Mozilla will release another point update for Firefox 124 later today. Firefox 124.0.2 is a bug fix update that addresses four non-security issues in the browser. Apart from a crash on Linux AArch64, it is fixing a video playback issue that is causing video playback on sites such as Netflix to go blank or crash the browser.
The update is not available yet, but it will be released shortly to the public. You may check Menu > Help > About Firefox to display the current version. Firefox runs a check for updates. Once released, it will download and install the update automatically.
Firefox 124.0.2: the fixes
The main fix of the point update addresses a playback issue on video sites such as Netflix. The bug report offers a very specific example, and it is unclear how narrow the issue is based on it.
According to the report on Bugzilla, the issue was caused on Netflix when users activated the “Inuyasha” icon to play it. Firefox’s window would then flash and go blank. Mozilla reproduced the issue and found out that the issue was caused by a crash of the GPU process.
The new Firefox release fixes several other issues:
- Users with large amounts of bookmarks could not restore backups of bookmarks. This has been addressed in this release. The bug report suggests that this was caused if the bookmarks were crossing the 32766 mark.
- Fixed a crash that affected Linux AArch64 builds. Details about the patch can be found here.
- Fixed the loading of some webpages on Ubuntu 24.04 systems caused by the “changes made to the default AppArmor configuration”.
Closing words
There is no need to rush the update if you have not experienced any of the issues in Firefox. Firefox 125, expected on April 16, 2024, will include these fixes.
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