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Release build - 1.24b (2026-10-29)

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@mr-cheffy mr-cheffy released this 29 Oct 21:28
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Zen Stable Release

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New Features

  • Updated to Firefox 159.0
  • You can now import Spaces and Profiles from Arc and Dia.
  • Boosts gets a nice upgrade! THey can now be shared with others and they get an overall quality improvement.
  • Holding 'ctrl' (or 'cmd' on macOS) while hovering over the new tab button will now give the option to 'Paste & Search'.
  • You can now remove/add tabs from the library.
  • An indicator will now show when a tab is not visible.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where expanded glance tabs would not appear on the right Space. (#16080)
  • Fixed the file upload dialog opening in the last folder a file was saved to, such as Downloads, instead of the folder last used for uploads.
  • Fixed memory usage growing rapidly when sites such as the Zoom web app were left open in a minimized window.
  • Fixed some videos displaying incorrectly on Windows when NVIDIA RTX Video HDR is enabled.
  • Fixed bookmarks not being imported from Google Chrome profiles that are signed in to a Google account.
  • Fixed the Replace button in Apple Writing Tools on macOS inserting the clipboard contents instead of the rewritten text on some sites.
  • Fixed long drop-down lists on web pages sometimes showing blank space in place of the last options until the list was scrolled.
  • Fixed some sites, such as Slack, failing to load instead of falling back to HTTP/2 when the site rejected an HTTP/3 request.
  • Fixed Zen using excessive memory on Linux with AMD graphics when viewing map or place results on sites such as ChatGPT.
  • Fixed quick gamepad button presses sometimes being missed in web games on macOS.
  • Fixed tabs sometimes detaching into a new window when clicked on Linux with Wayland.
  • Fixed menus and panels fading in on Windows and Linux when animation effects are turned off in the operating system.
  • More bug fixes and improvements.

Changes

  • Zen's keyboard shortcuts have been improved and moved to about:keyboard.
  • Space Routing settings have been moved to the Library
  • On the site center, the reader mode button has been moved next to the 'Secure' button and shown only if available.
  • Web addresses written in the Javanese, Balinese, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, and N'Ko scripts are now displayed in their own script instead of as encoded "xn--" text.