[tor-announce] New Release: Tor Browser 14.5a3 (Android, Windows, macOS, Linux)

Hi everyone,

Tor Browser 14.5a3 has now been published for all platforms. For details please see our blog post: - https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-145a3/

Changelog:

Tor Browser 14.5a3 - February 10 2025

• All Platforms
  • Bug 41065: navigator.storage "best effort" + "persistent" leak partitionSize/totalSpace entropy [tor-browser]
  • Bug 41921: Clean up initialisation and bridges conflict between TorSettings and TorConnect [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43308: Only allow "about:" pages to have access to contentaccessible branding assets [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43323: Expose a stable asset from chrome:// to identify Tor, Base, and Mullvad Browser [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43449: Rebase Tor Browser alpha onto 128.7.0esr [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43451: Backport security fixes from Firefox 135 [tor-browser]
  • Bug 41362: Remove meek azure from the builtin bridges [tor-browser-build]
• Windows + macOS + Linux
  • Updated Firefox to 128.7.0esr
  • Bug 41831: Some .tor.onion sites are not displaying the underlying V3 onion address in alpha [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43254: Cancel Moat requests when no longer needed [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43386: Extension requests expose Firefox's minor version and custom app name [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43398: tor-urlbar-button-plain hover styling is overwritten by tor-button rule [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43406: 2 buttons displayed onion-available and connect when Tor daemon killed [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43461: Drop our wordmark padding [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43462: Use NetworkLinkService instead of Moat for the internet test [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43466: Drop unnecessary CSS rules in branding aboutDialog.css [tor-browser]
• Windows
  • Bug 43402: set browser.startup.blankWindow false [tor-browser]
• macOS
  • Bug 43468: ScreenCaptureKit framework should be a weak link [tor-browser]
• Linux
  • Bug 41297: Add video codecs dependencies (recommends) on the Debian package [tor-browser-build]
• Android
  • Updated GeckoView to 128.7.0esr
  • Bug 43198: Remove "Learn more" link from Android's no-internet error [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43199: Bootstrapping bar needs a little TLC on Android (Part 1) [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43222: All tor logs timestamps reset to current time when opening screen [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43351: Don't force ALL CAPS for the fenix snackbar action button text [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43359: [Android] Improper handling of TorBootstrapChangeListener with respect to system onDestroy() calls for HomeActivity [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43360: [Android] Replace custom variable isBeingRecreated with built-in isFinishing function [tor-browser]
  • Bug 43368: Add @Suppress for incorrect linting error "Overriding method should call super. onNewIntent" [tor-browser]
• Build System
  • All Platforms
    • Updated Go to 1.22.12
    • Bug 41281: Better dev defaults for fetch variable [tor-browser-build]
    • Bug 41324: Improve build signing ergonomics [tor-browser-build]
    • Bug 41345: Go autoupdates in 1.23 so add env var to prevent it in any step that has network access [tor-browser-build]
    • Bug 41357: keyring/anti-censorship.gpg is in `GPG keybox database version 1` format [tor-browser-build]
    • Bug 41358: Update sign-tag script to handle rapid-release nightly branches [tor-browser-build]
    • Bug 40079: Make `fetch: if_needed` fetch existing branches [rbm]
  • Windows + macOS + Linux
    • Bug 41356: Add redirects to make 14.0a4 a watershed [tor-browser-build]
  • macOS
    • Bug 41350: Increase timeout in rcodesign-notary-submit [tor-browser-build]

best, -morgan