Mozilla plans to release the first Firefox 127 point update later today. Firefox 127.0.1 will be released for all supported platforms. It is a non-security update that fixes four different issues in the browser.
The release won’t include the fix for YouTube playback issues mentioned earlier this week. It will be in Firefox 127.0.2, so expect this release shortly thereafter.
Concerning Firefox 127.0.1, here is what is fixed in this release:
- Fixed an issue that could cause Firefox users to lose access to sessions of tabs during upgrades. This was caused by a bug that happened only when users would dismiss the primary password prompt.
- Fixed a slow audio speed issue on Linux that started with Firefox 127.0. It only happened if the preference accessibility.monoaudio.enable was set to TRUE.
- The loading of the full Windows installer failed “in some circumstances” when executing the stub installer.
- Firefox has been incorrectly rejecting cookies for “certain websites” since Firefox 127. One affected website is Solarwinds Papertrail.
Mozilla plans to release the new version of Firefox to all supported channels later today.
Firefox 127.0 was released last week to the public. It introduced a number of important changes, including:
- It is now possible to add another layer of protection to the passwords functionality. This is available on Windows and macOS, and adds the operating system’s authentication as the barrier.
- Firefox will upgrade HTTP media on HTTPS pages automatically, or block the media from loading.
- Improved screenshots tool, which now supports taking screenshots from certain file types.
What about you? Have you tried Firefox recently? Did you encounter any of these bugs? Feel free to leave a comment down below.