github zen-browser/desktop 1.17b
Release build - 1.17b (2025-10-21)

latest release: 1.17.1b
one day ago

Zen Stable Release

Security

Various security fixes

New Features

  • Updated to Firefox 144.0
  • New unified panel to show site permissions, security, add-ons, quick actions and more to de-clutter the address bar.
  • Added toolbar button to quickly toggle compact mode
  • Improved glance animations to make it feel like the element is being lifted off the page
  • Added an urlbar button to quickly copy the current page url
  • Zen will now start using the new MacOS Tahoe look and feel
  • The operating system accent color will now be used instead of the default orange color when there's no browser theme applied

Fixes

  • Fixed the urlbar not opening in fullscreen mode
  • Fixed performance for macos users when using transparency on the window
  • Other fixes with compact mode on double toolbar mode
  • Fixed issues with 'Firefox Multiaccount Containers' extension freezing Zen (#10666)
  • Fixed slow split view switching and scroll positions not being remembered
  • Various stability and performance fixes for glance

Changes

  • On double toolbar mode, compact mode will have a new UI, where it overlays the web view instead of sliding like the sidebar
  • Hovering over the window captions on windows/linux or double toolbar in compact mode will stop pushing the web view down, instead it will overlay it
  • For enhanced privacy, 'Copy current page url' button will not copy tracking parameters by default

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