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I've been having issues with Thunderbird randomly hanging over the last few weeks. It's always been slow to upload all my gmail messages, so I let it get done with that before I start reading. However, now it randomly decides to hang forever. It generally happens when I delete or move an email to another folder. It doesn't complete the function. I can click on other emails, but it doesn't open them. The UI just sits there with the blue progress bar shimmering away, forever. None of the window control work (File, X, etc.). I have to use the Task Manager to end the Thunderbird task. When I start it up again, the message will be moved or deleted, and I can view more messages until it decides to hang again. This happens about four times per day.

I have an MSI GS75 Stealth 9SF laptop, running intel Core i7, Windows 11 (up to date), and the most current version of Thunderbird.

I didn't see anyone else commenting on Thunderbird hanging frequently, so I'm wondering if it's just me.

Dozens of reboots every day due to video seizures only with Firefox. Tab crashes causes those I am ordered to support to LOSE WORK. After a tab crash and restore the FF interface is frozen -- no type of input from peripherals possible. This is all supposed to be solved by Monday. If I am out of luck with FF -- just tell me. That's very simple. New machines, new OS and it's worse than under the legacy systems we support after moving up from Win 7 Pro.

I have Win 11 dell computer that does not play or pick up sound from web sites videos .I checked and tested my sound using the Microsoft platform & buy playing a disc. It works OK

Started using Netscape and been with Firefox ever since it started. For the last few months, I find that my Draytek 2866Lac router randomly crashes and resets itself when I am using Firefox. I cannot pin it down to opening any particular website but it seems to be related to opening a new tab / link. I have FF set to open new tab automatically and no extensions (other than British English) are in use. Using FF, I can seldom go more than 5 -6 hours between resets. Not using FF, I have now managed 2 days constant uptime on the router - which is a fantastic change! Is there something peculiar with my system and any ideas how I can get stability again please?

I've used Slack every day for the past decade, and Firefox has been my primary browser for some time now. I've never had an issue with the two, but now, Firefox is reliably crashing every time I attempt to open Slack.

I've tried clearing my cache both broadly and specific to Slack, with neither producing results. Even tried deleting all cookies on Firefox, which was a bit of a pain, and it was no help.

I did read up on some people encountering a similar issue that could be fixed by deleting the Slack entry in "about:serviceworkers," but this did not help here.

The only extension I'm running is uBlock Origin, which I've been running for probably as long as I've been using Firefox, and that has never presented an issue before either.

Would appreciate any help or advice on the matter.

MAC OS Tahoe 26.0 Public Beta 6 Since upgrading to this latest beta, with Open NewMassage in a new message window, does not open the window. It seems to create it in the back ground, and Thunderbird icon on the task bar shows the additional windows, but they are un selectable. Choosing open message in newt does work.

This seems to be occurring after beta 6 , it was working under beta 5

I believe this started with this upgrade to the client. I routinely was able to select a piece of text in an email and click the Insert Link... button, fill in the data, and click OK to embed a link.

Now I select a piece of text, press the Insert Link button, and Thunderbird hangs, requiring Task Manager to kill the program.

Embedded links already in i.e. templates work fine, but cannot be edited or upgraded.

Anybody else seeing this, or am I (typically) just being stupid about something?

Thanks John

URGENT Version 142 for Windows 64bit is unstable. It freezes over after almost any action with usual Windows "Not Responding" message. Recommendation to Mozilla: Pull back this release and roll back to 141

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?

I already left a topic here on this issue, then no one could help me, in general, the problem appeared a month ago in me, as after I reinstalled Windows, downloaded the facit anti-cheat steam browser and went to play facit, since facit requires some settings in the bios for it to work, when downloading the anti-cheat, it asks to restart the computer, it asks for tpm 2.0 secure boot , VBS , iommu , and so I thought for a long time what could be the problem that it is after installing the anti-cheat facit that the browser breaks. As a result, I found out that it is when the iommu function is enabled in the firefox bios that it breaks , if you disable this setting, the browser works, although it gave an error before and did not start at all, I spent a month trying to figure out what the problem was, I am a Windows optimizer and I had custom windows and a lot of different settings for optimizing windows, but now I have installed official windows and the problem is still there, it turned out that it is far from in windows and windows optimization, because I have many friends who use custom windows and optimization settings and everything works for them, and so I found out that it's about iommu , just a couple of days ago, I updated the bios, I had the old version, now the newest one is still present, if there is, then help me figure it out.

here is the error code from the "details" by the way, not only firefox breaks, but also chrome, brave, etc.

AvailablePageFile: 37469605888 AvailablePhysicalMemory: 32424693760 AvailableVirtualMemory: 138531310682112 BackgroundTaskMode: 0 BuildID: 20260403140140 CPUMicrocodeVersion: 0xa20120a CrashTime: 1775599624 DOMFissionEnabled: 0 DOMIPCEnabled: 0 HeadlessMode: 0 InstallTime: 1775587593 LastStartupWasCrash: 0 MinidumpSha256Hash: 89a8c6296c245dae30e1562163d1ec0d37df24dffa0a6e612f9294854213f8ff ModuleSignatureInfo: {"Mozilla Corporation":["firefox.exe","xul.dll","gkcodecs.dll","nss3.dll","mozglue.dll","lgpllibs.dll"],"Microsoft Windows":["dbgcore.dll","winrnr.dll","twinapi.dll","wshbth.dll","pnrpnsp.dll","NapiNSP.dll","netprofm.dll","npmproxy.dll","dhcpcsvc6.DLL","dhcpcsvc.dll","winnsi.dll","DWrite.dll","dbghelp.dll","winmm.dll","Windows.UI.Immersive.dll","twinapi.appcore.dll","InputHost.dll","WindowManagementAPI.dll","textinputframework.dll","Windows.UI.dll","ktmw32.dll","wsock32.dll","version.dll","propsys.dll","WinTypes.dll","CoreUIComponents.dll","CoreMessaging.dll","nlaapi.dll","uxtheme.dll","dwmapi.dll","kernel.appcore.dll","windows.storage.dll","ntmarta.dll","IPHLPAPI.DLL","dnsapi.dll","mswsock.dll","CRYPTBASE.dll","wldp.dll","ntasn1.dll","ncrypt.dll","msasn1.dll","profapi.dll","bcryptPrimitives.dll","msvcp_win.dll","ucrtbase.dll","cfgmgr32.dll","wintrust.dll","gdi32full.dll","crypt32.dll","KERNELBASE.dll","win32u.dll","bcrypt.dll","sechost.dll","SHCore.dll","user32.dll","advapi32.dll","kernel32.dll","nsi.dll","gdi32.dll","ws2_32.dll","rpcrt4.dll","shlwapi.dll","ole32.dll","shell32.dll","oleaut32.dll","msctf.dll","combase.dll","msvcrt.dll","psapi.dll","clbcatq.dll","imm32.dll","ntdll.dll"],"Microsoft Windows Software Compatibility Publisher":["msvcp140.dll","VCRUNTIME140.dll","VCRUNTIME140_1.dll"]} ProcessType: main ProductID: {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} ProductName: Firefox ReleaseChannel: release SafeMode: 0 SecondsSinceLastCrash: 12318 StartupCacheValid: 1 StartupCrash: 1 StartupTime: 1775599624 SubmittedFrom: Client SystemMemoryUsePercentage: 5 Throttleable: 1 TotalPageFile: 39652315136 TotalPhysicalMemory: 34283606016 TotalVirtualMemory: 140737488224256 UptimeTS: .2474393 Vendor: Mozilla Version: 149.0.2

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.

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

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.

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.

Question is all there is, why does Firefox 153.0 x64 CRASH COMPLETELY and Windows 11 x64 "App Crash Reporting" is automatically invoked, 3 out of 4 times a simple "History - Clear History - Clear Everything" function is implemented??

Thanks,

OH1943

roland.multhaupt

18. Juni 2026, 07:13 GMT-6

Firebird is so slow now, that I can rarely receive the code that you send me. Have to take annother programm for that. Freezes even when trying to mark a mail or erasing it. WIN 11. The programm is working well at my wifes laptop also WIN 11. 2 month ago it worked fast and fine. Working in Troubleshooting mode does not show any spam ordner like before and it does not run better. I also downloaded the last version. No change! I would like to uninstall the programm but did not dare due to perhaps loose all my mails. Could you help me please? Thank you!

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!

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.