Hi everyone,

Tor Browser 16.0a6 has now been published for all platforms.

For details please see our blog post.

• All Platforms
  • Updated tor to 0.4.9.7
  • Updated NoScript to 13.6.18.90101984
  • Updated OpenSSL to 3.5.6
  • Bug tor-browser#43857: Review in-source TODOs
  • Bug tor-browser#44402: Re-enable ESLint rule mozilla/no-browser-refs-in-toolkit as an error
  • Bug tor-browser#44749: Check search engines parameter replacements
  • Bug tor-browser#44792: Rebase alpha onto 150.0a1
  • Bug tor-browser#44796: Adjust TorProviderBuilder to report the provider state to consumers
  • Bug tor-browser#44828: Remove browser module references from toolkit/modules/ActorManagerParent.sys.mjs
  • Bug tor-browser#44841: TorDomainIsolator proxy filter returns null on exception instead of preserving SOCKS proxy
  • Bug tor-browser#44865: Block chrome:///locale/ to content
  • Bug tor-browser#44868: Backport 138c33ea964b2e0a4875aadc39d8a948e0c2aace to 150 to fix Windows builds
  • Bug tor-browser#44870: Remove legacy branch from gitlab templates
  • Bug tor-browser#44895: Undo the patch for #44772
  • Bug tor-browser-build#41775: Update list of Snowflake STUN servers in default bridge line, 2026 edition
  • Bug tor-browser-build#41778: Remove base-browser from protected-branches.py
  • Bug tor-browser-build#41780: Create sha256sums-unsigned-build.txt in artifacts/$platform directories
• Windows + macOS + Linux
  • Updated Firefox to 150.0a1
  • Bug tor-browser#43824: Switch resource:// modules to use moz-src:
  • Bug tor-browser#44288: New identity fails to block loading a custom home page
  • Bug tor-browser#44458: Fix the "Connect" and ".onion available" button height
  • Bug tor-browser#44560: Customize the flags for alternate 'Application Data' directories
  • Bug tor-browser#44630: Use settings config to hide settings, rather than data-hidden-from-search or commenting out
  • Bug tor-browser#44648: Unexpected changes to SearchService.sys.mjs
  • Bug tor-browser#44685: Use border radius for letterboxing
  • Bug tor-browser#44798: Don't load about:torconnect into iframes
  • Bug tor-browser#44829: Hide the settings privacy card
  • Bug tor-browser#44832: Hide the Firefox mascot in about:neterror
  • Bug tor-browser#44846: about:torconnect redirect doesn't work with the new neterror page
  • Bug tor-browser#44847: Drop letterboxing sidebar rounded corner logic
  • Bug tor-browser#44902: Error in privacy preference initialisation due to missing dataCollectionViewProfilesMultiProfileBackupWarning
  • Bug tor-browser-build#31860: Start using LTO for firefox project
• Windows
  • Bug tor-browser#44862: Fontvis is missing Segoe MDL2 Assets
  • Bug tor-browser#44868: Backport 138c33ea964b2e0a4875aadc39d8a948e0c2aace to 150 to fix Windows builds
• macOS
  • Bug tor-browser#44850: Wrong path for bootstrapped tor daemon on macOS
  • Bug tor-browser-build#41476: Since 13.5-legacy is not longer supported, remove tools/signing/wrappers/sign-rcodesign
• Linux
  • Bug tor-browser#44361: Notify Linux i686 users that they won't receive updates anymore
  • Bug tor-browser#44521: Disable widget.wayland.fractional-scale.enabled
• Android
  • Updated GeckoView to 150.0a1
  • Bug tor-browser#44615: Remove ability to "Rate/Review in Google Play" in app
  • Bug tor-browser#44827: Always enable noscript for android
  • Bug tor-browser#44842: Replace instances of SwitchPreference with SwitchPreferenceCompat
  • Bug tor-browser#44848: Do not overwrite Android toolchains on default mozconfigs
  • Bug tor-browser#44880: Fix edgeToEdge display issue presented in 150 android rebase
  • Bug tor-browser#44925: Fix bootstrap screen color styling for light mode presented in one of the rebases between 140 and 150
  • Bug tor-browser#44935: Remove incorrectly shown "open in app" notification dot on settings button
• Build System
  • All Platforms
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41591: Remove support for old mar filenames when 13.5 legacy branch is EOL
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41764: Update toolchains for Firefox 150
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41767: Add jwilde to allowed signer for browser projects
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41778: Remove base-browser from protected-branches.py
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41780: Create sha256sums-unsigned-build.txt in artifacts/$platform directories
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41786: Add comment to rbm.local.conf.example warning about potential recursive loops in tmp_dir definition
    • Bug rbm#40106: Improve error message in case of recursive definition
  • Windows + macOS + Linux
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41759: Remove references to legacy release in tor-browser-build
  • Windows + Linux + Android
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41770: Update Go to 1.26.x
    • Updated Go to 1.26.2
  • Windows
    • Bug tor-browser#44853: Update target in mozconfig-windows-x86_64 and mozconfig-windows-i686
  • macOS
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41773: Change the position of -mindepth when creating the dmg
  • Linux
    • Bug tor-browser#44555: Remove mozconfig-linux-i686
  • Android
    • Bug tor-browser#44848: Do not overwrite Android toolchains on default mozconfigs

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ma1