News New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 14.0a7

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Tor Browser 14.0a7 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

Tor Browser 14.0a7 is our first release-candidate build for Tor Browser 14.0. Tor Browser 14.0a7 should have full feature-parity with the Tor Browser 13.5 series. After this point, we should primarily be focused on QA and bug-fixes. The current plan is to have another release-candidate build next week followed by the Tor Browser 14.0 release on October 14.

Volunteer as an alpha tester​

Now would be an excellent time to become a tester and ensure that the newest Tor Browser works for you. To learn more, please see our previous blog-post on the subject:

• https://blog.torproject.org/vounteer-as-an-alpha-tester/

Bugzilla triage and review​

We have 6 remaining upstream Bugzilla issues to review and potentially develop patches for.

This work can be tracked in this Gitlab query.

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 14.0a6 is:

• All Platforms
  • Updated NoScript to 11.4.40
  • Bug tor-browser#42832: Download spam prevention should not affect browser extensions
  • Bug tor-browser#43163: Disable offscreen canvas until verified it is not fingerprintable
  • Bug tor-browser#43166: Rebase Tor Browser alpha onto Firefox 128.3.0esr
• Windows + macOS + Linux
  • Updated Firefox to 128.3.0esr
  • Bug tor-browser#42070: Backport Bugzilla 1834307 and hide smooth-scroll UX
  • Bug tor-browser#42362: "New window" missing from File menu
  • Bug tor-browser#42742: Inconsistent use of "New private window" vs "New window"
  • Bug tor-browser-build#41248: Check and update bundled font versions
• Android
  • Updated GeckoView to 128.3.0esr
  • Bug tor-browser#43172: remove remote settings and SERPTelemetry
• Build System
  • All Platforms
    • Updated Go to 1.23.1
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41236: Remove binutils when not needed
  • Windows + macOS + Linux
    • Bug tor-browser-build#41246: Add updater rewriterules to make 13.5a10 a watershed

• applications
• releases

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