Changelog for 131

May 6th, 2026

131.0.5877.55 – 2026-05-14 blog post

DNA-124923 Crash at opera::ToolbarView::ToolbarView
DNA-124936 Crash at BookmarkContextMenuController::GetLabelForCommandId
DNA-124952 Crash at subtle::PrefMemberBase::VerifyPref
RNA-2579 [Windows] Offline installer icon missing
RNA-2884 Reset gain on reload
RNA-2948 Vertical tabs: resize handle for the panel
RNA-2952 Vertical tabs: right-click context menu on tab items
RNA-2954 Vertical tabs: tab islands rendering
RNA-2958 Vertical tabs: Drag and drop tabs outside the strip
RNA-2960 Vertical tabs: New tab button in the strip header
RNA-3006 Closing multiple tabs one by one in vertical is not as smooth as in horizontal
RNA-3047 Enable #volume-booster-in-sidebar on developer stream
RNA-3056 [Mac] Switching browsers light to dark mode causes issues to the tab strip
RNA-3060 [Volume booster in sidebar] Additional icon appears in toolbar
RNA-3061 Active tabs and hovered tabs don’t highlight in light mode
RNA-3095 Minimum and maximum width doesn’t match the figma design
RNA-3097 1. API for oMH – spotify banner in the sidebar (home page of sidebar player)
RNA-3098 2. API for oMH – free vpn
RNA-3100 4. API for oMH – Opera AI
RNA-3101 5. API for oMH – gServices
RNA-3102 6. API for oMH – Messengers
RNA-3117 Add “Clear data on exit” access point row to Delete Browsing Data dialog
RNA-3134 Crash at TabStripModel::ExecuteContextMenuCommand
RNA-3141 Tab island handle is too long in collapsed version
RNA-3149 Vertical tab panel gets created on startup even when using horizontal tab strip
RNA-3161 Scroll position not updated when new tab opened
RNA-3164 adress bar is set to the right when sidebar is hidden
RNA-3166 Vertical tabs: indicator for the tab island with an active tab
RNA-3180 CHECK failed when dropping vertical tab to bookmark bar
RNA-3189 Prepare vertical tab strip for other browser products
RNA-3190 Tab hover area should not have rounded corners and extend to both sides
RNA-3207 Add Search in Tabs button to vertical tab strip header
RNA-3209 [WinLin] Keep window controls accessible on Windows when horizontal strip is hidden
RNA-3210 [Mac] Keep macOS traffic light buttons accessible when horizontal strip is hidden
RNA-3216 [Volume booster on tab] Change range of red indicator icon
RNA-3222 [Win/Lin] Put Opera Menu button in toolbar when sidebar is disabled
RNA-3223 Tooltip highlighter covers claude.ai reply function
RNA-3232 [Volume booster] Sound icon on a tab doesn’t disappear after going to a different page
RNA-3240 [Clear data on exit] Button color is different from design
RNA-3241 [Clear data on exit] Background color is different than design in dark mode
RNA-3242 [Clear data on exit] First text font size should be larger
RNA-3249 Dragging the last tabs down makes it disappear
RNA-3254 [Volume booster in sidebar] Fix mute state handling and UI
RNA-3275 Enable #volume-booster-in-sidebar in Early Bird
RNA-3296 Enable #volume-booster-in-sidebar on all streams
RNA-3306 Enable #vertical-tabs on early bird
RNA-3308 [Mac] No vertical nor horizontal tab strip when opening opera

131.0.5877.24 – 2026-05-06 blog post

CHR-10317 Update Chromium on desktop-stable-147-5877 to 147.0.7727.138
DNA-124882 Deluge of WebCodecs H.264 encoder errors on web.whatsapp.com
DNA-124889 Crash at bookmarks::ManagedBookmarkService::CanBePastedTo
DNA-124898 Crash at PictureInPictureWindowManager::UpdateCachedBounds
RNA-2922 [Volume booster] Unmuting tab via tab button does not restore audio after tooltip mute
RNA-2971 Tab names in split screen are greyed out
RNA-3066 Line on the bottom of every SD tile
RNA-3067 [Midsommar] Shader is using wrong color variable
RNA-3068 Translations for 131
RNA-3096 Dangling ptr when closing opera with sidebar player
RNA-3150 Wrong French translation of AI usage warning
RNA-3171 “Sound” toggle in sidebar site settings has no effect

131.0.5877.5 – 2026-04-29 blog post

DNA-124879 Promote 131 to stable

131.0.5877.0 – 2026-04-23 blog post

CHR-10278 Update Chromium on master to 147.0.7727.56
DNA-123479 Enable #new-auto-pip-for-(video|documents) in Early Bird
DNA-123547 Crash at BrowserProcessImpl::Unpin
DNA-124382 Crash at extensions::PermissionSet::HasAPIPermission
DNA-124630 Auto-PiP not easily available after enabling from PiP window
DNA-124773 Crash at chrome::ShowPasswordManager
DNA-124821 [Linux][PiP] Meeting popout frame looks wrong on Linux
DNA-124823 [Linux] Document/Video pop-out is not initially transparent
DNA-124826 Dcheck at opera::SitePatcher::UpdateInstall
DNA-124831 Opera account opauto tests fail
DNA-124836 Dcheck at cc::UIResourceLayerImpl::PushPropertiesTo
DNA-124839 Enable #new-auto-pip-for-(video|documents) on all streams
DNA-124840 DCHECK at EasyFilesBrowserTest.TestPopupClosedOnTabChangeWithFeedbackOpen
DNA-124850 Crash when Casting with detached GMeet tab – absl::functional_internal::InvokeObject
DNA-124863 DCHECK in NativeHostExecutablesLaunchDirectlyPolicyTestP/NativeHostExecutablesLaunchDirectlyPolicyTest.Policy* tests
DNA-124867 [Mac] Crash at BrowserProcessImpl::Unpin
RNA-806 [Google Meet] Favicon replaced by deafult one after detaching
RNA-1089 [Private Window] Free VPN toggle is not visible when switched on with light theme
RNA-2431 Implement settings designs improvements
RNA-2809 [Sidebar Autohide] Sidebar extends outside the Opera window and grows longer on repeated hovers
RNA-2865 Extension popup is cut when AI feature is disabled
RNA-2910 Invisible extension icon on the toolbar
RNA-2912 No shadow for auto-hiding sidebar
RNA-2927 Opera fails to start after disabling the flag #split-screen
RNA-2941 [Win10] Detached video doesn’t work in Windows10
RNA-2969 [Frontend] Fix Early Bird section in Easy Setup
RNA-2974 Enable feature flag #youtube-in-sidebar on all streams
RNA-2975 Enable #twitch-in-sidebar and #threads-in-sidebar on all streams
RNA-2976 Enable #volume-booster on all streams
RNA-2999 Mark extensions installed by installer as installed by default
RNA-3029 [Mac] Crash on closing browser window
RNA-3050 [Mac] [Netinstaller] Opera fails to start after installation with netinstaller
RNA-3053 Move Twitch and Threads to “Social Media” category instead of “Messengers”
RNA-3062 Opera fails to reopen after closing with docked sidepanel

131.0.5868.0 – 2026-04-14 blog post

DNA-124808 Crash at VideoOverlayWindowViews::OnKeyEvent
DNA-124814 Crash at content::FileChooserImpl::FileSelectionCanceled
RNA-1900 [History] ‘Remove selected’ doesn’t remove all selected records
RNA-2184 Activate badge buttons on mousedown
RNA-2236 [Settings] Missing menu button on password manager page in smaller window
RNA-2285 Improvement for the text box and button of Sharing Point
RNA-2431 Implement settings designs improvements
RNA-2724 Unable to restore closed tab island after browser restart
RNA-2826 Refresh extension popup dialog appearance
RNA-2925 AI button in search tooltip is still visible when OperaAI is turned off in Settings
RNA-2928 The hover color is broken in extensions popup
RNA-2934 Increase the Volume Booster max limit to 500%

131.0.5863.0 – 2026-04-09 blog post

RNA-2243 Activate address bar buttons on mousedown
RNA-2675 Miniplayer song title and artist text are vertically cut off
RNA-2893 Adding custom list for adblock does not update status correctly
DNA-123547 Crash at BrowserProcessImpl::Unpin
DNA-124667 Meet rendered incorrectly in PiP window
DNA-124785 Opera processes still running after closing only existing private windows
DNA-124796 Not possible to inspect native UI
RNA-2593 [History] No page for ‘How does it work?’ link for History
RNA-2793 Investigate the YT in sidebar memory usage
RNA-2906 [Installer] Opera fails to start after installation with net installer

131.0.5856.0 – 2026-04-02 blog post

CHR-10241 Update Chromium on master to 147.0.7703.0
DNA-118706 Dump Without Crashing at opera::RichHintWidgetImpl::ShowHint
DNA-124652 DumpWithoutCrashing at TabHoverCardController::RecordNullTargetTabUsage
DNA-124718 Video pop-out is not initially transparent
DNA-124750 Document PiP window blending with background
RNA-2167 [126-only] Icon displayed for Google Shopping instead of Search
RNA-2503 Download popup appears in incorrect position in Split Screen
RNA-2513 [Win] Freeze after downloading extension and opening new tab
RNA-2599 Tab name is obscured by TI handle in ‘move to’ section
RNA-2674 Browser icon is for Chromium on browser task manager
RNA-2821 Sort MV2 extensions to the top of the Toolbar extensions popup
RNA-2825 AI Chat panel state not remembered across restarts (separator position, chat contents)
RNA-2827 TrafficLights are not clickable with touchpad using tap to click
RNA-2828 Enable #volume-booster on developer
RNA-2846 Back/Forward navigation buttons and some right-side toolbar buttons are not visible
RNA-2851 [Mac] NSWindow warning when launching Opera from cmdline

131.0.5853.0 – 2026-03-30 blog post

DNA-124588 Add tests from picture_in_picture_browser_frame_view_interactive_uitest.cc to automated test suite
DNA-124618 Crash at webrtc::webrtc_checks_impl::WriteFatalLog
DNA-124702 Crash at views::View::ConvertPointToScreen
DNA-124703 Dcheck at cc::NinePatchGenerator::CheckGeometryLimitations
DNA-124704 Dcheck at views::MenuItemView::OnPaintImpl
DNA-124707 TestResetDataRecovery.testHistory fails after prefs::kProfilesDeleted change in Chromium 146
DNA-124710 Crash at extensions::TabsEventRouter::UnregisterForTabNotifications
DNA-124712 Crash at opera::continue_on::shopping::ContinueShoppingBrowserTestBase::WaitUntilOffersAvailable
DNA-124719 Bump major version to 131
DNA-124731 Crash at base::(anonymous namespace)::EarlyFeatureAccessTracker::Fail
DNA-124743 Crash at opera::TabPeekView::Show
RNA-905 [History redesign] Coursor in the History Search field is barely visible in Classic dark mode
RNA-1653 Desktop push notifications don’t work for Youtube
RNA-2320 Missing sites icons for cookie settings
RNA-2431 Implement settings designs improvements
RNA-2725 Easy setup UI fixes
RNA-2733 During onboarding, import open tabs opens new window immediately
RNA-2758 [Win] Omenu is too wide
RNA-2759 [Win] “Set Opera developer as default browser” option visible in USB installation
RNA-2766 Tab island ‘+’ icon does not disappear after closing the last tab in TI
RNA-2775 Enable PiP on YouTube in sidebar
RNA-2796 [Context Menu] Fix separator appearing as last item