1.40.0

Commits to master since this release
Commits since last release

To install the stable build:

• Firefox: Click uBlock0_1.40.0.firefox.signed.xpi
  • uBO works best on Firefox.
• Chromium: Install from the Chrome store (CWS): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm
• Edge: Install from Microsoft Store: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/odfafepnkmbhccpbejgmiehpchacaeak
  • The Microsoft Store version of uBO is published by Nik Rolls
• Opera: Install from Opera addons: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/ublock/

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Notes:

Given that the format of compiled lists and selfie changed, this may cause a noticeable delay for the first launch after updating to 1.40.0 on less powerful devices. For a concrete example, in Firefox for Android I got ~7 seconds launch time after update to 1.40.0. Subsequent launches will be back to normal, for example on mobile I get ~790ms with selfie (and "uBlock filters -- Annoyances" enabled). On more powerful devices, this should be less noticeable if at all.

Closed as fixed:

• Inconsistent line-break in the support pane for Japanese environment
• Wrong description in Trusted site pane
• Update nobab
• Specific-generic cosmetic filter is not disabled by generichide
• "Your request URL is too long": problem with too many filters and the new "problem with filter lists" button
• Exceptions do not work when processing requests with long paths

Notable commits without an entry in the issue tracker

• Improve auto-completion in "My filters" editor
• Store domain= option into trie container's character buffer
• Partially bring suspendTabsUntilReady out of experimental status
• Fix potentially reporting wrong context in logger for ghide filters
• Fine-tune static network filtering engine code
• Wait for placeholders to be present (in googlesyndication_adsbygoogle.js)
• Create synthetic event for new windows created from external application
• Add window.close scriptlet
• Store regex filter pattern into bidi-trie buffer
• Ignore pointless trailing *^ in network filters
• Change compiled list format to a saner block id management
• Store generic pattern string into bidi-trie buffer
• Remove classes specialized in handling single-wildcarded patterns
• Refactoring work in static network filtering engine
• Have getAll() returns at least one neutered Tracker object