Changelog for 79

79.0.4143.72 – 2021-09-28 blog post

  • DNA-94933 Add emoji panel to address bar
  • DNA-95210 Add emoji YAT address bar suggestions
  • DNA-95221 Emoji button stuck in address bar
  • DNA-95325 Make y.at navigations to be reported with page_views events
  • DNA-95327 Add “Emojis” context menu option in address bar field
  • DNA-95339 Add YAT emoji url suggestion to search© dialog
  • DNA-95364 Add browser feature flag
  • DNA-95416 Remove emoji button from address bar
  • DNA-95439 Enable #yat-emoji-addresses on developer stream
  • DNA-95441 [Mac big sur] Emoji are not shown in address bar url
  • DNA-95445 Crash when removing unsynced pinboard bookmark with sync enabled
  • DNA-95512 Allow to show title and timer for simple banners
  • DNA-95516 Wrong label in settings for themes
  • DNA-95679 Temporarily disable AB test for a new autoupdater logic

79.0.4143.50 – 2021-09-21 blog post

  • CHR-8571 Update chromium on desktop-stable-93-4143 to 93.0.4577.82
  • DNA-94104 ContinueShoppingOnEbayBrowserTest.ShouldDisplayOffersTilesStartingWithMostActiveOnes fails
  • DNA-94894 [Rich Hint] Agent API permissions
  • DNA-94989 Wrong color and appearance of subpages in the settings
  • DNA-95241 “Switch to tab” button is visible only on hover
  • DNA-95286 Add unit tests to pinboard sync related logic in browser
  • DNA-95372 [Mac retina screen] Snapshot doesnt capture cropped area
  • DNA-95526 Some webstore extensions are not verified properly

79.0.4143.22 – 2021-09-14 blog post

  • CHR-8550 Update chromium on desktop-stable-93-4143 to 93.0.4577.58
  • CHR-8557 Update chromium on desktop-stable-93-4143 to 93.0.4577.63
  • DNA-94641 [Linux] Proprietary media codecs not working in snap builds
  • DNA-95076 [Linux] Page crash with media content
  • DNA-95084 [Mac] Cannot quit through menu with snapshot editor open
  • DNA-95138 Add setting to synchronize Pinboards
  • DNA-95157 Crash at -[OperaCrApplication sendEvent:]
  • DNA-95204 Opera 79 translations
  • DNA-95240 The pinboard thumbnail cannot be generated anymore
  • DNA-95278 Existing Pinboards might be missing
  • DNA-95292 Enable #bookmarks-trash-cleaner on all streams
  • DNA-95293 Enable #easy-files-downloads-folder on all streams
  • DNA-95383 Promote O79 to stable

79.0.4143.15 – 2021-09-02 blog post

  • CHR-8540 Update chromium on desktop-stable-93-4143 to 93.0.4577.51
  • DNA-91337 [Mac] Cannot quit Opera via menu when sidebar panel is open
  • DNA-94053 The system theme circle doesn’t fit in Easy setup section line
  • DNA-94230 Improve text contrast for Speed Dials
  • DNA-94284 Add the addonsPrivate permission for rich hints
  • DNA-94673 Display warning to the user if we have no privileges to Downloads directory
  • DNA-94677 Unify URL scheme validation for pinboard items between desktop, frontend and backend
  • DNA-94786 Crash at base::SupportsUserData::SetUserData(void const*, std::__1::unique_ptr)
  • DNA-94818 Tab title overlaps workspace name while sharing a tab on Google Meet
  • DNA-94862 Continue on shopping Amazon doesn’t work correct
  • DNA-94870 Add an addonsPrivate function to install with permissions dialog first
  • DNA-94879 Conference popup steals focus after opening a new tab
  • DNA-94915 Allow access to contextMenusPrivate in RH
  • DNA-94959 [Mac] Popout tooltips not appearing
  • DNA-94990 Enable kInstallerFeatureOperaExeInRootDir for all channels
  • DNA-94991 Add possibility of specifying the rich hints portal as an extension id in externally_connectable
  • DNA-95006 [VideoConf] Can’t manually pop out when automatic pop out is on
  • DNA-95007 Closing video conferencing popout should not switch back to video tab
  • DNA-95018 Sidebar extensions don’t show up on sidebar
  • DNA-95028 Remove opera_new.exe (if exists) during installation process
  • DNA-95046 Make Dify dialog attachable by webdriver
  • DNA-95099 Easy files popup appears almost out of view of the screen
  • DNA-95130 [Linux] It’s very hard to resize window
  • DNA-95190 Fix errors in Slovak translations

79.0.4143.3 – 2021-08-19 blog post

  • DNA-94796 Word filter fetcher should not use main network context
  • DNA-94821 Workspaces emojis are not centered
  • DNA-94822 Add dedicated utms for links attributed in address bar
  • DNA-94875 Promote O79 to beta
  • DNA-94971 Enable a new autoupdater for all channels

79.0.4142.0 – 2021-08-09 blog post

  • CHR-8518 Update chromium on master to 93.0.4577.18
  • DNA-94400 After saving a file, we get empty target file and swap file with desired content
  • DNA-94517 Take workspaces into account in ‘Share tab’ dialog
  • DNA-94577 Add tests for fast tab tooltip
  • DNA-94584 [Mac] Sidebar setup not closed after press ‘Add extensions’ button
  • DNA-94595 Crash at infobars::InfoBarManager::AddInfoBar(std::__1::unique_ptr, bool)
  • DNA-94613 [Mac] Error on startup when loading Chromium Helper (Alerts)
  • DNA-94665 Keep the tab in “hovered” state while the tooltip is visible
  • DNA-94666 Make the “description” part of the tooltip clickable
  • DNA-94667 Highlight tab when hovering tab button in Related Tabs
  • DNA-94669 Decide what to do with currently active tab in the tooltip
  • DNA-94674 Add accessibility to the tooltip
  • DNA-94679 Faster tooltip for video pop-out buttons
  • DNA-94694 ¥ is considered Chinese Yuan instead of japanese yen
  • DNA-94700 Add unittests and browsertests
  • DNA-94724 [Mac] Add macOS dark theme wallpaper with easy setup
  • DNA-94746 Add tests for fast tab tooltip – WP2
  • DNA-94761 Crash when trying to record “Chrome developer” trace
  • DNA-94779 Turn on feature flag: #easy-files-downloads-folder on developer
  • DNA-94781 Show Easy Files to all users
  • DNA-94786 Crash at base::SupportsUserData::SetUserData(void const*, std::__1::unique_ptr)
  • DNA-94790 Crash at opera::VideoConferenceTabDetachController::OnBrowserAboutToStartClosing(Browser*)
  • DNA-94799 Allow Pinboards to access the GX Palette API
  • DNA-94800 Make related tab button clickable on Windows
  • DNA-94807 Allow scripts access opera version and product info

79.0.4135.0 – 2021-08-02 blog post

  • CHR-8508 Update chromium on master to 93.0.4577.8
  • CHR-8517 Update chromium on master to 93.0.4577.15
  • DNA-93610 Crash at sync_bookmarks::SyncedBookmarkTracker::CheckAllNodesTracked(bookmarks::BookmarkModel const*)
  • DNA-93884 Opera 78 translations
  • DNA-94280 Crash at opera::TabView::UpdateAppearance()
  • DNA-94416 Disable Adblocker on Pinboards pages
  • DNA-94433 [Player] Highlighted Options Menu icons are hardly visible
  • DNA-94492 [Mac] Mute tab indicator cut of on pinned tab
  • DNA-94511 [Mac] Conference popup steals focus after opening a new tab
  • DNA-94517 Take workspaces into account in ‘Share tab’ dialog
  • DNA-94520 Implement tooltip with tab details
  • DNA-94523 Add tab selector to tab tooltip
  • DNA-94553 Autocomplete doesn’t work with SD
  • DNA-94582 Add access to APIs for showing pinboard icon in sidebar
  • DNA-94586 [GX} Callback to themsPrivate.setActive is called before the wallpaper is installed/set as default
  • DNA-94594 Crash at static class std::__1::basic_string extensions::`anonymous namespace”::ReadBlocklistFromFile(class base::FilePath)
  • DNA-94596 Implement new look for the popout window
  • DNA-94598 Sync tab_renderer_data.h/cc
  • DNA-94599 Hungarian forint (Ft) is treated at feet (ft) in units converter
  • DNA-94603 Suspicious pinboards events
  • DNA-94606 [Lin] The full screen window is broken
  • DNA-94610 Search Tabs should show workspace name if it is in different window
  • DNA-94615 Mesos hints stopped working inside rich hints test build
  • DNA-94619 Add missing bn translations and add attributes to non translatable strings
  • DNA-94625 Disable opr.pinboardPrivate.getThumbnail() for local files
  • DNA-94631 Crash at content::bad_message::ReceivedBadMessage(int, content::bad_message::BadMessageReason)
  • DNA-94632 Wrong copied pinboards URL address in edit mode
  • DNA-94657 Tooltip appears when it should not
  • DNA-94661 Missing translations for some languages
  • DNA-94664 Do no use domain for finding related tabs

79.0.4128.0 – 2021-07-26 blog post

  • CHR-8480 Fix ServiceWorkerMainResourceLoaderTest.Basic GOTH fails
  • CHR-8493 Update chromium on master to 93.0.4573.0
  • CHR-8494 Fix warning for target third_party/tflite-support:metadata_schema_gen
  • DNA-88943 Learn more link on home page doesnt work
  • DNA-91933 [Context menu] My Flow available in Context menu if Sidebar disabled
  • DNA-93103 History search box eats characters
  • DNA-93400 Stream is not always correctly recognized when removing non-stable from autostart
  • DNA-93472 Reattaching to other browsers
  • DNA-93795 Broken permission dialog (title on top of contents)
  • DNA-93969 Sidebar Extensions ‘+’ icon button is not clickable
  • DNA-94219 Conference popup steals focus after opening a new tab
  • DNA-94259 Player doesn’t pause music when joining Google Meet
  • DNA-94291 Video conference popout doesnt remember its size after resizing
  • DNA-94308 Switch to nth tab (ctrl + 1-9) shortcuts no longer work properly with workspaces
  • DNA-94337 Implement ‘Use Downloads folder for listing downloaded files’
  • DNA-94385 Test product needs to print which hints are displayed and hidden
  • DNA-94399 Incorrect icon for wp.pl in address bar dropdown
  • DNA-94415 Add getgeo-staging.services.ams.osa as allowed hint host in test build
  • DNA-94419 opera: protocol visible in address field on Pinboards page
  • DNA-94433 [Player] Highlighted Options Menu icons are hardly visible
  • DNA-94448 [Mac] Add your wallpapers option is resizing Opera window
  • DNA-94450 Google Meet is not working
  • DNA-94456 [Windows] Nightly fails to compile desktop/windows/installer/common/pin_automator.cc
  • DNA-94460 Password mismatch label is too small
  • DNA-94461 Enable #system-theme on all streams
  • DNA-94462 Low quality of default wallpaper on windows
  • DNA-94466 Implement sorting Pinboards in overview
  • DNA-94487 Introduce downloaded files cache
  • DNA-94488 [Linux] Renderer crashes on pages using audio/video
  • DNA-94500 vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za/ doesn’t work with Opera UA
  • DNA-94506 [Linux] Menu border has a thick black edge with hardware acceleration on
  • DNA-94510 Sidebar messengers get smaller every time they’re opened
  • DNA-94513 [Mac][Snap] Snapshot tool not capture selected area
  • DNA-94515 Change ordering of tab context menu
  • DNA-94516 Add ‘Detach tab’ entry to tab menu
  • DNA-94529 ContentVerifierTest.PolicyCorrupted fails
  • DNA-94546 Handle runtime change of default download directory
  • DNA-94547 Introduce thumbnail cache
  • DNA-94552 Display consent dialog only after EasyFiles is triggered
  • DNA-94561 Crash at base::internal::PartitionFree(base::allocator::AllocatorDispatch const*, void*, void*)
  • DNA-94571 Compilation errors on no jumbo build

79.0.4114.0 – 2021-07-12 blog post

  • CHR-8472 Update chromium on master to 93.0.4549.4
  • DNA-74784 Make installer service as small as possible
  • DNA-87895 Video pop-out window defunct at end of YouTube ad
  • DNA-88691 A passphrase is required for decryption in many sync tests
  • DNA-89453 Crash at `anonymous namespace”::SyncSetupChecker::IsExitConditionSatisfied
  • DNA-93742 Allow displaying unobtrusive external hints
  • DNA-94052 AutofillInteractiveTestWithHistogramTester.BasicFormFill fails
  • DNA-94144 SubfolderNameNotSupported may not be sent
  • DNA-94248 Allow retry on tests that timed-out
  • DNA-94309 Pinboards URLs don’t get lighter color treatment
  • DNA-94310 Crash at extensions::TabHelper::WebContentsDestroyed()
  • DNA-94315 Crash at class std::__1::basic_string ui::ResourceBundle::LoadLocaleResources(const class std::__1::basic_string& const, bool)
  • DNA-94318 Wrong ‘Transparency’ word translation in Swedish
  • DNA-94319 Enable #system-theme on developer
  • DNA-94331 Pages don’t load if search suggestions are fetched while regenerating VPN credentials
  • DNA-94336 Create feature flag #easy-files-downloads-folder
  • DNA-94341 Make pinboard popup testable on web page
  • DNA-94357 Fix issue in scripts
  • DNA-94372 Update Sys Info for Opera GX Reports
  • DNA-94375 Enable buildsign script to use both “Opera Software” and “Opera Norway” certificate
  • DNA-94381 Disabling Pinboards doesn’t remove item from menu / sidebar
  • DNA-94382 Network Installer can’t install package signed with Opera Norway
  • DNA-94392 Add u2f-devices interface to snap packages
  • DNA-94398 Enable ChromeFileSystemAccessPermissionContext unittests

79.0.4105.0 – 2021-07-05 blog post

  • CHR-7372 Temporarily disable failing MessagePopupCollectionTest.ActivatedClose
  • CHR-8457 Update chromium on master to 93.0.4542.2
  • DNA-77583 Remove 5-second delay when regenerating Freedom device credentials
  • DNA-90662 Prepare the RHQL interpreter for fuzzin’
  • DNA-92595 [Player] Update the player icon in the sidebar
  • DNA-93050 re-enable tests disabled by DNA-92956 after fix
  • DNA-93728 Whatsapp notification is not refreshed
  • DNA-93741 Multiple hint slots
  • DNA-93744 Add slots in toolbar action view
  • DNA-93765 Remove “Paste and go” shortcut set by default
  • DNA-93853 Test Start Page banner for Opera Account (Sync)
  • DNA-93906 ERROR:rich_hints_private_hooks.cc visible in logs when showing multiple hints
  • DNA-93917 Upload snap to edge while preparing repository package
  • DNA-93920 Add FeatureDescription::expiry_release
  • DNA-93964 Add “Send Link to Pinboard” and “Send Text to Pinboard” to link&text context menu
  • DNA-94047 Remove pinboard WebUI integration
  • DNA-94052 AutofillInteractiveTestWithHistogramTester.BasicFormFill fails
  • DNA-94118 Write test for ThumbnailTabHelper changes in DNA-94100
  • DNA-94120 Fix Welcome popup layout
  • DNA-94133 Broken English strings in feedback dialog
  • DNA-94140 Crash at base::TaskRunner::PostTask(base::Location const&, base::OnceCallback)
  • DNA-94157 Crash at gfx::ICCProfile::operator=(gfx::ICCProfile const&)
  • DNA-94159 Crash at opera::auth::AuthAccountServiceImpl::GetAuthAccount()
  • DNA-94180 Make infra_smoke.py python 3 compatible
  • DNA-94205 Consider setting pinboard display URL in address_field_helper.cc
  • DNA-94211 Easy Files don’t show thumbnails
  • DNA-94241 Implement better process killing for timeout
  • DNA-94251 heap-use-after-free in VideoConference
  • DNA-94252 Easy setup won’t open
  • DNA-94273 Enable installer-opera-exe-in-root by default for dev channel
  • DNA-94274 [Mac][Snap] Snapshot tool not capture selected area
  • DNA-94297 Missing dependency on components/feed in desktop/renderer/BUILD.gn

79.0.4100.0 – 2021-06-28 blog post

  • DNA-92127 Upgrade manifest version in opauto test extensions
  • DNA-93036 Opera not starting after closing window. Processes still working.
  • DNA-93366 [Sync] Enable kSyncUseClientTagForBookmarkCommits feature
  • DNA-93523 Crash at extensions::TabHelper::WebContentsDestroyed()
  • DNA-93810 Add pinboard icon to sidebar
  • DNA-93856 Enable video conferencing Media Session actions in PiP window
  • DNA-93867 Use version from package instead of repository
  • DNA-93883 Move attach test cases to bulk js test
  • DNA-93885 Error in Portuguese translations
  • DNA-93987 Disable zooming popup contents like in other popups
  • DNA-93993 Pinboard translations from Master
  • DNA-94019 Add direct link to settings
  • DNA-94037 Bump major version to 79
  • DNA-94051 BrowserNavigatorTest.NavigateFromNTPToOptionsSingleton fails
  • DNA-94079 PictureInPicturePixelComparisonBrowserTest.PlayAndPauseControls is unstable
  • DNA-94088 Internal page provoke not saving other pages to the Pinboard
  • DNA-94099 Increase new-autoupdater-logic AB test to cover 50% of new installations
  • DNA-94100 Thumbnail doesn’t update
  • DNA-94109 Update SystemTheme.testSystemTheme test to run it on Win10
  • DNA-94132 Renderer crashes on O78
  • DNA-94139 Crash at opera::(anonymous namespace)::PinboardPopupWebView::RemovedFromWidget()
  • DNA-94161 [Add tabs]Unexpected symbols instead of Workspace name
  • DNA-94178 Automatic popout should not happen after manually closing a popout
  • DNA-94180 Make infra_smoke.py python 3 compatible


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