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Why is there constant updates?. It seems like everyday there is one and it's annoying. The updates seem to add like stupid shopping, having 80 tabs open and stupid crap like that. I am beginning to think Microsoft's Edge browser is the best even though it's a terrible browser. Also given the fact that Mozilla now wants to sell our browsing history to advertisers. Mozilla has decided privacy is no longer important now by selling our info for targeted ads. Seems like you want to collect as much of what sites we visit plus more telemetry to spy on us. If you piss enough people off, then they and myself are going to switch browsers. You have the nerve to ask for donations only to turn around and sell our information.

Hi, I noticed that my Firefox version has just been force-updated, on two of my computers, even though I had the automated updates unselected. I also noticed that the new version had added an opt-out option to use "AI" for my tabs which I do not want. There may be other settings that have appeared like this forcing "AI" on me and I am not going to check all of them. I will uninstall Firefox as it is no longer respecting my privacy and autonomy as a user, following the full-blown embrace of "genAI" which goes completely opposite Firefox values such as privacy, ethics, environmental responsibility and respect of their users. I might come back when Firefox goes back to being a privacy and environmentally-friendly browser.

A file called 'Pending Pings' appeared within the folder in which my Firefox installation is located. I last used Firefox on May 14, 2025. I don't know how it appeared as I disabled automatic updates and made it so it would ask me if I wanted an update, so I do not know why it is.

Hello, After the last update 143.1.0 a large part of one of a sub folder in my local folders disappeared. I restored my recent backup but still the part of the folder is missing. I used a copy of my profiles made on my laptop with no results. I completely uninstalled Thunderbird then copied my backup with no luck. Finally, I had to make a full image restore to get Thunderbird back to where it was before 143.1.0 I updated to 144.0 with no change. Each time I open TBird, it asked me to install the 143.1.0 update and if I do then the same happens, a big part of one of my local folders subfolders disappears. Strangely, on my laptop that is basicly a duplicate of my PC thunderbird everything is ok with the last 143.1.0 update. What is in the 143.1.0 update to cause these problems, is there a command to reject long file names.  ? Has anyone experienced this problem otherwise I will be stuck with update # 143.1.0 for years Thank you Douglas Noades

A folder appeared on my desktop titled "Old Firefox Data". It is dated 11/2/25 at 12:47 PM. What is this and why did it just appear on my desktop? Do I need to keep it or can it be deleted?

One of my banks told me i am running a firefox version that is not compatible with my computer. i am on an max mini. i looked for the version in the 'help section' and cannot find an about tab/button. how can i find out what firefox i am running and if it the wrong version how do i fix without losing all my bookmarks folders and passwords?

I updated my Thunderbird Email client on the Release Update channel, and now clicking it on my Mac Mini Catalina dock just gets 2 stuck processes. I kill the later process, and then Thunderbird launches.

Last login: Wed Aug 20 12:54:42 on ttys000 java version "20.0.2" 2023-07-18 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 20.0.2+9-78) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0.2+9-78, mixed mode, sharing) (base) alwynteh@Alwyns-Mac-mini ~ % ps -ef | grep thunderbird

 501 78534     1   0  2:58pm ??         0:05.70 /Applications/Thunderbird.app/Contents/MacOS/thunderbird
 501 78535 78534   0  2:58pm ??         0:06.67 /Applications/Thunderbird.app/Contents/MacOS/thunderbird
 501 78596 78537   0  2:58pm ttys000    0:00.01 grep thunderbird

(base) alwynteh@Alwyns-Mac-mini ~ % kill 78535 (base) alwynteh@Alwyns-Mac-mini ~ % ps -ef | grep thunderbird

 501 78534     1   0  2:58pm ??         0:14.79 /Applications/Thunderbird.app/Contents/MacOS/thunderbird
 501 78598 78537   0  2:58pm ttys000    0:00.00 grep thunderbird

(base) alwynteh@Alwyns-Mac-mini ~ %

HI, I am having trouble with not being able to get access to streaming on YouTubeTV and PeacockTV because my current browser on my desktop computer does not support these sites. How Can I update to the latest version of Firefox where it will let me get access to streaming on YouTubetv and PeacockTV?

I used to be able to 'Get new messages' by going File=>Get new messages File tab is no longer in top left of left hand side panel. How do I get new messages now...by the time they come through, the password I'm waiting for will time out.

There used to be a tag...in the same drop down menu as above...to mark a message as eg unread or to "Tag" a message...this menu doesn't exist anymore, so how do I tag messages or mark them as unread

Again...same menu...File => empty trash. How do I do this now?

Is it possible to revert to the previous version of Thunderbird before this last update please?

I clicked on the recommended upgrade profile for the NEW Thunderbird. I have MS Surface 4 with Win11. What happened was that text in various places (particularly desktop and explorer) became so small that it was unreadable. No amount of tweaking the text size in Windows made any difference. Fortunately, I had a restore point that could take me back to before the new install and then all was well with the text, however I am left with maybe not being able to benefit from the hard work you guys have put into the upgrade. (I am a modest financial supporter of very many years Thunderbird use.) Another issue not so problematic remains or has occurred separately; that notifications of new messages tend not to remain clear following my reading of them. Typically, the notification clears immediately then returns a bit later and is added to the taskbar icon's total as well. Just irritating. Thanks, Paul Rigby

We ran the newest update (140.1.0esr) for thunderbird on our servers. We now are experiencing an issue with users. Attached is the message we get. Can we get some support on how to resolve this issue.