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@gz83 gz83 released this 09 Jul 08:10
M150.0.7871.101
91b29e1

Hello everyone, I am gz83, a collaborator on the Thorium browser project. Since Alex is currently unavailable to update Thorium, I have temporarily taken over the task, and this release is a minor update to the stable version of M150. The code is available here:

https://github.com/gz83/thorium/tree/M150-LTS

Welcome to use Thorium. Please submit any issues you encounter in the main Thorium repository using the issue template:

https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/issues

Here are the release notes for this release:

(Due to space limitations, not all changes are fully summarized.)

Thorium 150.0.7871.101 Update

This is a minor update on top of the existing M150 LTS release, focused on stability fixes, extension-management improvements, new runtime configuration support, and platform-specific polish.

Highlights

  • Updated Thorium to 150.0.7871.101.
  • Added Quick Extension Toggles to the extensions menu.
    • Quickly enable or disable extensions from the toolbar menu.
    • Added a bulk enable/disable control.
    • Controlled by a Thorium flag and disabled by default.
  • Added support for thorium-flags.conf runtime flags configuration.
    • Added Windows support.
    • Uses Roaming AppData on Windows.
  • Enabled Ctrl+Tab MRU tab switching by default.
  • Added a Thorium flag for Encrypted ClientHello control.
  • Added flags to hide the extensions toolbar button and tab close buttons.
  • Hid AI Mode and Glic entry points by default.
  • Added FFmpeg AC3/EAC3 decoder configuration updates.

Fixes

  • Fixed a crash when pressing Ctrl+W on the last tab while close-window-with-last-tab is set to never close the window.
  • Fixed Linux middle-click paste being triggered while the Middle Click Autoscroll experiment is enabled.
  • Fixed Windows Explorer not refreshing correctly after completed downloads.
  • Fixed Linux desktop icon matching for Thorium packages.
  • Fixed Linux portable launcher entries for i386 builds.
  • Fixed macOS, Android, Raspberry Pi, Windows ARM64, and AVX2 Windows build issues.
  • Fixed an Abseil BMI2 include issue.

Extensions

  • Improved the extensions menu with quick per-extension toggles and bulk control.
  • Kept Manifest V2 extension support.
  • Continued experimental Android extension support work.
  • Added related flags for controlling extension UI behavior.

Media

  • Added FFmpeg AC3/EAC3 decoder configs.
  • Refreshed media-related patches for the M150 point update.

Platform And Packaging

  • Added Windows support for thorium-flags.conf.
  • Fixed Linux AppImage output naming.
  • Fixed Linux portable launcher integration for i386 builds.
  • Updated Linux installer placeholder handling.
  • Fixed Linux desktop icon matching for Thorium packages.
  • Updated default Google API key configuration.
  • Refreshed GRD rebase configuration for the M150 point update.

Notes

This release does not represent another large M150 migration. It is a follow-up point update with targeted fixes, new optional controls, and platform maintenance.

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