Release Notes

Thunderbird Desktop

Version 102.1.1 | Released August 8, 2022

Check out the notes below for this version of Thunderbird. As always, you’re encouraged to tell us what you think, ask for help, or file a bug in Bugzilla.

Thunderbird version 102.1.1 is only offered as direct download from thunderbird.net and not as an upgrade from Thunderbird version 91 or earlier. A future release will provide updates from earlier versions.

System Requirements: Details

  • Windows: Windows 7 or later
  • Mac: macOS 10.12 or later
  • Linux: GTK+ 3.14 or higher

What’s Changed

changed

OpenPGP Key Manager will clear selected keys after a deletion is performed

What’s Fixed

fixed

Update notification popups were still displayed after switching to another desktop workspace on Linux

fixed

macOS display issues made Thunderbird unusable

fixed

OpenPGP public key was not automatically attached after enabling encryption from reminder and default setting is "Do not encrypt"

fixed

Importing OpenPGP keys stored in binary format failed

fixed

Exporting an OpenPGP public key from Account Settings failed

fixed

Saving encrypted OpenPGP attachments created corrupt files

fixed

Receiving many OpenPGP keys in a single email caused Thunderbird to hang

fixed

POP3 message download progress bar was not displayed

fixed

OAuth2 authentication was not available when the mail domain did not match the OAuth provider domain

fixed

OAuth did not work with some POP servers

fixed

RSS feed URL links in headers panel could not be activated by keyboard

fixed

Self-signed TLS certificates did not work with POP3 connections

fixed

Non-ascii characters in passwords did not work with POP3 connections

fixed

An error was not displayed when an incorrect password was entered for a POP3 account

fixed

NNTP articles were not displayed in preview pane when a Primary Password was set

fixed

NNTP articles did not download when the hostname of the server was not all in lower-case

fixed

Saving NNTP messages to local disk failed

fixed

Drag and Drop from Address Book into Compose window sometimes added unexpected contacts to the target

fixed

"Default" label not shown for emails when editing a contact

fixed

Contact Title, Role, and Organization fields could be displayed in the wrong order

fixed

Contact birthdays on February 29 were displayed incorrectly in non-leap years

fixed

Detection of photos in vCards improved

fixed

Drag and drop contacts to another address book was not available

fixed

Contacts stored in a Google CardDAV address book contained extra backslashes in text fields

fixed

Contacts without First/Last/Display Names appeared blank in contact list

fixed

Auto-attaching vCard and OpenPGP keys did not always work as expected

fixed

Settings page used caused excessive CPU usage

fixed

Calendar did not respect Date and Time Formatting in Settings

fixed

OpenPGP Key Import wizard did not adapt to dark theme

fixed

Various visual and theme improvements

fixed

Various accessibility improvements

Known Issues

unresolved

"Get Map" feature missing from address book for physical addresses

unresolved

Custom fields missing from address book

unresolved

No dedicated "Department" field in address book

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