fre:ac version 1.1.7 has been released on 5th March 2023.
This release adds a tool for splitting the output into multiple files based on various parameters like duration, number of files or metadata. The update also adds support for dithering, a matrix surround decoder and a volume adjustment filter.
Additionally, fre:ac 1.1.7 comes with various minor improvements, updated third party codecs and fixes for several issues found in fre:ac v1.1.6 and earlier versions:
New features
Added a tool for splitting output by various parameters (e.g. duration or number of files)
Added support for dithering when reducing sample resolution
Added a matrix surround decoder DSP component
Added a volume adjustment DSP component
Improvements
Added support for WavPack Hybrid Lossless compression with correction files
Added support for decoding MPEG-4 DASH files
Added support for opening WebM audio files with the .weba extension
Added support for downmixing 6.1 channel audio
Added support for MusicBrainz metadata in ID3v2, MP4, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and WMA tags
Added support for sort order fields in ID3v2, MP4, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and WMA tags
Added support for rating field in Vorbis Comment, APEv2, MP4 and LIST INFO tags
Added rating field to the tag editor
Added optional release year column to the joblist
Changed filename placeholder to resolve to 1 if disc number is not set
Improved compatibility with applications writing non-compliant LIST INFO tags (e.g. Traktor)
Added an option to use source file names as output file names if no metadata is present
Added an option to control extraction of missing metadata from file names
Added an option to restrict file names for reading cover art
Added an option to disable intensity stereo phase inversion to Opus settings
Added AccurateRip notification options for successful verification and missing database entries
Sample rate conversion no longer converts to 32 bit float when the source rate matches the target
Added negative exit codes to indicate errors when running freaccmd
Added support for KDE color schemes (including dark mode)
Improved HiDPI scale factor detection in KDE desktop environments
Respect text scaling factor in addition to font size setting on X11 based systems
Bug fixes
Fixed crashes when decoding ALAC files (especially with the Windows Store version)
Fixed failure (hang and abort after several seconds) to decode chapters from ALAC files
Fixed interoperability issues of HE- and HEv2-AAC files created with FDK-AAC with foobar2000
Fixed incorrect gapless information when creating HE- and HEv2-AAC files with FDK-AAC
Fixed incorrect index times in cuesheets for very long multi-track files
Fixed incorrect inclusion of data tracks in the audio track count of CD offset strings
Fixed old data remaining in place after updating WMA file tags
Fixed selected format resetting to first entry when opening WMA config dialog
Fixed excessive bitrate when encoding Vorbis on non-x86 LP64 systems
Fixed decoding of MP4 files with a single chunk taking excessively long
Fixed HDCD detection for tracks starting with more than about one second of silence
Fixed floating point samples being converted to integer when creating WavPack files
Fixed inability to close cover art popup window on Linux
Fixed long paths being converted to 8.3 format on recent versions of Windows
Fixed inability to handle long network paths on some versions of Windows
Fixed disc insert and removal detection working unreliably on Windows
Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.7 is strongly recommended for users of earlier releases.
fre:ac's discussion forums are moving to GitHub. Please post new questions and ideas in the new Discussions area and feel free to start discussions about anything releated to fre:ac and digital audio conversion over there.
The old discussion forums on SourceForge will be kept online for reference, but please use the GitHub Discussions page to start new topics from now on.
fre:ac version 1.1.6 has been released on 22nd January 2022.
This update adds native support for Windows on the ARM64 architecture which greatly improves the user experience on devices like the Surface Pro X, HP Elite Folio or certain Samsung Galaxy Book models. Most notably, conversions can be up to six times faster on many devices with ARM cores.
Besides this, the 1.1.6 update adds support for editing lyrics in the tag editor and creating cue sheets and playlists with freaccmd, fre:ac's command line interface. It also comes with minor workflow and performance optimizations, tagging improvements, updated codecs and the usual bug fixes:
New features
Added support for editing lyrics in the tag editor
Added support for creating cue sheets and playlists with freaccmd
Improvements
Improved performance of adding video and proprietary audio files (DTS, DSD etc.) to the joblist
Playlists can now be added to the joblist by drag & drop
Added <tempo> and <initialkey> placeholders for use in filename patterns
Added optional composer, conductor, tempo, musical key and ISRC columns to the joblist
Added initial key field to tag editor
Added support for lyrics in ID3v2, MP4, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and WMA tags
Added support for parsing OverDrive MediaMarkers in ID3v2 tags
Added support for the pre-emphasis flag in cue sheets
Bug fixes
Fixed possible crash upon querying the CDDB database
Fixed possible crash in FAAD2 decoder when trying to open unsupported files
Fixed faulty decoding of certain AAC files caused by a bug in the FDK-AAC decoder
Fixed possible faulty output when decoding from non-zero positions using external decoders
Fixed issue ripping CD tracks when output filename pattern is <filename>
Fixed AccurateRip reporting verification errors for hidden track one audio
Fixed setting to replace spaces not being respected when writing cover art and log files
Fixed setting to suppress Unicode characters not being respected when writing cover art and log files
Fixed tag editor fields for media type, catalog number and barcode being limited to 12 characters
Fixed freeze when decoding certain WMA files on Windows
Fixed drag & drop not working after online update on Windows
Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.6 is strongly recommended for users of earlier releases.
fre:ac version 1.1.5 has been released on 27th June 2021.
This update adds support for verifying audio CD rips using AccurateRip technology. This compares a checksum of the ripped audio against other users' results for the same CD. When a match is found in the AccurateRip database, this basically certifies a perfect rip. And in case of a mismatch, fre:ac displays a warning to let you know something may be wrong.
Besides this major new feature, the 1.1.5 update comes with performance optimizations, further tagging improvements, updated codecs and a number of bug fixes:
Improvements
Improved DSP processing performance by up to 70% (mainly on Windows)
Added frequency bandwidth setting to FDK-AAC encoder configuration dialog
Added an option to toggle logging of complete paths in log files
Added options for specifying cover art files to freaccmd
Added support for reading Shift_JIS encoded CD-Text
Added support for writing album and track comments to cue sheets
Added support for ID3v2 tags in RF64 files
Added support for updating Vorbis Comment tags
Added support for updating ID3v2 tags in RIFF and AIFF files
Added support for updating LIST INFO tags in RIFF, RF64 and Wave64 files
Added support for ensemble field in Vorbis Comment and APEv2 tags
Added support for movement field in ID3v2, Vorbis Comment, APEv2 and MP4 tags
Added support for additional URL fields in APEv2 tags
Added a tag editor option to keep album artist even if identical to track artist
Added media type field to tag editor
Bug fixes
Fixed hotspot for genre edit field utility menu not covering the whole width of the field
Fixed occasional crashes when selecting codec subformat using the "Start encoding with" menu
Fixed chapter marks being offset by a few seconds when using DSP processing
Fixed playback not working when using certain combinations of DSP processors
Fixed incompatibility of FDK-AAC encoded HE and HEv2 AAC files with iTunes
Fixed issue decoding FLAC files with unknown length
Fixed glitches decoding transients in some Vorbis files
Fixed possible crashes when decoding Opus files
Fixed rare crashes in LAME encoder component
Fixed strings read from ID3v2 tags being limited to 1024 characters
Fixed crash when reading malformed CD-Text genre IDs
Fixed failure ripping with negative read offset
Fixed disc eject not working on macOS
Fixed crash when closing fre:ac via dock command on macOS
Fixed UI glitches and crashes on exit when running in a Wayland session
Fixed popup menu and dropdown list closing behavior on non-Windows platforms
Fixed issues with custom DPI settings on Xfce desktops
Fixed drag & drop working unreliably on X11 based systems
Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.5 is strongly recommended for users of earlier releases.
Continuous builds of fre:ac are now available for the macOS as well, completing the effort to make these automated builds available for all major desktop operating systems. These builds give you a chance to try the latest changes without having to wait for the next release, for example to benefit from bug fixes or take a peek at the latest feature additions.
Continuous builds are currently provided as .dmg images for Intel Macs running macOS 10.9 or later. A variant optimized for Apple Silicon Macs and macOS 11.0 will be added later.
Thanks to GitHub Actions, continuous builds of fre:ac are now available for the Windows platform. These automated builds give you a chance to try the latest changes without having to wait for the next release, for example to benefit from bug fixes or take a peek at the latest feature additions.
The continuous builds are provided as .zip packages for the x86 (32 bit) and x86-64 (64 bit) architectures.
fre:ac version 1.1.4 has been released on 14th February 2021.
This is a service focussing on minor improvements and bug fixes. fre:ac 1.1.3 adds support for HDCD decoding, improves tagging support and usability of the tag editor, updates codecs to the latest versions and fixes several issues found in earlier releases:
Improvements
Improved support for reading CD-Text
Added an HDCD decoder DSP filter
Added catalog number and barcode fields to tag editor
Added file type associations to macOS app, so fre:ac is offered for opening audio files
Added quality (VBR) setting to FDK-AAC configuration dialog
Improved MP3, AAC and Opus encoding performance by up to 30%
Improved multi-monitor support on X11 based systems
Discs of multi-disc albums are now shown separately in tag editor album mode
Update only changed fields when making edits in tag editor album mode
Added support for Replay Gain values in MP4 and WMA metadata
Do not override settings with default values when using freaccmd's --config option
Bug fixes
Fixed invalid length written to very long Opus and Speex files (longer than 12 ½ hours at 48 kHz)
Fixed decoding of some very short Opus, Vorbis and Speex files
Fixed written MP4 chapters being invisible to some applications when using Nero AAC
Fixed hang/crash when opening WavPack, Musepack, TAK and OptimFROG files with chapters
Fixed issues submitting CDDB information for new CDs (without existing entries)
Fixed issues handling long path/file names on Windows
Fixed output sample rate being limited to 192 kHz
Fixed freaccmd randomly failing to process files in rare cases
Fixed bad user interface colors on some Linux distributions
Codec support
Switched from FAAC to FDK-AAC for AAC encoding
Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.4 is strongly recommended for users of earlier releases.
fre:ac version 1.1.3 has been released on 11th October 2020.
This is a service with only minor feature updates and improvements. Instead, the focus is on compatibility and bug fixes. fre:ac 1.1.3 adds support for macOS 11.0 Big Sur, updates codecs to the latest versions and fixes several issues found in earlier releases:
General changes
Added support for macOS 11.0 Big Sur
Switched to using GNUdb as the default CDDB database service
Improvements
Command line codec configuration now allows specifying additional arguments
Improved cue sheet encoding detection to support system codepage and UTF-8 without BOM
freaccmd now splits cue sheets to individual tracks unless an output file is specified
freaccmd now supports a --split-chapters option to split files into individual chapters
Added <profile> placeholder for output folder configuration setting, resolving to user profile
Added file type and audio CD associations to Linux/FreeBSD and Windows Store app
Added an option to suppress "No entry found" messages for automatic CDDB queries
Improved detection of sampler CDs when querying CDDB information
Bug fixes
Fixed possible conversion thread hangs when using external encoders
Fixed possible crash related to drag & drop handling on Windows
Fixed crash when writing fields containing only whitespace to certain tag formats
Fixed glitches in WAV/AIFF output when processing samples outside the -1.0/+1.0 range
Fixed possible hangs when opening WAV/AIFF files > 2 GB or with a broken chunk structure
Fixed inability to open WAV/AIFF files with long paths on Windows
Fixed writing wrong offsets to single file cue sheets when the resampling DSP filter is enabled
Fixed writing invalid chapter offsets to Opus files with source sample rates other than 48 kHz
Fixed writing invalid MP3 bitstreams in rare cases in SuperFast mode
Fixed wrong length detection for MP3 files with invalid chapter data
Fixed parsing of cue sheets with minute/second values missing leading zeros or longer 99min
Fixed parsing of embedded cue sheets without FILE designations
Fixed ripping progress for other drives stalling while one drive is ejecting
Fixed inability to pause or stop single output file verification
Fixed log files being archived despite disabling the corresponding option
Fixed various issues with multi-monitor support on macOS
Fixed user interface glitches after closing dialogs in tabbed mode on macOS
Fixed Shift+Pos1/End shortcuts being interpreted by the joblist and edit fields simultaneously
Codec support
Switched from libav 12.3 to FFmpeg 4.3.1 for auxiliary format support
Added support for using the Core Audio codec of iTunes 12.10.9 and later
Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.3 is strongly recommended for users of any earlier releases.
fre:ac version 1.1.2 has been released on 20th June 2020.
This release introduces UI scaling to the system font size by default, adds support for theme colors and dark mode on Linux/FreeBSD, updates codecs to the latest versions and fixes several issues found in earlier releases:
Improvements
Scale UI to adjust to system font size by default
Added support for theme colors and dark mode on Linux/FreeBSD
Improved handling of maximized window state on Linux/FreeBSD and macOS
Removed non-working option to not lock CD trays while ripping
Stop ripping before trying to eject a disc
Write audio data CRC to log files when ripping
Write MD5 checksums to log files when verifying files
Write log entries when replacing existing files
Bug fixes
Fixed length of last chapter of some audio books being detected as 0:00
Prevent interpreting numerical IDs or dates at the beginning of file names as track numbers
Fixed a possible source of random crashes when adding files to the joblist
Fixed possible crash when importing MP4/M4A files
Fixed possible crash when encoding in SuperFast mode
Fixed some graphics glitches on macOS
Upgrading to fre:ac v1.1.2 is strongly recommended for users of any earlier releases.
On Windows, clicking tabs may not work at the very top of the screen when Firefox is maximized on a second monitor. We’re working to fix this in a future release. (Fixed in 147.0)
The Stable channel has been updated to 143.0.7499.40/.41 for Windows andMac as part of our early stable release to a small percentage of users. A full list of changes in this build is available in thelog.
You can find more details about early Stable releases here.
Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
FTP: do not use the default impersonator during the test of the FTP connections.
Fixed bug that reversed mount point precedence, giving priority to group mount points over user ones; user mount points now correctly take precedence.
Fixed bug that made the %<home> placeholder not work in case "Use system credentials to log in" was selected but "Use system credentials also for accessing &files and directories" was not.
Fixed an issue causing breakage on sites using Three.js. (Bug 1995939)
Fixed a failure to open Firefox from the desktop launcher on older versions of Windows 10. (Bug 2000411)
Fixed Web compatibility issues with Rogers. Rogers customers would see a broken iframe with "Firefox Can’t Open This Page" when viewing bills, rather than the billing info. (Bug 1996823)
Fixed an issue in the Web Developer Tools preventing copy all or save all requests as HAR. (Bug 1995694)
On Windows, clicking tabs may not work at the very top of the screen when Firefox is maximized on a second monitor. We’re working to fix this in a future release. (Fixed in 147.0)
The Stable channel has been updated to 142.0.7444.175/.176 for Windows and 142.0.7444.176 for Mac and 142.0.7444.175 for Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log.
Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.
This update includes 2 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.
[N/A][460017370] High CVE-2025-13223: Type Confusion in V8. Reported by Google Threat Analysis Group on 2025-11-12
[N/A][450328966] High CVE-2025-13224: Type Confusion in V8. Reported by Google Big Sleep on 2025-10-09
Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2025-13223 exists in the wild.
We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel.
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The Stable channel has been updated to 142.0.7444.162/.163 for Windows and 142.0.7444.162 for Mac and 142.0.7444.162 for Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log.
Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.
This update includes 1 security fix. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.
[TBD][457351015] High CVE-2025-13042: Inappropriate implementation in V8. Reported by 303f06e3 on 2025-11-03
We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel.
Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Add, edit, and delete comments to make your own notes in PDFs (summaries, questions, tasks, etc.). The comment sidebar helps you scan all your comments and quickly jump to them, which is handy for long or heavily marked-up PDFs.
Need a reminder of what tabs are in a group? Hover over the tab group name to get a preview of the tabs inside without opening it.
You can now access and manage your saved passwords right from the sidebar—no need to open a new tab or window. Stay on the page you’re on and get to your logins faster.
Copy Link to Highlight allows users to share arbitrary sections of a page with others by copying a link through the context menu with a given selection
The Translations feature has an improved experience when translating between languages with different script directions.
New brand-inspired wallpapers are available for New Tab on desktop, with versions for both light and dark mode.
With the new Open links from apps next to your active tab setting, you can have links from other applications open next to your active tab instead of at the end of the tab strip.
Enhanced Bounce Tracking Protection’s stateless mode is now enabled by default in ETP Strict, blocking more advanced tracking techniques based on redirection
For most Windows users, the existing desktop shortcut for launching Firefox has been replaced with the desktop launcher, a small program that will launch Firefox if it is installed, but if it is not installed will prompt the user to install Firefox. This will provide an easy installation point for Firefox users who acquire a new Windows device, where Firefox will not be installed by default, but the desktop launcher program may have synced via OneDrive or other cloud storage product. Learn more.
Horizontal tabs are now slightly more rounded to match the look of vertical tabs. Buttons and text inputs, including the address bar, have also been updated for consistency.
When no extensions are installed, clicking the Extensions button now shows a message highlighting how extensions can enhance your browsing, with links to the Firefox Add-ons store.
Local translation models are now compressed with Zstandard, reducing download sizes and on-device storage consumption. As always, all Firefox translations happen securely and privately on your local device, unlike other browsers that translate using cloud services.
We updated default automation preferences to better support Agentic browsing, reducing the steps agents need to complete a task and chances for the agent to get stuck.
Microsoft UI Automation phased release rollout at 100%. Microsoft UI Automation is the new accessibility framework for Microsoft Windows. This will provide better assistive technology (AT) support and performance on Windows for current and future assistive technologies.
Web Platform
Support has been added for the Atomics.waitAsync proposal, which is a non-blocking, asynchronous version of Atomics.wait. This allow synchronization of threads based upon the value in a shared memory location, for more details please consult our MDN documentation.
Firefox now supports the new Integrity-Policy header for enforcing sub-resource integrity for scripts. Further implementation of this header is underway.
Added Matroska support for the most commonly used codecs: AVC, HEVC, VP8, VP9, AV1, AAC, Opus, and Vorbis.
The text-autospace property is now supported, allowing automatic spacing adjustments between characters from different scripts.
The WebGPU DOM API (spec; MDN) is now available on macOS 26 (Tahoe) on Apple Silicon. For details, see the Mozilla Graphics Team Blog.
Unresolved
On Windows, clicking tabs may not work at the very top of the screen when Firefox is maximized on a second monitor. We’re working to fix this in a future release. (Fixed in 147.0)
Community Contributions
With the release of Firefox 145, we are pleased to welcome the developers who contributed their first code change to Firefox in this release, 5 of whom were brand new volunteers! Please join us in thanking each of these diligent and enthusiastic individuals, and take a look at their contributions:
This is a hotfix for 5.1.10 that fixes the DxgiAdapterService, which is used by plugins that initialize DirectX using their own interop.
The 5.1.10 update was a maintenance release that added a Romanian translation, fixed some important bugs, and updated the bundled FileType plugins.
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Fixed a crash (BadNumberException) when moving selected pixels off-canvas, then modifying the selection, then moving the selected pixels back on-canvas
Changed Effects->Noise->Add Noise’s Coverage property to be a float instead of an integer
Fixed a rare crash when the system wakes from sleep
Fixed a small GCHandle leak
Fixed HlslTernaryFunctionEffect when using 3 value parameters
Added IDxgiAdapterService2 for plugin use
Updated the bundled AvifFileType plugin to v3.13.1 (thanks @null54!)
Updated the bundled JPEG XL FileType plugin to v1.2.0, which improves support for HBD/HDR image loading (thanks @null54!)
Updated the bundled WebP FileType plugin to v1.6.0 (thanks @null54!)
This is a maintenance release that adds a Romanian translation, fixes some important bugs, and updates the bundled FileType plugins.
Get the Update
There are two releases of Paint.NET:
Microsoft Store release (recommended)
You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, updates happen automatically in the background when you’re not using the app.
If you already have it installed, the update should happen automatically once Microsoft certifies the update, usually within the next day or so. To get the update immediately (once it’s certified), you can follow the instructions listed here.
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Fixed a crash (BadNumberException) when moving selected pixels off-canvas, then modifying the selection, then moving the selected pixels back on-canvas
Changed Effects->Noise->Add Noise’s Coverage property to be a float instead of an integer
Fixed a rare crash when the system wakes from sleep
Fixed a small GCHandle leak
Fixed HlslTernaryFunctionEffect when using 3 value parameters
Added IDxgiAdapterService2 for plugin use
Updated the bundled AvifFileType plugin to v3.13.1 (thanks @null54!)
Updated the bundled JPEG XL FileType plugin to v1.2.0, which improves support for HBD/HDR image loading
(thanks @null54!)
Updated the bundled WebP FileType plugin to v1.6.0 (thanks @null54!)
+ MXF: crosscheck of ADM profiles
+ MXF: experimental ARRI UL support, more video streams detected
+ TTML: better support files with SMPTE timecode and ticks instead of frame rate
+ MXF: update UL names from the MXF registry (details view)
x AC-4: Add Bitstream level and Presentation level, fix
x MXF: Fix infinite loop in some ARRI files
x ADM: fix tagList related false positive conformance errors
x WAV: fix buggy non word aligned files check with 4 GB+ files
x I2452, PAC: skip '\0' prefix in content
x I2451, TTML: change timecode output "format" from TTML style to classic timecode
The Stable channel has been updated to 142.0.7444.134/.135 for Windows and 142.0.7444.135 for Mac and 142.0.7444.134 for Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in theLog.
Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.
This update includes 5 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.
[TBD][443906252] High CVE-2025-12725: Out of bounds write in WebGPU. Reported by Anonymous on 2025-09-09
[TBD][447172715] High CVE-2025-12726: Inappropriate implementation in Views. Reported by Alesandro Ortiz on 2025-09-25
[TBD][454485895] High CVE-2025-12727: Inappropriate implementation in V8. Reported by 303f06e3 on 2025-10-23
[TBD][452392032] Medium CVE-2025-12728: Inappropriate implementation in Omnibox. Reported by Hafiizh on 2025-10-16
[TBD][454354281] Medium CVE-2025-12729: Inappropriate implementation in Omnibox. Reported by Khalil Zhani on 2025-10-23
We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel.
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Hiding of capture settings panel is now remembered.
Automatic subtitle search now only uses OpenSubtitles if you have configured an account for it. Because we have a limited daily download quota, this choice was made to reduce unnecessary downloads.
Added two new toolbar skins.
Fixes:
Improved long path support for loading external subtitles.
The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 142 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks.
Chrome 142.0.7444.59 (Linux) 142.0.7444.59/60 Windows and 142.0.7444.60 Mac contains a number of fixes and improvements -- a list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcomingChromeand Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered in 142.
Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.
This update includes 20 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.
[$50000][447613211] High CVE-2025-12428: Type Confusion in V8. Reported by Man Yue Mo of GitHub Security Lab on 2025-09-26
[$50000][450618029] High CVE-2025-12429: Inappropriate implementation in V8. Reported by Aorui Zhang on 2025-10-10
[$10000][442860743] High CVE-2025-12430: Object lifecycle issue in Media. Reported by round.about on 2025-09-04
[$4000][436887350] High CVE-2025-12431: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions. Reported by Alesandro Ortiz on 2025-08-06
[N/A][439522866] High CVE-2025-12432: Race in V8. Reported by Google Big Sleep on 2025-08-18
[N/A][449760249] High CVE-2025-12433: Inappropriate implementation in V8. Reported by Google Big Sleep on 2025-10-07
[N/A][452296415] High CVE-2025-12036: Inappropriate implementation in V8. Reported by Google Big Sleep on 2025-10-15
[$3000][337356054] Medium CVE-2025-12434: Race in Storage. Reported by Lijo A.T on 2024-04-27
[$3000][446463993] Medium CVE-2025-12435: Incorrect security UI in Omnibox. Reported by Hafiizh on 2025-09-21
[$2000][40054742] Medium CVE-2025-12436: Policy bypass in Extensions. Reported by Luan Herrera (@lbherrera_) on 2021-02-08
[$2000][446294487] Medium CVE-2025-12437: Use after free in PageInfo. Reported by Umar Farooq on 2025-09-20
[$1000][433027577] Medium CVE-2025-12438: Use after free in Ozone. Reported by Wei Yuan of MoyunSec VLab on 2025-07-20
[TBD][382234536] Medium CVE-2025-12439: Inappropriate implementation in App-Bound Encryption. Reported by Ari Novick on 2024-12-04
[N/A][430555440] Low CVE-2025-12440: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill. Reported by Khalil Zhani on 2025-07-09
[N/A][444049512] Medium CVE-2025-12441: Out of bounds read in V8. Reported by Google Big Sleep on 2025-09-10
[TBD][452071845] Medium CVE-2025-12443: Out of bounds read in WebXR. Reported by Aisle Research on 2025-10-15
[$3000][390571618] Low CVE-2025-12444: Incorrect security UI in Fullscreen UI. Reported by syrf on 2025-01-18
[$1000][428397712] Low CVE-2025-12445: Policy bypass in Extensions. Reported by Thomas Greiner on 2025-06-29
[$1000][444932667] Low CVE-2025-12446: Incorrect security UI in SplitView. Reported by Hafiizh on 2025-09-14
[TBD][442636157] Low CVE-2025-12447: Incorrect security UI in Omnibox. Reported by Khalil Zhani on 2025-09-03
We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel.
As usual, our ongoing internal security work was responsible for a wide range of fixes:
[455996292]Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives
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Fixed an issue where the list of available locales in about:settings contained more locales than were downloaded or currently supported. (Bug 1994642)
Fixed an issue where using the keyboard to open the Unified Search dropdown was inconsistent. The dropdown now expands properly, allowing users to select a search engine using the keyboard. (Bug 1979826)
Fixed an issue where curated photo collections on Microsoft OneDrive's Photos “For You” page failed to load, showing a gray screen instead of content. Collections now display as expected. (Bug 1986533)
Fixed a startup crash affecting Windows users with Avast or other security software installed. (Bug 1992678)
Fixed an issue on macOS where the emoji picker shortcut and menu entry stopped working after switching between apps. (Bug 1980815)
Fixed an issue on macOS where dragging images from Firefox into third-party apps like Preview could fail or behave unexpectedly. (Bug 1995345)
Fixed performance and video playback issues on macOS 26 (Tahoe) that occurred when the system was under heavy load. (Bug 1995638)
Fixed a browser hang on macOS 26 (Tahoe) that could occur when bookmark folders contained loops or repeated references to themselves. (Bug 1995621)
vMix 29 is now available for download via the vMix.com download page! Good news for those who purchased vMix after January 2023, as it’s a free update! vMix Max users can also update today for free to get all of the new vMix 29 features. If you like what you see and want to update to vMix 29 from an older version, it’s just $60 USD for an additional 12 months of updates. To get up to date with the new vMix 29 features, here’s a short video from current vMix CEO Martin “Spud” Sinclair.
8 Overlays and 8 Stingers
vMix 29 will now have double the amount of Overlays and Stingers as previous versions! Now you’ll be able to overlay to your heart’s content. With the Overlay support for Mixes in vMix 28, the extra 4 Overlays will give you plenty of options!
There has also been a few interface changes on inputs with some new icons, positions and functions.
Close– To close an input now you just need to click the X in the top right.
Loop– To loop a video click the loop icon.
GO– The GO button replaces Quick Play. By default it functions the same as the Quick Play transition but also adds full shortcut functionality for each GO button on every input!
Open Media Transport
vMix 29 has full support for input and output of Open Media Transport (OMT). OMT is an open-source protocol for high-quality and low latency local network video. For more information head to openmediatransport.org.
Replay Updates
Quad View mode has been added to Replay that allows viewing four separate camera angles on screen at a time in high quality (via Replay MultiView). This provides a simple way to review and compare content on one screen from multiple angles. Adding multiple tags to events is also available in vMix 29, along with dragging and dropping events to list folders.
New Replay performance updates have been added such as-
CPU usage for both recording and playback substantially reduced by up to 50%
New Configure Storage option allows selecting separate drives for individual camera recordings.
Audio
Five new audio bus configurations available: AB, CD, DE, ABCD and DEFG
All audio bus options now selectable for MultiCorder in addition to Master
Triggers
New OnCountdownTime and OnCountdownRemaining, allow triggers on Title countdowns.
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For a Free 60-Day Trial of vMix Pro, just head to the download page on vMix.com. You just need to download, install and enter your email address where it says Register for a fully functional 60 day trial.
vMix 29 will be a free update for those that have purchased after January 1st 2023 or if you’ve purchased a 12 month upgrade…in the last 12 months. vMix Max users can update for free.
If you’re outside of this window and would like to update, you can do so via our Upgrades Page. It’s $60 USD for an additional 12 months of updates. If you don’t want to, you can continue to use your current vMix version.
For more information about vMix, just head to vMix.com!
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Fixed a crash on macOS when attempting to login with service integrations [PatTheMav]
Fixed an issue on macOS where Syphon Client sources could be blank/transparent [gxalpha]
32.0.1 Hotfix Changes
Fixed a possible crash in 32.0.0 on Windows when opening source properties [wanhongqing123]
Fixed an issue in 32.0.0 where browser sources would break after switching scenes [tytan652]
This issue may also have caused increased resource usage.
Fixed an issue in 32.0.0 with the audio deduplication logic when an Audio Capture Source device is also used for monitoring [pkviet]
Fixed an issue in 32.0.0 where Multitrack Video settings were unavailable to Custom Services [PatTheMav]
32.0 New Features
Added a basic plugin manager [FiniteSingularity/PatTheMav/Warchamp7]
Added opt-in automatic crash log upload for Windows and macOS [PatTheMav/Warchamp7]
Added Voice Activity Detection (VAD) to NVIDIA RTX Audio Effects, which improves noise suppression for speech, as well as several optimizations to NVIDIA Effects [pkviet]
Added chair removal option for NVIDIA RTX Background Removal, allowing removal of chairs [pkviet]
Added experimental Metal renderer for Apple Silicon Macs [PatTheMav]
Added Hybrid MOV support [derrod]
Brings ProRes support on macOS and a more widely supported HEVC/H.264 + PCM audio option to all platforms
32.0 Changes
OBS Studio will no longer load plugins built for a newer release of OBS to prevent future compatibility issues [norihiro]
Added custom OBS widgets in preparation for larger UI updates [derrod/gxalpha/Warchamp7]
Added preparations for Metal renderer (stay tuned!) [PatTheMav]
Changed default bitrate from 2500 to 6000 Kbps [notr1ch]
Changed the crash sentinel file location to its own subdirectory [PatTheMav]
Improved audio deduplication logic to cover more cases of nested scenes, groups, and multiple canvases [pkviet]
Prevent audio duplication when sources are set to "Monitor and Output" while the monitoring device is also being captured [pkviet]
Updated the default settings for AMD encoders [rhutsAMD]
Improved accuracy of chapter markers in Hybrid MP4/MOV [derrod]
Re-hid the cursor in edit fields on macOS [gxalpha]
Improved format selection for PipeWire video capture [tytan652]
Removed workarounds to prevent loading Qt 5 based plugins [RytoEX]
Removed the --disable-shutdown-check launch flag [PatTheMav]
Hybrid MP4/MOV is now out of beta and has been made the default output format for new profiles [derrod]
32.0 Bug Fixes
Potentially fixed a rare crash on macOS when moving or resizing the OBS window [PatTheMav]
Fixed a crash with SRT when using an invalid URL [pkviet]
Fixed a crash when setting non-default pkt_size with SRT [pkviet]
Fixed a crash in Media Source when playback starts with certain video files [howellrl]
Fixed a UI deadlock when opening source properties from the Sources list when the Windows setting 'Snap mouse to default button in dialog boxes' was enabled by adding a 200ms delay before creating the properties window [Warchamp7]
Fixed a memory leak when trying to output Hybrid MP4 to a non-writeable location [norihiro]
Fixed rare occurrence of multiview becoming blank [norihiro]
The Stable channel has been updated to 142.0.7390.52 for Windows and 142.0.7390.53 for Mac as part of our early stable release to a small percentage of users. A full list of changes in this build is available in thelog.
You can find more details about early Stable releases here.
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The Stable channel has been updated to 141.0.7390.122/.123 for Windows and Mac and 141.0.7390.122 for Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in theLog.
2025-10-24: Updated to correct the security bugs included in the release
Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.
This update does not include any security fixes.
Note that a previous version of these notes incorrectly indicated that V8 Bug 452296415with CVE-2025-12036 had been fixed in this release. It will be included in Chrome 142
Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.