Changelog for 137

October 7th, 2026

137.0.6036.63 – 2026-10-14 blog post

DNA-125842 Crash when closing tab with search infobar open
DNA-125863 [Crash] [Windows] translate::TranslateUILanguagesManager::TranslateUILanguagesManager
DNA-125892 WebCodecs H.264 encoder errors on web.whatsapp.com (again)
DNA-125959 [Crash] [Windows] autofill::PopupBaseView::RemoveWidgetObservers
RNA-4919 Paramount+ Video Playback Failure (Error 100) on all Opera browsers
RNA-4998 Cannot synchronize Opera account – missing options in Settings
RNA-5009 Crash at extensions::side_panel_util::CloseGlobalExtensionSidePanel
RNA-5033 Enable #emergency-session-restore on all streams

137.0.6036.39 – 2026-10-07 blog post

CHR-7403 Implement Widget::InitParams::accept_events on Mac
CHR-8088 [Mac] Use native menu when triggered as a combobox
CHR-10478 Update Chromium on desktop-stable-153-6036 to 153.0.8010.55
DNA-125047 [Linux] Crash at ui::Layer::StackRelativeTo (startpage crash)
DNA-125257 Software H.264 encoder reconfiguration errors
DNA-125722 [Crash] [Windows] gcm::GCMClientImpl::Register
DNA-125725 Crash at signin::IdentityManager::GetPrimaryAccountInfo
DNA-125748 Enable vpn-pro-v4-support on all channels in flags.json
DNA-125749 Gate SI support on frame resource generation prerequisites
DNA-125752 Crash at ui::WaylandWindowDragController::Drag
DNA-125767 VP9, AV1 decoding not working in Snap build
DNA-125772 Crash at opera::BeSTCredentialsSerializer::NotifyWhenReady
DNA-125795 Promote 137 to stable
DNA-125812 [Installer] Crash when pasting text into installation configuration
DNA-125878 Crash at settings::ImportDataHandler::HandleImportData
RNA-1933 Crash at views::BubbleDialogDelegate::SetAnchorView
RNA-3008 Early Bird in settings shows incorrect state after refreshing
RNA-4390 Make Opera Yours widget appears again after browser’s restart
RNA-4520 Extend pop-up protection mechanism to all pop-ups
RNA-4553 [React settings] Deep links to several settings sub-pages redirect to Appearance instead of the target page
RNA-4564 After browser restart split-screen from TI is gone
RNA-4631 [Win] Switching a workspace leaves an unreachable empty page DevTools target, which hangs any WebDriver client
RNA-4648 Implement collapsed state of vertical tabs panel in window
RNA-4649 Save Vertical Tabs state per-window in session
RNA-4659 [React settings] “Rate me” is missing from Early Bird page
RNA-4660 Some elements of the extension’s frame in the dark mode are white
RNA-4671 [Vertical tabs] [Win] Tabs context menu is missing when clicking below the tabs
RNA-4687 Sync pinboards doesn’t work
RNA-4690 [React settings] opera://settings/syncSetup does not sync data
RNA-4692 [React settings] Sync settings: “Encrypt with your own sync passphrase” radio is unclickable
RNA-4711 [React settings] Missing information about open tabs in “Sync data” section
RNA-4712 [React settings] Link to Opera Help missing from “Encryption options”
RNA-4721 Browser do not load new paste protect rules
RNA-4726 Move the Browser Connector button to be in the address bar
RNA-4729 Add popup warning about sound use to Easy Setup
RNA-4730 Add popup warning about sound use to Settings
RNA-4731 [React settings] Unable to edit existing ad|tracker blocker exceptions
RNA-4732 [React settings] Lack of warning about invalid site address when adding/editing ad|tracker blocker exception
RNA-4737 [React settings] Ctrl+F / Cmd+F shortcut opens native “Find in page” instead of focusing the search box on opera://settings
RNA-4738 [React settings] Settings search no longer updates the URL
RNA-4743 [React settings] “Autofill and passwords” and “On startup” settings pages show no section title
RNA-4752 Enable #side-panel-full-api on all streams
RNA-4762 [Vertical tabs] Tab island tooltip handle should be 6px as in horizontal tabs, not 4px
RNA-4764 [Vertical tabs] Tab title is visible under close button after tab activation
RNA-4766 [Mac] “Capture selected area” in snapshot captures grey screen on macOS 27
RNA-4767 Early bird is not visible
RNA-4770 Extension name is not visible on site settings page
RNA-4771 [Vertical tabs] Search in tabs button does not work when sidebar is hidden or in auto-hide mode
RNA-4775 [Mac] Onboarding is slow and doesn’t respond for some time after the intro
RNA-4779 Enable #vertical-tabs-drag-to-pin on Early Bird
RNA-4785 Add new tab button in wrong position after creating and closing 4-pane split screen
RNA-4808 [Mac] Opera is brought to front when VPN is auto-connected after changing wi-fi to public
RNA-4815 Enable #emergency-session-restore on Early Bird
RNA-4836 [React Settings] Features in Early Bird are not visible
RNA-4839 [Vertical tabs] Tab favicon displays both red dot and sound/mute indicator in collapsed state during meeting
RNA-4841 [React settings] Search phrases are splitted
RNA-4868 Create feature flag #vertical-tabs-autohide
RNA-4885 Cannot click on tabs after changing layout from vertical tabs to horizontal
RNA-4886 [React settings] Preview line is visible when selecting a non-classic wallpaper or adding a custom wallpaper in Classic theme
RNA-4887 [React settings] Items in “Customize the elements in the sidebar” are aligned in the same line
RNA-4888 [React settings] Additional “Show enhanced tab tooltips” setting is visible
RNA-4890 [React settings] Missing icons in “Privacy & security”
RNA-4908 [React settings] Missing icons in “Site settings”
RNA-4909 [React settings] Additional options are bolded in opera://settings/content
RNA-4910 Translations for O137
RNA-4918 Cannot click on the left side of the web page next to the blank area of the tabs panel
RNA-4930 Enable #opera-one-react-settings on Early Bird
RNA-4931 Favicon is missing for settings pages
RNA-4945 [React settings] No search results for “Browser Connector”
RNA-4950 Enable #vertical-tabs-collapse-per-window on Early Bird
RNA-4953 Enable #vertical-tabs-drag-to-pin on all streams
RNA-4958 Websites in Opera don’t react on touching [touch screens]
RNA-5008 Enable opera-one-react-settings on all streams

137.0.6029.0 – 2026-09-22 blog post

RNA-1933 Crash at views::BubbleDialogDelegate::SetAnchorView
RNA-3008 Early Bird in settings shows incorrect state after refreshing
RNA-4520 Extend pop-up protection mechanism to all pop-ups
RNA-4564 After browser restart split-screen from TI is gone
RNA-4568 Events are not recorded in the new Easy Setup
RNA-4648 Implement collapsed state of vertical tabs panel in window
RNA-4659 [React settings] “Rate me” is missing from Early Bird page
RNA-4660 Some elements of the extension’s frame in the dark mode are white
RNA-4671 [Vertical tabs] [Win] Tabs context menu is missing when clicking below the tabs
RNA-4687 Sync pinboards doesn’t work
RNA-4692 [React settings] Sync settings: “Encrypt with your own sync passphrase” radio is unclickable
RNA-4711 [React settings] Missing information about open tabs in “Sync data” section
RNA-4712 [React settings] Link to Opera Help missing from “Encryption options”
RNA-4716 Enable #emergency-session-restore on developer
RNA-4721 Browser do not load new paste protect rules
RNA-4724 Unify build flags and feature flags around browser connector
RNA-4725 Send tracking event upon successful autoconnect
RNA-4726 Move the Browser Connector button to be in the address bar
RNA-4727 Rich Hint compatibility for the Browser Connector button
RNA-4728 Add a preference for saving whether user has selected a theme with sounds
RNA-4729 Add popup warning about sound use to Easy Setup
RNA-4733 Decouple VerticalTabsPanel from horizontal TabStripController
RNA-4737 [React settings] Ctrl+F / Cmd+F shortcut opens native “Find in page” instead of focusing the search box on opera://settings
RNA-4744 Histograms incorrectly displayed after backup session emergency restore and after skipped restoring
RNA-4752 Enable #side-panel-full-api on all streams
RNA-4757 Enable #vertical-tabs-drag-to-pin on developer
RNA-4762 [Vertical tabs] Tab island tooltip handle should be 6px as in horizontal tabs, not 4px
RNA-4764 [Vertical tabs] Tab title is visible under close button after tab activation
RNA-4765 Browser Connector installs itself by default
RNA-4766 [Mac] “Capture selected area” in snapshot captures grey screen on macOS 27
RNA-4767 Early bird is not visible
RNA-4768 Remove duplicated tab dead code from Vertical Tabs
RNA-4779 Enable #vertical-tabs-drag-to-pin on Early Bird
RNA-4783 Share tab audio mute handling
RNA-4789 Revert font changes in onboarding

137.0.6022.0 – 2026-09-15 blog post

DNA-123835 Crash at TabHoverCardController::UpdateOrShowCard
DNA-125631 Camera button overlaps Transparency button on hover
RNA-4410 Use full tab island tooltip when hovering tab island handle
RNA-4518 Change drag pointer preview when dragging over different sections
RNA-4545 Add option to switch position of New Tab button from context menu
RNA-4567 [History] Distance between timestamp and checkbox in history sidepanel is too large
RNA-4622 ‘Save as PDF’ doesn’t work properly – the page is not captured correctly
RNA-4628 Empty space is visible, when user closed Opera with AI chat opened
RNA-4644 VPN Autoconnect popup appears topmost without over other applications
RNA-4650 Increase drag-to-move space
RNA-4652 Manage Lists: License information is not displayed for any list
RNA-4653 [Privacy & Security] Acceptable Ads (AA) turned ON despite Ad Blocker being disabled
RNA-4658 [React settings] Relaunch button on Early Bird page disappears after navigating away and returning to the page
RNA-4659 [React settings] “Rate me” is missing from Early Bird page
RNA-4668 Cut “new tab” button label the same way as regular tab label
RNA-4670 Crash after permission approval for ChatGPT extension
RNA-4672 [Vertical tabs] Tab island drag placeholder turns greyscale instead of colored with lower opacity
RNA-4674 [React settings] Acceptable Ads list visible under Recommended lists
RNA-4675 [React settings] “Sort by” label wraps to two lines on opera://settings/content/all
RNA-4678 [React settings] opera://settings/syncSetup is empty
RNA-4679 Dragged view is covered by following views in panel
RNA-4683 [Crash] [Mac OS X] opera::SplitScreenMultiDropTargetPopup::OnLayerAnimationEnded
RNA-4684 Dragging the pinned tab into the regular tabs section with a tab island on the stip only allows user to drop tab into the island
RNA-4686 Last session file is not locked after restore crash
RNA-4687 Sync pinboards doesn’t work
RNA-4688 Searching breaks possibility to go to sections by link
RNA-4691 Crash when dragging an unpinned tab from pin section back to the unpinned part
RNA-4714 Crash while switching workspace when active tab is split screen

137.0.6015.0 – 2026-09-08 blog post

DNA-125610 Enable #browser-initiated-auto-pip in Developer by default
DNA-125620 GCMSelfRepairTest: fix DCHECK and timeout problems in tests
RNA-4340 The ‘x’ button and its hover effect are not centred when collapsed
RNA-4435 [Color Themes] Slider in Theme editor doesn’t work properly
RNA-4442 Session is removed instead of not loading pages after crash loop
RNA-4492 Single tab island created from a split screen link clicking
RNA-4511 [React settings] Icons are missing on opera://settings/content/javascript
RNA-4529 Whatsapp panel doesn’t open with a shortcut
RNA-4535 Feedback emoji and Settings icon are aligned to the left instead of the right
RNA-4540 Translations for 136
RNA-4544 Crash at TabDesktopMediaList::Refresh
RNA-4551 Add translations for strings in Easy Setup and Settings
RNA-4553 [React settings] Deep links to several settings sub-pages redirect to Appearance instead of the target page
RNA-4562 Can not drag split-screen tab inside tab island
RNA-4566 Crash at tabs::TabCollection::FindMovePositionRecursive
RNA-4569 Enable #vertical-tabs-new-tab-on-top on all stream
RNA-4626 Enable #side-panel-full-api on developer
RNA-4630 Wrong dragged pinned tab preview layout
RNA-4641 [React Settings] Adjust sidebar menu width
RNA-4642 [Crash] [Mac OS X] libobjc.A.dylib | opera::BrowserWindowCocoa::GetWidget

137.0.6010.1 – 2026-09-03 blog post

CHR-10434 Update Chromium on master to 152.0.7977.42
DNA-124763 Crash at opera::TabArtControllerImpl::GetTabArt
DNA-125463 Crash at opera::BrowserWindowOverlayManager::RemoveOverlayWidget
DNA-125528 Playback not working on pluto.tv
DNA-125531 [Crash] Clicking mic icon in AI chat
DNA-125551 Crash at base::ObserverList::Iter::Iter
DNA-125557 VpnPro shows previous location when connecting to a new location
DNA-125581 Crash at gcm::GCMClientImpl::AddInstanceIDData in browsertests
DNA-125583 Bump major version to 137
DNA-125603 Traffic lights don’t react on hover on macOS 26
RNA-1096 “Search Tabs” popup has unnecessary white and black lines
RNA-3397 Workspaces icons in tab context menu – missing left margin
RNA-3796 changing copy on theme gallery button easy setup
RNA-4094 default browser banner showed too soon
RNA-4116 Synchronization page implementation
RNA-4420 [React settings]”Display Opera in this language” option is missing its checkbox in the Preferred language menu
RNA-4421 [React settings] No restart button appears after changing the display language
RNA-4428 Update Images for Windows Installer
RNA-4429 Update image on Mac Installer
RNA-4430 Update images and copy on Windows Installer loading stage
RNA-4434 URL or query from the address bar dissappear after changing a tab or window
RNA-4447 Change settings url to the React implementation when the flag is on
RNA-4458 Middle-click on vertical tab close button does not close the tab
RNA-4463 [React settings] Sections that navigate into a deeper subpage use a heavier font weight than other sections
RNA-4464 [React settings] AI Services (Opera AI) section is too dense: needs more spacing between elements
RNA-4465 [React settings] VPN info should be visually separated from the rest of the section
RNA-4466 [React settings] Buttons on the Languages page have inconsistent styling
RNA-4467 [React settings] Trash icon has a round hover effect while other icons use a square hover effect
RNA-4468 [React settings] Change button in Downloads section still uses the old button style
RNA-4469 [React settings] Link icons are too small and do not match the design
RNA-4470 [React settings] Search input has no visible active state
RNA-4471 [React settings] Navigation icons have inconsistent sizes
RNA-4472 [React settings] Slider component looks too dense
RNA-4473 [React settings] Settings page is displayed inside a frame
RNA-4477 [MacOS] ‘Control Your Browsing Experience’ has dark font instead white
RNA-4481 Re-enable wallpapers, when switching to theme with built in wallpaper
RNA-4483 Hide wallpapers section in Easy-Setup while the wallpapers are disabled in settings
RNA-4496 [Mac] Crashloop on startup
RNA-4498 [React settings] VPN info text color does not match design
RNA-4499 [React Settings] Sidebar items do not come up in search results
RNA-4501 [React settings] “Clear browsing data” menu option opens the main settings page
RNA-4510 [React settings] Settings search term is copied into the search input of the destination page
RNA-4515 [React settings] Clicking an option in Easy Setup opens the main Settings page instead of the corresponding subpage
RNA-4521 Enable #opera-one-react-settings on developer stream for desktop
RNA-4527 Close button not visible in collapsed tabs after you click on it
RNA-4530 Add top bar to extension side panel
RNA-4531 Add preference for changing new tab order
RNA-4532 Add option to change preference to settings (without React)
RNA-4533 Add option to change preference to settings (with React)
RNA-4534 Add option to change preference to Easy Setup
RNA-4543 [React Settings] Unable to add a custom search engine
RNA-4549 Bookmarks bar disappears after exiting full screen
RNA-4552 Label should read “Open new tabs”
RNA-4554 [Settings One] Implement Early Bird page
RNA-4557 The VPN badge is not displayed in the address bar
RNA-4558 enable #vpn-free-autoconnect flag on developer