Releases: zen-browser/desktop
Releases · zen-browser/desktop
Release build - 1.17.15b (2025-12-20)
Zen Stable Release
Security
New Features
- Updated to Firefox 146.0.1
- Added support for Norwegian Bokmål (nb-NO), Slovak (sk), Romanian (ro) and more languages.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where fingerprinting protection caused incorrect font rendering on popular websites.
- Improved overall stability by fixing crashes related to browsing, graphics, and accessibility features.
- Fixed opening a link from an external application not creating a new tab in some cases.
- Fixed 'Create new split' not working from the command bar.
Release build - 1.17.14b (2025-12-14)
Zen Stable Release
New Features
- Added a preference (
zen.downloads.icon-popup-position) to control the position of the download icon popup in compact mode.
Fixes
- Fixed startup hangs on macos systems having webrenderer disabled.
- Fixed an issue when setting certain sites as default search engines being overwritten on restart.
- Fixed minor issues with the update notification being used alongside the media player and improved overflowing space icons feel when hovering.
Release build - 1.17.13b (2025-12-11)
Zen Stable Release
Security
New Features
- Updated to Firefox 146.0
- You can now choose monochrome themes and customize the color algorithm on the theme picker
- Zen now natively supports fractional scaled displays on Linux (Wayland), making rendering more effective.
- MacOS users now have a dedicated GPU process by default. This includes WebGPU, WebGL, and Zen's own WebRender. With this feature enabled, fatal errors in graphics code will no longer crash the browser, and will instead transparently restart the GPU process.
Fixes
- Small performance improvements and bug fixes.
Release build - 1.17.12b (2025-11-30)
Zen Stable Release
Fixes
- Fixed titlebars not displaying correctly on WIndows
- Fixed compact mode not initializing correctly on new windows or private windows
Release build - 1.17.11b (2025-11-28)
Zen Stable Release
New Features
- Enabled the new styled status panel by default just for macOS users for now.
Fixes
- Fixed double clicking on the sidebar not opening a new tab on Windows.
- Fixed fullscreen having a border at the top on windows on secondary monitors.
- Fixed very slow page loading in cases where http/3 connections failed but did not properly fall back to http/2.
- Fixed pinned tabs restoring incorrectly and crashing when quitting on macOS.
Release build - 1.17.10b (2025-11-25)
Zen Stable Release
New Features
- Updated to Firefox 145.0.2
Fixes
- Fixed download animation not showing
- Fixed ctrl/shift+click on a link not activating glance properly
Release build - 1.17.9b (2025-11-24)
Zen Stable Release
New Features
- Added an update success notification after updating to a new version. (zen.updates.show-update-notification in about:config)
Fixes
- Fixed folders not remembering their name and icon changes after app restart.
- Fixed glance being activated when alt+selecting a link
Release build - 1.17.8b (2025-11-19)
Zen Stable Release
New Features
- Updated to Firefox 145.0.1
- Improved the feel for drag-and-dropping tabs inside folders
- Close buttons now only show when hovering over tabs
- Tabs separator will always show if an unpinned tab is present
Fixes
- Fixed an issue with glance opening from the wrong location
- Fixed various issues with the URL bar and its commands
- Fixed memory leaks with split view and glance
Known Issues
- Double-click to open a new tab is currently broken on windows, as a workaround the preference 'zen.view.draggable-sidebar' has been added to disable the sidebar dragging feature and make double-click work again
Release build - 1.17.7b (2025-11-16)
Zen Stable Release
Security
New Features
- Updated to Firefox 145.0
- Swiping back or going back in history now closes the tab if it has been opened from another tab
- Control center will now show on new tab pages
- Added theme commands for the urlbar commands
- Added 'Open Link in Glance' option to link context menu
- Added the options to make Ctrl+Tab cycling to keep within essentials/regular tabs only, and another option with the same behavior but for pending tabs
- With the new Open links from apps next to your active tab setting, you can have links from other applications open next to your active tab instead of at the end of the tab strip.
- Enhanced Bounce Tracking Protection's stateless mode is now enabled by default in ETP Strict, blocking more advanced tracking techniques based on redirection
- For most Windows users, the existing desktop shortcut for launching Zen has been replaced with the desktop launcher, a small program that will launch Zen if it is installed
Fixes
Release build - 1.17.6b (2025-11-09)
Zen Stable Release
Fixes
- Fixed an issue with popups appearing off-screen, e.g., when trying to install a new add-on.
- Fixed flashing issues with glance