-b593054f-5a6c-4693-82c8-79d410251109 11/9/2025, 6:47 PM bp-13f555f8-c219-4995-b09f-b15440251109 11/9/2025, 2:11 PM bp-91cbf8ab-d793-4781-ba28-0fd030251109 11/9/2025, 2:11 PM bp-5e7db47b-6114-4cc6-a1ac-daaca0251109 11/9/2025, 2:11 PM bp-ef240795-bedf-4c26-91f2-386ba0251109 11/9/2025, 2:11 PM bp-51ec26ab-03f0-4e0b-b199-b2f600251109 11/9/2025, 2:11 PM bp-aef18aaf-1b2e-410e-9170-99fd50251109 11/9/2025, 2:11 PM bp-e5bc73e3-293e-4b3a-8974-e088c0251107 11/7/2025, 1:38 PM bp-85a1ba73-0df8-484b-b9bb-945cc0251107 11/7/2025, 10:59 AM bp-26c84615-670b-49e8-88aa-c26ac0251107 11/7/2025, 10:59

Submitted Crash Reports Report ID Date Submitted bp-28e075fd-226a-4a7c-bbeb-4066f0250119 19/01/2025, 12:16 pm View bp-ddcd262a-6efe-49db-b2fd-db21f0250119 19/01/2025, 12:16 pm View this happens at the most annoying time, I have submitted the crash reports as advised.

On my Framework 13, Thunderbird has stopped. Message reads Oups! We're sorry, it looks like thunderbird crashed. Please contact the developer if you want to report the issue. At 85, I'm anything but a nerd. Could someone please help me in simple, everyday terms? I have a lot of incoming and outgoing emails, and am completely stuck. Thank you.

Thunderbird will run and retrieve messages from account, but keeps crashing after 1-2 minutes each time. There are a lot of archived emails, and 1,500+ in Inbox, but sufficient disk space on the PC.

bp-89f57836-bb7a-49cf-8a38-44c490250117

Thunderbird pushed out an automatic update last night (July 13 2025) to version 140.0.1esr. Since then I cannot complete creating and typing a new message without Thunderbird freezing completely during entry of the text of a new message. I am running Windows-11 home, version 24h2. I have rebooted, etc. multiple times. I also ran thunderbird in troubleshooting mode and the problem still exists.

Please help - as of today Thunderbird is completely useless to me.

wellerhn@gmail.com

Hi,

Today I got some problems with thunderbird. At first, when opening the program, it opens a new message that mentions "Provider for CalDAV & CardDAV: It's time to go" The message is not complete and has some drawing background I could initially still look at my mails but then tried to remove that mail and then the rogram crashed. I tried going into the accounts setting to update and that would also lead to crashing. I tried to set the troubleshoot mode off but it would crash before I can click to turn it off.

Any assistance would be great I use windows 11, 64 bits the thunderbird version is 128.5.2esr (32 bits)

Thanks a lot!

Vincent