AdBlock for Firefox version history - 25 versions
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Version 6.0.0
Released 23 Apr 2024 - 4.93 MBWorks with firefox 75.0 and later- Fixed an issue in the beta_manifest.base.json file that caused the AdBlock extension to fail to load
- Improved the log message for command version mismatch error
- Initial release of a MV3 version of AdBlockSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
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Version 5.22.0
Released 11 Apr 2024 - 4.93 MBWorks with firefox 75.0 and later- Updated minimum Chrome version to 124 for MV3 extensions
- AdBlock will no longer log an error when the tab ID isn’t found when closing a tab
- Fixed an issue with the YT Allow listing feature on Firefox
- Fixed an issue when saving excluded filters (an advanced user feature)
- Fixed Twitch channel allow listing in MV3 extensions
- Updated MV3 translations
- QA testers can now invoke some utlitilty functions on the background & SW scripts from the AdBlock Options page
- Updated the snippet dependency to 1.2.2Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.21.1
Released 4 Apr 2024 - 4.92 MBWorks with firefox 75.0 and later- Show the /update page to let Firefox users know about AdBlock PremiumSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.21.0
Released 19 Mar 2024 - 4.92 MBWorks with firefox 75.0 and laterVersion: 5.21.0, Date: 2024-03-19
- Open a new tab to inform Firefox users about AdBlock Premium
- Updated the URL opened when the 'create_tab' command is executed. It now includes the block count.
- Updated the domains that the AdBlock information is injected into the DOM.
- Updated the AdBlock information that is injected to now include the:
- block count
- isPremium user indicator
- extension version
- the AdBlock device GUIDSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.20.0
Released 12 Mar 2024 - 4.89 MBWorks with firefox 75.0 and laterVersion: 5.20.0, Date: 2024-03-12
- Disable all telemetry by default for all Firefox users
- Fixed an issue with the editing of custom rules while AdBlock is paused
- For MV3 users with custom subscriptions, we added a message on the Filter Lists tab that they are temporarily unavailable
- Removed duplicated calls to sendResponse
- Added additional subdomain command parameter for the create OPD command
Version: 5.19.3, Date: 2024-03-06
- Updated the rules dependency
Version: 5.19.2, Date: 2024-02-28
- Updated the rules dependency
- Updated the extension engine dependency to 1.2.4
Version: 5.19.1, Date: 2024-02-22
- Created an MV3 build for beta users
- Updated the rules dependency
Version: 5.19.0, Date: 2024-02-20
- Removed a duplicate message in the locale Swedish message file
- Removed unnecessary code that opens the first run page
- In preparation for migrating to manifest version 3, the following changes were made to AdBlock:
- added migration error counts to the telemetry data
- fixed an issue with the "Manage AdBlock settings from YouTube subscriptions page"
- fixed the premium event messages listeners in an MV3 environment
- Updated the @eyeo/snippets dependency to 1.0.0
Version: 5.18.0, Date: 2024-01-31
- Added an option to opt out of the sending of telemetry
- AdBlock's premium filter lists can now use snippets
- Added two new language filter lists (Hungarian, and Global - Greek, Thai, Philippines, Malaysia, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Bosnian)
- Updated EyeO webext-ad-filtering-solution dependency to 1.2.3 This update addresses the following issues:
- Fixed an issue with the $document filters in iFrames
- Added domain wildcard support for element hiding emulation filters.
- Replaced subscriptions.getDownloadable() with subscriptions.getSubscriptions()
- Replaced "Subscription.downloadable" property with "Subscription.updatable".
- Fixed an issue during extension initialization for browser languages without recommended filter lists
- Added logging of extension engine migration errors to the console
- Fixed an issue with the debug data when the Premium sync feature is not enabled
- Improved the YouTube channel allow listing feature; it now works in a MV3 / service worker environment
- Added platform+extension metadata to the query string when showing the `/install` page
- Added a new parameter to control the IPM "create_tab" command
Version: 5.17.2, Date: 2024-01-19
- Updated EyeO webext-ad-filtering-solution to version 1.1.3. This update addresses two issues:
- Removed internal adblockpluscore dependency
- Incorrect handling of first-party requests in third-party frames
- Show the /update page to let users know about AdBlock PremiumSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.4.2
Released 21 Feb 2023 - 5.79 MBWorks with firefox 75.0 and laterVersion: 5.4.2, Date: 2023-02-21
- Added a consent dialog when a user enables the AdBlock Premium Sync feature (only for Firefox users)
Version: 5.4.1, Date: 2023-02-12
- Fixed the on click event handler for the "Upgrade your AdBlock" CTA in the AdBlock popup menu
- Show the /update page to let users know about the AdBlock PremiumSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.3.3
Released 19 Dec 2022 - 5.24 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterDate: 2022-12-19
- Stop opening the /update page to let users know about the AdBlock Premium
- Added the Croatian locale to update an old Chrome web store Croatian listingSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.3.2
Released 28 Nov 2022 - 5.21 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterDate: 2022-11-18
- Show the /update page to let users know about the AdBlock PremiumSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.3.1
Released 16 Nov 2022 - 5.21 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and later5.3.1, Date: 2022-11-16
- Fixed an issue with the sending of telemetry
- Fixed an issue with the format of data being sent to the backup log server
- Stop showing the /update page to let users know about recent changes to AdBlock
- Updated the License information, git configuration, and README filesSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.3.0
Released 21 Oct 2022 - 5.18 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and later- Fixed an issue with the Premium Sync feature
- Added a backup IP address to the telemetry process that will be used in case of a network issue
- Updated the eyeo web ext SDK to version 0.5.0
- In preparation for Manifest V3, the following changes where made:
- converted modules that use the setTimeout & setInterval function to use the Alarm API
- removed references to local storage, and instead use the extension storage API
- removed any reference to jQuery in background scripts
- converted AJAX requests to use the Fetch API
- removed ability to subscribe to custom filter listsSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.2.0
Released 10 Oct 2022 - 5.19 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterShow the /update page to let users know about recent changes to AdBlockSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.1.1
Released 29 Aug 2022 - 5.18 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and later- Replaced the abp-snippets git submodule with the @eyeo/snippets npm package and upgraded it to 0.5.2
- Cleaned up and fixed a couple of issues with the AdBlock package.json fileSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.0.5
Released 16 Aug 2022 - 4.4 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterVersion: 5.0.5, Date: 2022-08-16
- Fixed an issue with telemetry possibly being sent prior to initialization being complete
- Updated the Snippets library to version 0.4.1Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.0.4
Released 15 Jul 2022 - 4.4 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterVersion: 5.0.4, Date: 2022-07-15
- Fixed an issue with a missing entry in the locale messages file
Version: 5.0.3, Date: 2022-07-15
- Fixed a performance issue in the anonymous data collection, and image swap featureSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 5.0.2
Released 28 Jun 2022 - 4.4 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterVersion: 5.0.2, Date: 2022-06-28
- Fixed an issue in the release build script
- Updated to the new eyeo ad blocking SDK.
- Updated translationsSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 4.46.0
Released 19 Apr 2022 - 3.93 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterDate: 2022-04-18
- Added a AdBlock popup menu message about the AdBlock VPN
- Show the /update page to let users know what features have been updated in the last 6 months.
- Added checks to enhance content script messages securitySource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 4.44.0
Released 7 Mar 2022 - 3.93 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterVersion: 4.44.0, Date: 2022-03-07
- Removed the logic to show the "New" badge text on extension update
- In preparation for manifest V3, and to help us better understand how our users use AdBlock, we've added
- AdBlock Options Page Telemetry
- filter list subscription information to the ping dataSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 4.43.0
Released 25 Jan 2022 - 3.86 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterVersion: 4.43.0, Date: 2022-01-25
- Fixed several issues on the AdBlock popup menu
- Removed the CryptoCurrency BitCoin Mining Protection filter list from the list of subscriptions added for new users
- Continue to show the message about Distraction Control on the AdBlock popup menuSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 4.42.0
Released 3 Jan 2022 - 3.86 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterDate: 2022-01-03
- Added a AdBlock popup menu message about Distraction Control
- Improved the Distraction Control help flow
- Made some minor improvements to the Distraction Control tab on the AdBlock options page
- Removed the functionality to open the /update pageSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 4.41.0
Released 10 Dec 2021 - 3.86 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterVersion: 4.41.0, Date: 2021-12-10
- Continue to show /update page for those users that haven't seen the Fall 2021 update
- Added a CTA to notifiy our users about the AdBlock VPN
- Updated the bundled Snippets library to 0.3.2Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 4.40.0
Released 11 Nov 2021 - 3.66 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterVersion: 4.40.0, Date: 2021-11-11
- Continue to show /update page for those users that haven't seen the Fall 2021 update
- For our AdBlock Premium users, the extension will now add an flag to our website to let the website know the visitor is a premium user
- Updated the URL that's opened for the VPN CTA on the AdBlock Options page
- In preparation for manifest V3, and to help us better understand how our users use AdBlock, we've added custom rule counts to the telemetry (ping) data
- Added an Email CTA to the AdBlock Options page
- Added host permissions information to the "debug" data available on the Support tab of the AdBlock Option pageSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 4.39.1
Released 26 Oct 2021 - 3.65 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterVersion: 4.39.1, Date: 2021-10-25
- Show the /update page to let users know what features have been updated in the last 6 months.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 4.37.0
Released 27 Sep 2021 - 3.62 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and later- Fixed an issue when printing in Chrome with AdBlock enabled
- Fixed an issue with the Premium Sync feature
- Fixed an issue with the 'Submit Feedback' button
- Fixed an issue with the 'New' Badge text showing on blank or empty tabs
- Updated the minimum Chrome version to 60
- Fixed an issue with Nordic language filter list incorrectly in the language dropdown on the Filter list tab of the AdBlock Options page
- Fixed an issue with AdBlock double counting some blocked itemsSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 4.36.0
Released 8 Sep 2021 - 3.62 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and later- Updated the bundled Snippets librarySource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 4.35.0
Released 11 Aug 2021 - 3.61 MBWorks with firefox 63.0 and laterVersion: 4.35.0, Date: 2021-08-11
- Fixed an issue with the advanced mode of the hiding wizard
- Updated the bundled Snippets library. This change will make the snippets more resilient against anti-ad blocking attemptsSource code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0