New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 14.5a1

Tor Browser 14.5a1 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

We would like to thank the following community members for their contribution to this release:

• NoisyCoil for several patches allowing us to create aarch64 Linux builds of our browsers,
  • tor-browser-build#41142
  • tor-browser-build#41306
  • tor-browser-build#41307
  • tor-browser-build#41266
• cypherpunks1 for Tor Browser UI improvements on Android,
  • tor-browser#43241
  • tor-browser#43251

Send us your feedback

If you find a bug or have a suggestion for how we could improve this release, please let us know.

Full changelog

The full changelog since Tor Browser 14.0a9 is:

• All Platforms
  • Updated NoScript to 11.5.2
  • Updated Tor to 0.4.8.13
  • Bug tor-browser#41710: Refactor about:torconnects relation to TorConnectParent
  • Bug tor-browser#42125: lock RFP part 2
  • Bug tor-browser#43307: Rebase Tor Browser alpha onto 128.5.0esr
  • Bug tor-browser#43313: Backport security fixes from Firefox 133
• Windows + macOS + Linux
  • Updated Firefox to 128.5.0esr
  • Bug tor-browser#42186: Drop about:tbupdate
  • Bug tor-browser#42597: Lox.generateInvite does not convert JSON object to string
  • Bug tor-browser#42739: Fix localization in the profile error dialog
  • Bug tor-browser#42802: Make use of :has CSS selector
  • Bug tor-browser#43237: Tweak Tor circuit display panel for screen readers
  • Bug tor-browser#43262: Onion keys dialog. "Remove" removes all keys, "Remove all" does nothing.
  • Bug tor-browser#43263: Onion site keys: add some alerts for screen readers
  • Bug tor-browser#43294: Replace Actor willDestroy with didDestroy
  • Bug tor-browser#43314: Tidy up connection preferences for screen readers and keyboard users
• macOS
  • Bug MozBug 1768724#43165: Disable Microsoft SSO on macOS [tor-browser]
• Linux
  • Bug tor-browser#41786: Remove old fontconfig stuff at the next watershed update
  • Bug tor-browser#41799: Make lack of fonts.conf less of a footgun
  • Bug tor-browser-build#41298: Remove --detach parameter from .desktop files
  • Bug tor-browser-build#41312: Remove comment in start-browser about --class and --name parameters
  • Bug tor-browser-build#41313: Show waiting cursor while app opens
• Android
  • Updated GeckoView to 128.5.0esr
  • Bug tor-browser#43232: Make the Android Meek transport easier to debug
  • Bug tor-browser#43241: Improve hiding non-private tab features on Android
  • Bug tor-browser#43251: Enable tab suggestions and autocomplete for private tabs on Android
• Build System
  • All Platforms
    • Updated Go to 1.22.9
    • Bug tor-browser#43272: Fix git fetch in translation CI
    • Bug tor-browser#43295: Update MR templates
    • Bug tor-browser-build#40996: Do not version the .nobackup files
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41279: Add @pierov and @ma1 as new signers
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41284: Update relprep.py script to not synchronise changelogs between channels
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41288: Use exec_noco option when using exec
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41289: Fix single-browser in relprep.py
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41300: Add bea, clairehurst, and jwilde to tb_builders
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41304: Add a browser commit tag+signing script
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41306: Container dependencies are sorted before resolving templates
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41307: Container dependencies are not filtered for duplicates
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41321: Update PieroV's expired keys
    • Bug rbm#40006: Add option to avoid doing a git checkout when using the exec template function
  • Windows + macOS + Linux
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41286: Update the deploy update scripts to optinally take an override hash
  • Linux
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41142: Complete the toolchain for linux-aarch64
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41266: Build the Tor and Mullvad Browsers for aarch64 Linux
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41282: Add SSL to our custom Python for MozBug 1924022