Phoenix 2026.08.17.1

Changes

• Enabled CNSA 2.0 post-quantum key agreement by default.
• Enabled disk cache encryption by default.
  • We still disable disk cache by default, but this improves privacy and security for users who decide to re-enable it.
• Updated the add-on blocklist.
• Re-organized preferences related to data collection/telemetry.
• Cleaned up and re-organized the add-on blocklist.
• Minor tweaks and adjustments.

Android-only

• Removed various GMP-related preferences that are now unused, as GeckoView no longer includes the relevant components.
• Removed unused update-related preferences.
• Explicitly set app.update.log to its default value so that it can be found/set from about:config.

Desktop-only

• Disabled Mozilla's newly added clock, crossword, "picture of the day", sports, and stocks widgets by default, but exposed the UI so that users can re-enable them if desired.
• Disabled display of web notifications on about:home by default, but exposed the UI so that users can re-enable it if desired.
• Disabled tab group promotions.
• WINDOWS: Disabled Firefox Kit branding for the default browser button in Windows settings by default.

Specialized configs

• Re-enabled tooltips for YouTube and YouTube Music by default.

Codeberg: See here for more details.

GitLab: See here for more details.

GitHub: See here for more details.

Downloads

Downloads for this release of Phoenix can be found below:

• Android: https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.08.17.1/android/phoenix-2026.08.17.1-android.tar.xz

  • phoenix.js: https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.08.17.1/android/phoenix-2026.08.17.1-android.js
  • phoenix-extended.js: https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.08.17.1/android/phoenix-extended-2026.08.17.1-android.js

• Linux: https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.08.17.1/linux/phoenix-2026.08.17.1-linux.tar.xz

• Linux (Flatpak): https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.08.17.1/linux-flatpak/phoenix-2026.08.17.1-linux-flatpak.tar.xz

• macOS: https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.08.17.1/osx/phoenix-2026.08.17.1-osx.tar.xz

• macOS (Intel): https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.08.17.1/osx-intel/phoenix-2026.08.17.1-osx-intel.tar.xz

• Windows: https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.08.17.1/windows/phoenix-2026.08.17.1-windows.zip

• Standalone Universal Config: https://releases.celenity.dev/phoenix/releases/2026.08.17.1/universal/phoenix-2026.08.17.1-universal.cfg

  • This should NOT be used unless you know what you're doing - it's primarily meant for ex. external projects that would like to integrate Phoenix, without needing to run the build scripts directly.

SHA512sums

phoenix-2026.08.17.1-android.tar.xz:

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phoenix-extended-2026.08.17.1-android.js:

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phoenix-2026.08.17.1-linux.tar.xz:

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phoenix-2026.08.17.1-linux-flatpak.tar.xz:

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phoenix-2026.08.17.1-osx.tar.xz:

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phoenix-2026.08.17.1-osx-intel.tar.xz:

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phoenix-2026.08.17.1-windows.zip:

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phoenix-2026.08.17.1-universal.cfg:

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