Firefox 158, released October 13, 2026, brings several user-facing enhancements and bug fixes. Form filling in Smart Window now suggests data from relevant open tabs and saved autofill info (rolled out progressively), saving/printing pages produces more accessible PDFs on Linux and macOS and resolves PDF rendering issues (including missing math symbols), and JPEG XL image support is enabled by default for better compression than WebP, JPEG, PNG, and GIF. New Tab now keeps a library of custom wallpapers under Your images, and translation support was added for Albanian, Belarusian, and Filipino. Notable fixes address favicons blending into highlights on Ubuntu, a crash when loading favicons, underlined letters causing shortcut conflicts in the Unified Search menu, menu color issues with Windows High Contrast themes, and various security fixes. Scrolling precision was improved by removing rounding to whole-screen pixels, benefiting high-resolution and zoomed pages.
Developer and platform updates include a Network Monitor fix for missed WebSocket messages, typed arithmetic support in CSS calc(), a navigate option for Notification constructors and ServiceWorkerRegistration.showNotification(), and broader WebAuthn conditional UI support for autocomplete="webauthn". PerformanceResourceTiming.deliveryType can now report cached resources, and the WebGL EXT_polygon_offset_clamp extension is available on compatible hardware. An unresolved issue affects web apps installed via the third‑party PWAsForFirefox tool - updating to version 2.20.1 or reinstalling the runtime is recommended. Enterprise users should consult the Enterprise Release Notes and admin changelog. The release also recognizes 20 first-time community contributors.
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GNOME Project has released GNOME OS Preview, a more stable version of its nightly build aimed at non-developers. The preview is built from the latest stable GNOME release and is intended for daily use, though it is not yet fully complete or stable for the general public. (lwn.net)
The Eurosky Identity Platform has been verified as a digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance, offering sovereign, EU-hosted identity and data hosting for the AT Protocol. It is fully open source, allowing users to control their identity and data across multiple apps. (eurosky.tech)
GNOME OS has launched a new preview edition built from the latest stable GNOME release, moving beyond its previous nightly testing phase. The update aims to make GNOME OS suitable for general users while continuing development efforts like improved hardware support and enhanced security features. (blogs.gnome.org)
Weatherdeck is a read-only status board that provides an at-a-glance view of work reported from multiple sources. It helps teams monitor project statuses in a centralized, easy-to-read format. (github.com)
Amazon has made shopping more expensive for consumers by locking in a core group of affluent Prime members, reducing competition and increasing costs. Similarly, Expedia has monopolized hotel bookings, driving up prices and squeezing both travelers and independent merchants. (pluralistic.net)
Zero's next-generation IVM engine is implemented in a single Durable Object, capable of querying a 100GiB database stored in R2 while maintaining live queries. This demonstrates a highly efficient and compact runtime for managing large data sets. (twitter.com)
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