# New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 14.5a6 **URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-14-5a6/18294 **Category:** Tor Browser Alpha Feedback **Tags:** tor-browser **Created:** [April 9, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-14-5a6/18294 "2025-04-09T11:52:28Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![system](https://forum.torproject.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d3424bed34f4ec18b2e99178c2801ba6dfb655d6.png) [@system](https://forum.torproject.org/u/system) #### Post date: [April 9, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-14-5a6/18294/1 "2025-04-09T11:52:28Z")
by [ma1](https://blog.torproject.org/author/ma1) | April 9, 2025 ![](https://forum.torproject.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/07b2ad3e4afc2496abfc358679755e11132d63e9.png) Tor Browser 14.5a6 is now available from the [Tor Browser download page](https://www.torproject.org/download/alpha/) and also from our [distribution directory](https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/14.5a6/). This version includes important [security updates](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/) to Firefox. We would like to thank the folowing community members for their contributions this release: - cschutijser for their fixup to [tor-browser#43628](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43628) ## Send us your feedback If you find a bug or have a suggestion for how we could improve this release, [please let us know](https://support.torproject.org/misc/bug-or-feedback/). ## Full changelog The full changelog since [Tor Browser 14.5a5](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/raw/main/projects/browser/Bundle-Data/Docs-TBB/ChangeLog.txt) is: - All Platforms - Updated Tor to 0.4.9.2-alpha - [Bug tor-browser#43322](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43322): Stop blocking all fonts in FontFace - [Bug tor-browser#43443](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43443): Drop effective top level domain for `au.securedrop.tor.onion` - [Bug tor-browser#43585](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43585): Rebase Tor Browser alpha onto 128.9.0esr - [Bug tor-browser#43601](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43601): Backport security fixes from Firefox 137 - [Bug tor-browser#43628](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43628): Handle unavailability of NetworkLinkService API in Tor Connect - [Bug tor-browser-build#41425](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41425): Snowflake needs to be listed separately on torrc-defaults - Windows + macOS + Linux - Updated Firefox to 128.9.0esr - [Bug tor-browser#41919](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/41919): Add temporarily visible web content-size overlay after resizing window when letterboxing is enabled - [Bug tor-browser#43130](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43130): Adjust preferences for contrast theme or forced colors - [Bug tor-browser#43531](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43531): Use "label" attribute rather than textContent for the bridge dialog XUL buttons - [Bug tor-browser#43563](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43563): TorConnect country/region names should change based on the app language - Android - Updated GeckoView to 128.9.0esr - [Bug tor-browser#43464](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43464): TBA Alpha and Nightly cannot be debugged with about:debugging - [Bug tor-browser#43565](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43565): The quit button on Android doesn't actually exit - [Bug tor-browser#43576](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43576): Connection Assist on Android Polish - [Bug tor-browser#43581](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43581): Bookmarks are failing to load on Tor Browser Android Alpha 14.5a5 - [Bug tor-browser#43593](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43593): Use "region" instead of "country" in connect assist - [Bug tor-browser#43604](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43604): TorDomainIsolator routinely clears Android browser circuit data - [Bug tor-browser-build#41422](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41422): Patch viaduct in Application Services to always return a backend error - Build System - All Platforms - Updated Go to 1.23.8 - [Bug tor-browser-build#41365](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41365): Indent download\*.json files - [Bug tor-browser-build#41406](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41406): Restore -desktop and -android Makefile targets. - [Bug tor-browser-build#41407](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41407): Use Lyrebird also for the Snowflake PT - [Bug tor-browser-build#41409](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41409): Create a script for quickly setting up protected branches - [Bug tor-browser-build#41411](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41411): Update licenses for PTs - [Bug tor-browser-build#41417](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41417): Bump the conjure version we ship - [Bug tor-browser-build#41419](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41419): Add comment in downloads.json to mention that the file is deprecated, and that download-$platform.json should be used instead - [Bug tor-browser-build#41420](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41420): Update the changelog script for label updates - [Bug tor-browser-build#41426](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41426): Set the Lyrebird version - [Bug rbm#40083](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/rbm/-/issues/40083): rbm creates out/$project directories with mode 0700 - macOS - [Bug tor-browser-build#41403](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41403): The rcodesign step has a wrong dmg name in alpha - Android - [Bug tor-browser-build#41400](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41400): Add branding localization to GeckoView - [Bug tor-browser-build#41410](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41410): Use the Lyrebird name on Android * * * This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-145a6](https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-145a6)