# Firefox 155.0b2

- Product: Firefox (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/firefox)
- Vendor: Mozilla
- Date: 2026-08-19
- Version: 155.0b2
- Original notes: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/155.0beta/releasenotes/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/firefox/releases/155.0b2
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Nintendo Switch Pro and compatible aftermarket controllers now work fully in web games on Windows, with the directional pad and analog sticks correctly mapped
- **added** — Containers can now be reordered in Settings, and the new order is used wherever containers are listed
- **added** — Pages load faster with Happy Eyeballs v3 trying several ways of connecting to a website at once and using whichever succeeds first
- **added** — Firefox now shows how many trackers it has blocked in the address bar
- **fixed** — Fixed Firefox preventing Linux systems from going to sleep after a long browsing session
- **fixed** — Fixed arrow-key and Page Up/Down scrolling not working on some pages with embedded content from other sites
- **fixed** — Fixed characters from some less common scripts appearing as empty boxes on Windows
- **fixed** — Fixed text disappearing in Microsoft 365 Word Online and other web apps on Linux when typing with certain keyboard layouts
- **fixed** — Fixed an unnecessary paste confirmation appearing when using the keyboard shortcut to paste without formatting in Google Docs
- **fixed** — Fixed text inside buttons not being selectable or copyable, which prevented copying direct messages on X and comments on YouTube
- **fixed** — Fixed live audio streams such as internet radio stopping when playing in the background
- **fixed** — Firefox now recovers from the toolbar and tab strip being left unresponsive when the platform fails to end a tab drag session
- **fixed** — Fixed full screen content being letterboxed on MacBooks with a camera notch
- **fixed** — On Firefox for Android, autofill prompts now dismiss when focus moves away instead of remaining open until back navigation
- **fixed** — On Firefox for Android, tabs opened by extensions during private browsing now load in private browsing
- **changed** — Firefox now opens mailto: links only in response to an explicit user action
- **changed** — PDFs smaller than the paper size can now be enlarged to fill the sheet when printing, by setting the scale above 100%
- **changed** — Firefox now uses firefox-portal-detection.com instead of detectportal.firefox.com to detect captive portals and check network connectivity
- **changed** — Firefox now limits CSS to 75 levels of nested blocks and functions, preventing crashes from extremely deep nesting
- **added** — Firefox now supports the progress() CSS function for use in calculations to compute the position of a value relative to a start and an end
- **added** — Firefox now supports the alpha() CSS function as a relative color function to modify the alpha component of a given color

###### New
- Nintendo Switch Pro and compatible aftermarket controllers now work fully in web games on Windows, with the directional pad and analog sticks correctly mapped.
- Containers can now be reordered in Settings, and the new order is used wherever containers are listed.
- Pages can load faster, with Happy Eyeballs v3 trying several ways of connecting to a website at once and using whichever succeeds first.
- Firefox now shows how many trackers it has blocked in the address bar, making built-in privacy protections easier to see as you browse. You can hide the count in settings without turning off tracker blocking.
###### Fixed
- Fixed Firefox preventing Linux systems from going to sleep after a long browsing session.
- Fixed arrow-key and Page Up/Down scrolling not working on some pages with embedded content from other sites.
- Fixed characters from some less common scripts appearing as empty boxes on Windows.
- Fixed text disappearing in Microsoft 365 Word Online and other web apps on Linux when typing with certain keyboard layouts.
- Fixed an unnecessary paste confirmation appearing when using the keyboard shortcut to paste without formatting in Google Docs.
- Fixed text inside buttons not being selectable or copyable, which prevented copying direct messages on X and comments on YouTube.
- Fixed live audio streams such as internet radio stopping when playing in the background.
- Firefox now recovers from the toolbar and tab strip being left unresponsive when the platform fails to end a tab drag session.
- Fixed full screen content being letterboxed on MacBooks with a camera notch, most visibly when watching video.
- On Firefox for Android, autofill prompts now dismiss when focus moves away instead of remaining open until back navigation.
- On Firefox for Android, tabs opened by extensions during private browsing now load in private browsing. Previously they appeared private while their content loaded in regular browsing, which could leave site data behind.
###### Changed
- Firefox now opens mailto: links only in response to an explicit user action, so pages can no longer launch the default mail client unprompted.
- PDFs smaller than the paper size can now be enlarged to fill the sheet when printing, by setting the scale above 100%.
- Firefox now uses firefox-portal-detection.com instead of detectportal.firefox.com to detect captive portals and check network connectivity, so network allowlists referencing the old domain need updating.
- Firefox now limits CSS to 75 levels of nested blocks and functions, preventing crashes that extremely deep nesting can cause under some circumstances. More deeply nested rules and values no longer parse.
- On Firefox for Android, long-pressing a toolbar shortcut now offers an Edit shortcut option that goes straight to its setting.
###### Enterprise
- Added the DisableLaunchOnLogin policy to control whether Firefox launches automatically when users log in to Windows. This policy does not apply to Firefox ESR.
- Fixed an issue where locking certain legacy preferences no longer disabled the corresponding controls in Firefox Settings.
###### Developer
- Developer Information
- The Rules View now offers toggles to emulate the prefers-reduced-motion media feature. Emulation options have also moved into a new panel behind the @ button.
- The JSON Viewer now displays JSON Lines (JSONL/NDJSON) documents, including inline errors for invalid lines.
- Fixed the Storage panel showing cookies from private windows, containers, and other partitions alongside the inspected page's own cookies.
- Uncaught non-Error exceptions now list their property names in the Console instead of showing only Object.
- The Debugger in Developer Tools now has a keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+Alt+B (Cmd+Alt+B on macOS), to enable or disable all breakpoints at once.
###### Web Platform
- Firefox now supports the progress() CSS function. This is a math function that can be used in calculations to compute the position of a value rela

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