Redoubt Android 157.0-1 — Beta 5 (superseded by 157.0-2)

Warning

Superseded by Redoubt 157.0-2, the first stable release. Please install it instead. It updates Beta 5 in place and keeps your settings. It also adds an opt-in in-app update check (Settings → Check for updates), so after this one install you can be told about future releases.

Fifth beta of Redoubt for Android, on Firefox 157. It installs over Beta 4 as an update and keeps your settings. Requires Android 8.0 or later. This is a prerelease.

What changed since Beta 4

Cookie-notice lists for everyone. Beta 4 switched on uBlock Origin's "EasyList/uBO – Cookie Notices" lists only for fresh installs that were online on first launch. Beta 5 also switches them on, once, for:

• profiles updated from Beta 3 or earlier;
• installs whose first launch was offline.

After that, your choice is kept. If you switch the lists off in uBO → Filter lists, they stay off across restarts and updates.

One exception: if you already had these lists in Beta 4 and switched both of them off, Beta 5 turns them on one more time. Switch them off again and they stay off. uBO's saved settings can't tell "switched off" apart from "never had them".

Version shown in About. The app still shows 157.0-1, the same as Beta 4. The internal version number is higher, so the update installs normally. The release tag tells the builds apart.

Everything else is unchanged from Beta 4: the Firefox 157 engine, the disabled 157 cloud features (Shake to Summarize, IP Protection, Merino shortcut icons, Google Lens), and the fixes for the default-browser prompt, add-on state and WebGL/canvas permissions.

Verify what you downloaded

sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.signed
apksigner verify --print-certs fenix-<abi>-release.apk | grep -i SHA-256

The certificate digest must be:

64:14:EB:33:46:81:CF:6E:92:90:34:B5:6A:06:2D:2B:8D:A0:90:82:21:72:F7:A3:95:2C:85:FD:D1:28:3B:D0

The APKs are signed with APK signature schemes v2 and v3 (no v1), using the same key as earlier betas.

Which file

• fenix-arm64-v8a-release.apk: almost any phone from the last several years.
• armeabi-v7a: older 32-bit devices.
• x86_64: emulators.
• The universal APK carries all three and is much larger, so prefer a per-ABI build.

Known limitations

• Testing coverage: the automated on-device tests ran on an x86_64 emulator only. The ARM builds were checked but not run on a physical phone. Reports from real devices are welcome.
• Release cadence: Redoubt follows Firefox's regular releases, so expect frequent updates.
• Process sandbox: Android has no content-process sandbox. Redoubt ships the same privacy configuration and Gecko security patches as LibreWolf desktop, on a platform with weaker process containment (see docs/android/PARITY.md).
• DNS over HTTPS: DoH settings from preferences don't apply. Use the DoH screen in Settings.
• First-run network traffic: first run contacts Remote Settings, uBlock Origin's filter-list hosts, and GitHub for Redoubt's pinned uBO list catalog. Nothing telemetry-, ads- or crash-reporting-shaped is contacted.
• Signing key: one person holds the signing key.

Provenance

Built from cdeadd6cebed214a05085899930d7dd269fa5a5a against Firefox 157.0. Three ABIs come from one fat AAR, with R8 on. Signed by the maintainer; CI never sees the key. The evidence is in docs/android/evidence/lw-m7-41/migration/ and docs/android/evidence/lw-m7-01/release-157.0/beta5/.