AdguardTeam/AdguardBrowserExtension

Among important changes is a fix to the Assistant "block" button issue and a new "Save filtering log" feature that will come handy for filter developers and in some cases of troubleshooting via support.

[Added] An option to save Filtering Log when reloading the page #1074
[Fixed] AdGuard 2.10.8 extension for Edge blocks Spotify web player playback #1090
[Fixed] Assistant preview doesn't close #1083
[Fixed] The Norwegian translation implementation is broken #1085
[Fixed] When using Edge dev console, JS error occurs in extended-css.js #1086
[Fixed] Сosmetic filters stop working after refresh of a page cached by a ServiceWorker #1087
[Fixed] AdGuard "send statistics" crashes google sheets when option turned on #1096

This update adds several minor-ish (although filter enthusiasts will argue) features to the Filtering Log and improves ad blocking quality. You'll find an array of bug fixes, as usual.

[Added] Element hiding rules highlighting #1053

Applied element hiding rules are now highlighted with yellow color in the Filtering Log. This will greatly help parse log entries. We don't need to prove it to you if you are actively using it :)

[Added] Wildcard character support in rules with domain modifier #571

Again, another treat for filtering rules creators. Previously you had to list domains old-fashioned way: example.com,example.eu etc, and now you can simply use example.* syntax.

[Improved] Scripts are injected faster #1029

To efficiently block ads on the page we need a way to reliably inject our scripts before the in-page scripts are executed. A set of measures has been taken to ensure this. While there is still no 100% guarantee, the success chance has increased considerably — along with ad blocking quality.

Common

[Added] "Public suffix list" automatic update #1010
[Added] Display applied element hiding and CSS rules in Filtering log #830
[Added] "Filter" column to the Filtering log #863
[Added] Pre-processor directives for filters #917
[Fixed] Error in event handler for webRequest.onBeforeRequest #1015
[Fixed] Unnecessary "Cannot create rule from filter" error entries in the browser console while in integration mode #1016
[Fixed] Whitelist is not applied for requests sent from within a service worker #1032
[Fixed] Wrong filters sort order #1028
[Fixed] Text box is not editable in the "Block element" window #331
[Fixed] Incorrect layout for filter name #1050
[Fixed] High CPU usage because of searching hidden elements #1067
[Fixed] Underscore character is not displayed on Linux #393
[Fixed] Some Extended CSS rules are not working because of regex issues in content attribute #1079
[Fixed] Rules containing 'content' substring are not working correctly while Filtering log window is open #1080
[Improved] Browser extension build process has been optimized #991
[Improved] Filters-downloader module has been upgraded to v1.0.5 #1051

Chrome

[Fixed] ext-CSS does not always get applied #1009
Firefox
[Fixed] Some sites are broken by $$ rules in Firefox Quantum #1001
[Fixed] Element hiding rules don't work in frames by playbuzz #1046
[Fixed] JS rules don't work on xda-developers.com #1004
[Fixed] Ineffective browser.storage issue #1006
[Fixed] $replace rule does not get applied #1038
[Fixed] FF for Android: If you click on "AdGuard settings" nothing happens #1034

Edge

[Fixed] WebSocket requests are not visible #1014

Opera

[Fixed] "Activate the most appropriate filters automatically" doesn't work #997

Ho Ho Ho! Just kidding, it is not Christmas, but it might have very well been — isn’t every AdGuard Browser Extension release a special day for you? For us, it certainly is 🙂 This time we prepared a couple or two of quite important changes and improvements, to come along with a long list of more routine-ish fixes. Read on to find out the details.

[Added] Integration with the new Assistant #956

For a while now we develop AdGuard Assistant more or less independently, to later use it wherever we need — Windows and Mac apps use regular Assistant, Android and iOS apps use mobile version. Browser extension users encounter Assistant when they click "Block ads on this website" button. We will not go into the details here, those who interested can find the exhaustive changelog inside the Assistant repo.

[Improved] InsertCSS to use instead of the content scripts #847

There was a certain change in Chrome browser recently, that prompted us to respond by reconsidering the way we inject scripts and styles. The good thing is, thanks to this change we now have less bugs, more possibilities and were even able to make the extension more lightweight by reducing the amount of code.

[Improved] ExtendedCss has been updated to v1.10 #980

This change is on the technical side, but from the end user perspective it converts into better performance and better quality ad blocking, thanks to more tools being available to the extension now.

Firefox

[Fixed] HTML filtering rule does not work on example.org #948
[Fixed] The issues with content filtering rules in Firefox #959

Safari

[Fixed] Assistant crashes in Safari #974
[Fixed] Wrong URL blocking rule behavior on iOS #957
[Fixed] Styles are applied twice in the Safari extension #979
[Fixed] Safari content blocker converter fails if we pass it an invalid rule #945
[Improved] SafariContentBlockerConverter memory usage #955

Edge

[Fixed] Wrong filter names language #889

Common

[Fixed] Some regex rules don't work #978
[Fixed] Can't build the extension with Maven 3.5.2 #946
[Fixed] Assistant menu doesn't save its position on pages #973
[Fixed] Assistant does't block in 'Preview' mode #975
[Fixed] Element hiding exclusion can't be applied to iframe #934
[Fixed] Filters are not getting updated after the clean install #981
[Fixed] Assistant dialog default position is different from where it should be #976
[Fixed] AdGuard extension for Yandex Browser prevents downloading of .pdf files on vk.com #897
[Fixed] Rules proposed by AdGuard for "content-security-policy-check" are incorrect #941
[Fixed] Warning Page Appears Twice #995
[Fixed] Extension can't detect it when you disable filtering in Adguard for Win via Assistant #989
[Improved] Old links have been replaced with new ones #952