NEW ARTICLE: OAuth2 will popup a web browser tab instead of a Thunderbird tab starting in Thunderbird 150 or 151
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Since Mar 23, 2026.
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Description
Desktop
- Code has landed in Daily at the time this issue was created. LIMITATION: Currently doesn't work if you run more than one Thunderbird Desktop simultaneously (e.g. beta and release). Engineering is looking into fixing this.
- TBD which release it will be in: Perhaps 150 or 151 or later.
Related Articles that may also need to be changed:
- OAuth2 Authentication for Yahoo, AOL and ATT
- Thunderbird and Gmail
- Microsoft OAuth Authentication and Thunderbird in 2024
Related Github issues and bugzilla bugs
- #117
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