by richard | September 29, 2022
Tor Browser 12.0a3 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.
Tor Browser 12.0a3 updates Firefox on Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux to 102.3.0esr.
We use this opportunity to update various other components of Tor Browser as well :
- NoScript 11.4.11
This version includes important security updates to Firefox. We also backport the following Android-specific security updates from Firefox 105:
Additionally, the HTTPS-Everywhere extension has been removed and its functionality replaced with HTTP-Only mode on Android.
The full changelog since Tor Browser 12.0a2 is:
- All Platforms
- Update Firefox to 102.3.0esr
- Update NoScript to 11.4.11
- Update Translations
- Bug tor-browser-build#40624: Change placeholder bridge addresses to make snowflake and meek work with ReachableAddresses/FascistFirewall
- Bug tor-browser#41125: Review Mozilla 1732792: retry polling requests without proxy
- Windows + macOS + Linux
- Bug tor-browser#41116: Review Mozilla 1226042: add support for the new 'system-ui' generic font family
- Bug tor-browesr#41283: Toolbar buttons missing their label attribute
- Bug tor-browser#41284: Stray security-level- fluent ids
- Bug tor-browser#41287: New identity button inactive if added after customization
- Bug tor-browser#41292: moreFromMozilla pane in about:preferences in 12.0a2
- Bug tor-browser#41307: font whitelist typos
- Linux
- Bug tor-browser-build#40626: Define the replacements for generic families on Linux
- Bug tor-browser#41163: Fixing loading of bundled fonts on linux
- Android
- Bug tor-browser#41159: Remove HTTPS-Everywhere extension from esr102-based Tor Browser Android
- Bug tor-browser#41312: Backport Firefox 105 Android security fixes to 102.3-based Tor Browser
- Build System
- All Platforms
- Bug tor-browser-build#40587: Migrate tor-browser-build configs from gitolite to gitlab repos
- Bug tor-browser#41321: Delete various master branches after automated build/testing scripts are updated
- Linux
- Bug tor-browser-build#40621: Update namecoin patches for linted TorButton
- Android
- Bug tor-browser#41304: Add Android-specific targets to makefiles
- All Platforms
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-120a3/