Hi everyone,

Tor Browser 14.5 has now been published for all platforms. 

For details please see our blog post.

Changelog:

• All Platforms
  • Bug tor-browser#41710: Refactor about:torconnects relation to TorConnectParent
  • Bug tor-browser#41921: Clean up initialisation and bridges conflict between TorSettings and TorConnect
  • Bug tor-browser#42300: Do not store logs inside TorProvider
  • Bug tor-browser#43308: Only allow "about:" pages to have access to contentaccessible branding assets
  • Bug tor-browser#43323: Expose a stable asset from chrome:// to identify Tor, Base, and Mullvad Browser
  • Bug tor-browser#43334: Developer Tools lacks data for Responsive Design Mode and Compatibility
  • Bug tor-browser#43336: Move branding files out of torbutton
  • Bug tor-browser#43337: Add branding files to translation CI
  • Bug tor-browser#43345: Translation CI: Exclude android strings from the legacy branch
  • Bug tor-browser#43446: Change the Tor Browser name between releases
  • Bug tor-browser#43463: Include moat circumvention countries in the build (tor-browser part)
  • Bug tor-browser#43488: Handle Moat connection errors and other non-bootstrapping errors in TorConnect
  • Bug tor-browser#43490: Use lower case "n" for "Tor network" in the UI
  • Bug tor-browser#43524: Enable new locales: be, bg and pt-PT
  • Bug tor-browser#43529: AutoBootstrapAttempt cancel does not await BootstrapAttempt.cancel
  • Bug tor-browser#43551: Backport Mozilla Bug 1924070 - modify H.264 extradata to match sample conversion code.
  • Bug tor-browser#43575: Cleanup channel preferences
  • Bug tor-browser#43628: Handle unavailability of NetworkLinkService API in Tor Connect
• Windows + macOS + Linux
  • Bug tor-browser#40473: Tor logs UI not updated as new logs come in
  • Bug tor-browser#41051: Replace Noto Sans Myanmar with Pyidaungsu
  • Bug tor-browser#41755: Show the link to about:support in the help menu
  • Bug tor-browser#41831: Some .tor.onion sites are not displaying the underlying V3 onion address
  • Bug tor-browser#41919: Add temporarily visible web content-size overlay after resizing window when letterboxing is enabled
  • Bug tor-browser#42186: Drop about:tbupdate
  • Bug tor-browser#42550: Do not re-try auto-bootstrapping after the user selects a specific region in about:torconnect
  • Bug tor-browser#42597: Lox.generateInvite does not convert JSON object to string
  • Bug tor-browser#42656: about:torconnect new url location override (maybeUpdateOpenLocationForTorConnect) mostly does nothing
  • Bug tor-browser#42670: Letterboxing sometimes visible even if disabled
  • Bug tor-browser#42720: Link to release notes missing from "About Tor Browser" window
  • Bug tor-browser#42739: Fix localization in the profile error dialog
  • Bug tor-browser#42802: Make use of :has CSS selector
  • Bug tor-browser#43130: Adjust preferences for contrast theme or forced colors
  • Bug tor-browser#43189: Remove privacy.resistFingerprinting.spoofOsInUserAgentHeader machinery entirely
  • Bug tor-browser#43205: newwin / letterboxing rounding with subpixels is off
  • Bug tor-browser#43237: Tweak Tor circuit display panel for screen readers
  • Bug tor-browser#43254: Cancel Moat requests when no longer needed
  • 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
  • Bug tor-browser#43320: Improve how bridge settings appear in search results
  • Bug tor-browser#43321: Do not focus the connect button if the user has never connected before
  • Bug tor-browser#43328: Improve tor log dialog
  • Bug tor-browser#43398: tor-urlbar-button-plain hover styling is overwritten by tor-button rule
  • Bug tor-browser#43405: Handle failing to apply tor settings
  • Bug tor-browser#43406: Hide the "Onion Available" button whilst the "Connect" button is shown
  • Bug tor-browser#43461: Drop our wordmark padding
  • Bug tor-browser#43462: Use NetworkLinkService instead of Moat for the internet test
  • Bug tor-browser#43465: Show the urlbar Connect button during a bootstrap or final error
  • Bug tor-browser#43466: Drop unnecessary CSS rules in branding aboutDialog.css
  • Bug tor-browser#43647: Race condition in about:tor prevents displaying localised survey banner
  • Bug tor-browser#43469: Rename "Quickstart" toggle as "Connect automatically" (Desktop)
  • Bug tor-browser#43502: Move openTorConnect and getRedirectUrl to TorConnectParent
  • Bug tor-browser#43531: Use "label" attribute rather than textContent for the bridge dialog XUL buttons
  • Bug tor-browser#43547: Cannot remove the final bridge
  • Bug tor-browser#43563: TorConnect country/region names should change based on the app language
  • Bug tor-browser#43632: Letterboxing size indicator may display data from a background tab
  • Bug tor-browser#43642: New tab shows letterboxing size indicator
  • Bug tor-browser#43653: privacy.resistFingerprinting.spoofOsInUserAgentHeader is still in our pref file even though we ripped out the code
• Windows
  • Bug tor-browser#43402: set browser.startup.blankWindow false
• Linux
  • Bug tor-browser#30970: Different window borders in XFCE can lead to different, not rounded window sizes
  • 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#43330: System fonts leak when emptying the allow list on Linux
  • Bug tor-browser-build#41297: Add video codecs dependencies (recommends) on the Debian package
  • 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
• Android
  • Bug tor-browser#41188: Implement Android-native Connection Assist UI
  • Bug tor-browser#42251: Expose TorConnect lifecycle events to fenix
  • Bug tor-browser#42651: Finishing bootstrapping kicks the user out of settings, interupting whatever they were doing
  • Bug tor-browser#43091: Delete unused android strings
  • Bug tor-browser#43198: Remove "Learn more" link from Android's no-internet error
  • Bug tor-browser#43199: Bootstrapping bar needs a little TLC on Android (Part 1)
  • Bug tor-browser#43222: All tor logs timestamps reset to current time when opening screen
  • Bug tor-browser#43229: Buttons that open links can be accessed before torbrowser is bootstrapped, leaving the app in a bad state
  • 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
  • Bug tor-browser#43329: Remove remaining traces of the old Bootstrap on Android
  • Bug tor-browser#43350: Remove all caps comment from android string
  • Bug tor-browser#43351: Don't force ALL CAPS for the fenix snackbar action button text
  • Bug tor-browser#43359: Improper handling of TorBootstrapChangeListener with respect to system onDestroy() calls for HomeActivity
  • Bug tor-browser#43360: Replace custom variable isBeingRecreated with built-in isFinishing function
  • Bug tor-browser#43361: Move code relating to onTerminate() in FenixApplication.kt
  • Bug tor-browser#43368: Add @Suppress for incorrect linting error "Overriding method should call super. onNewIntent"
  • Bug tor-browser#43408: Access TorConnect.quickstart separately from TorSettings.getSettings on Android
  • Bug tor-browser#43464: TBA Alpha and Nightly cannot be debugged with about:debugging
  • Bug tor-browser#43473: Rename "Quickstart" toggle as "Connect automatically" (Android)
  • Bug tor-browser#43480: Split up TorConnectionAssistViewModel for better readibility and performance.
  • Bug tor-browser#43498: Uplift tor-browser#43129: about:neterror cannot display SVG on Android with Security Level Safest
  • Bug tor-browser#43528: Improper handling of TorBootstrapChangeListener in HomeActivity
  • Bug tor-browser#43565: The quit button on Android doesn't actually exit
  • Bug tor-browser#43576: Connection Assist on Android Polish
  • Bug tor-browser#43581: Bookmarks are failing to load on Tor Browser Android Alpha 14.5a5
  • Bug tor-browser#43593: Use "region" instead of "country" in connect assist
  • Bug tor-browser#43604: TorDomainIsolator routinely clears Android browser circuit data
  • Bug tor-browser#43648: Survey banner isn't displaying for other locales on Android
  • Bug tor-browser#43633: TorAndroidIntegration.regionNamesGet() always returns region names in english
  • Bug tor-browser-build#41422: Patch viaduct in Application Services to always return a backend error
• Build System
  • All Platforms
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41040: Add configuration to rbm.conf to select channel and platforms
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41121: Use the official Go binaries for bootstrapping
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41281: Better dev defaults for fetch variable
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41288: Avoid unneeded git checkouts when possible
    • 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#41326: Remove var/torbrowser_legacy_version from rbm.conf in alpha/nightly
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41358: Update sign-tag script to handle rapid-release nightly branches
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41365: Indent download*.json files
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41372: Handle branding names in tor-browser-build
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41379: Include moat circumvention countries in the build (tor-browser-build part)
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41381: Usability improvements for the browser commit tagging script
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41389: Remove need to update set-config.tbb-version
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41394: Fix upload-update_responses-to-staticiforme for mullvadbrowser
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41398: Build snowflake from main on nightlies
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41406: Restore -desktop and -android Makefile targets.
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41409: Create a script for quickly setting up protected branches
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41411: Update licenses for PTs
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41417: Bump the conjure version we ship
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41419: Add comment in downloads.json to mention that the file is deprecated, and that download-$platform.json should be used instead
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41426: Set the Lyrebird version
    • Bug rbm#40006: Add option to avoid doing a git checkout when using the exec template function
    • Bug rbm#40079: Make fetch: if_needed fetch existing branches
    • Bug rbm#40081: Support apt option for not installing recommended dependencies
    • Bug rbm#40082: With fetch: if_needed, rbm is doing a git fetch when it shouldn't, when using a fixed commit
    • Bug rbm#40083: rbm creates out/$project directories with mode 0700
  • Windows + Linux + Android
    • Updated Go to 1.23.8
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41386: Upgrade Go to 1.23 for Windows, Linux, and Android
  • Windows + macOS + Linux
    • Bug tor-browser-build#40799: Remove legacy locale iteration in build and signing scripts
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41356: Add redirects to make 14.0a4 a watershed
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41363: Change update-response generation script to create one commit per OS+arch tuple
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41374: Remove support for migrate_archs and migrate_langs in update_responses
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41401: Replace Noto Sans Myanmar with Pyidaungsu
  • Windows + macOS
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41349: Wrong copyright year makes build non-reproducible
  • macOS
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41403: The rcodesign step has a wrong dmg name in alpha
  • 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#41329: Do not install python2.7-minimal in the linux-aarch64 firefox container
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41331: Make update_responses find linux-aarch64 mar files
  • Android
    • Bug tor-browser#42669: Convert majority of application-services functionality to no-op
    • Bug tor-browser#43518: Verify existence of localProperties.dependencySubstitutions.geckoviewTopsrcdir before substituting
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41387: Fix Golang toolchain breakage for lyrebird: linkname
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41400: Add branding localization to GeckoView

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