Policy templates for Firefox 150 and Firefox ESR 140.10

Release Notes

There are no substantive changes to the ADMX templates in this release. The version has been bumped for consistency. If you are using a version earlier than v7.10, you do not need to upgrade. However, please review the notes below.

These templates are compatible with Firefox ESR 128, but they may include policies that are not available in that version. If you need to manage Firefox ESR 128, use v6.11

We are in the process of migrating the policy documentation to a dedicated site for Firefox administrators: https://firefox-admin-docs.mozilla.org/

The policy templates will continue to be maintained in this repository.

Policy templates for Firefox 149.0.2

Release Notes

These templates are compatible with Firefox ESR 128, but they may include policies that are not available in that version. If you need to manage Firefox ESR 128, use v6.11

We are in the process of migrating the policy documentation to a dedicated site for Firefox administrators: https://firefox-admin-docs.mozilla.org/

The policy templates will continue to be maintained in this repository.

Special Notes

The internal version of the ADMX and ADML files was not updated.

New policies

AIControls - Configure the new AI Controls.
IPProtectionAvailable - Prevent the built-in VPN from being available to users.

Policy templates for Firefox 149 and Firefox ESR 140.9

Release Notes

There are no substantive changes to the ADMX templates in this release. The version has been bumped for consistency. If you are using a version earlier than v7.9, you do not need to upgrade. However, please review the notes below.

These templates are compatible with Firefox ESR 128, but they may include policies that are not available in that version. If you need to manage Firefox ESR 128, use v6.11

We are in the process of migrating the policy documentation to a dedicated site for Firefox administrators: https://firefox-admin-docs.mozilla.org/

The policy templates will continue to be maintained in this repository.

Special Notes

The AI Controls policy was not completed in time for this release and is expected to be included in a dot release in approximately two weeks.

There have been questions about the Firefox VPN functionality introduced in this release and the lack of a corresponding policy.

A policy is planned and will be included in the upcoming dot release.

This feature is intended for consumer use only and is not offered when enterprise policies are active.

The policy will set the preference browser.ipProtection.enabled to false and lock it.

Policy templates for Firefox 148 and Firefox ESR 140.8

Note: While these templates will work for Firefox ESR 128, they might contain new policies that are not in Firefox ESR 128. If you need to manage Firefox ESR 128, you should use v6.11

We are in the process of migrating the policy documentation to a dedicated site for Firefox admins. This will be the last release that references documentation here.

The policy templates will continue to live here.

I'm no longer using a versioned README for documentation, I'm using a GitHub page which is available at:

https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/

You can search on the corresponding version of Firefox (148 in this case) to see version specific policy changes.

If you need to see version specific documentation, you can use this link:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/v7.8/docs/index.md

Special Notes

The new AI Controls have debuted in Firefox 148, but folks have noticed that not all of them are controlled with the GenerativeAI policy. This was a conscious decision by me because the way it is implemented today, all existing AI or ML features would be turned off and I wasn't sure if folks wanted it this way.

If you want to turn off Image alt text in Firefox PDF viewer, you can use the following Preferences policy:

"Preferences": {
      "browser.ai.control.pdfjsAltText": {
        "Value": "blocked",
        "Status": "locked",
        "Type": "string"
      },
      "pdfjs.enableAltText": {
        "Value": false,
        "Status": "locked",
        "Type": "boolean"
      }
}

Translations is controlled by the TranslateEnabled policy.

I will revisit this in the next release based on feedback I get.

New policies

DisableRemoteImprovements - Prevent Firefox from applying performance, stability, and feature changes between updates. This only applies to Firefox 148.

Note: Due to a bug, the preferences page does not correctly show the status of this policy. This will be fixed in the next release.

Policy templates for Firefox 147 and Firefox ESR 140.7

Note: There are no substantive changes to the ADMX templates in this release. I bumped the version to be consistent. There is no need to move to these templates if you are using versions below v7.7.

Note: While these templates will work for Firefox ESR 128, they might contain new policies that are not in Firefox ESR 128. If you need to manage Firefox ESR 128, you should use v6.11

I'm no longer using a versioned README for documentation, I'm using a GitHub page which is available at:

https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/

You can search on the corresponding version of Firefox (147 in this case) to see version specific policy changes.

If you need to see version specific documentation, you can use this link:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/v7.7/docs/index.md

For more information about Firefox 147, see the enterprise release notes.

On a separate note, we have introduced Firefox Support for Organizations. For more information, see this blog post.

Policy templates for Firefox 146 and Firefox ESR 140.6

Note: While these templates will work for Firefox ESR 128, they might contain new policies that are not in Firefox ESR 128. If you need to manage Firefox ESR 128, you should use v6.11

I'm no longer using a versioned README for documentation, I'm using a GitHub page which is available at:

https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/

You can search on the corresponding version of Firefox (146 in this case) to see version specific policy changes.

If you need to see version specific documentation, you can use this link:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/v7.6/docs/index.md

Documentation updates

The ExtensionSettings documentation has been updated to clarify how allowed_types interacts with installation_mode and to better describe install_url.

New policies

BrowserDataBackup - Disable backup or restore of profile data.

Updated policies

UserMessaging - FirefoxLabs can now be set regardless of the status of DisableTelemetry or DisableStudies.

For more information about Firefox 146, see the enterprise release notes.

Thanks to @de-es, @drubino-mozilla and @dotproto for contributing to this release.

Policy templates for Firefox 145 and Firefox ESR 140.5

Note: While these templates will work for Firefox ESR 128, they might contain new policies that are not in Firefox ESR 128. If you need to manage Firefox ESR 128, you should use v6.11

I'm no longer using a versioned README for documentation, I'm using a GitHub page which is available at:

https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/

You can search on the corresponding version of Firefox (145 in this case) to see version specific policy changes.

If you need to see version specific documentation, you use this link:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/v7.5/docs/index.md

Firefox Support for Organizations

We are introducing Firefox Support for Organizations. For more information, see this blog post.

GPO updates

The Firefox Home policy has been moved to a category. The old policy will remain until the next ESR.

Updated policies

GenerativeAI - Added Enabled to control all Generative AI features.
EnableTrackingProtection - Added BaselineExceptions and ConvenienceExceptions.

For more information about Firefox 145, see the enterprise release notes.

Policy templates for Firefox 144 and Firefox ESR 140.4

Note: The GPOs have been updated to fix a typo in the GenerativeAI policy.

Note: While these templates will work for Firefox ESR 128, they might contain new policies that are not in Firefox ESR 128. If you need to manage Firefox ESR 128, you should use v6.11

I'm no longer using a versioned README for documentation, I'm using a GitHub page which is available at:

https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/

You can search on the corresponding version of Firefox (144 in this case) to see version specific policy changes.

If you need to see version specific documentation, you use this link:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/v7.4/docs/index.md

GPO updates

The Firefox Home policy has been moved to a category. The old policy will remain until the next ESR.

New policies

GenerativeAI - Configure generative AI features.
VisualSearchEnabled - Enable or disable visual search (Google Lens). (Does not apply to the ESR.)

Updated policies

Preferences - The preference security.webauthn.always_allow_direct_attestation can now be set by policy.

For more information about Firefox 144, see the enterprise release notes.

Policy templates for Firefox 143 and Firefox ESR 140.3

NOTE: Issues with the Content Analysis policy and Form Data have been fixed. Sorry for the confusion.

Note: While these templates will work for Firefox ESR 128, they might contain new policies that are not in Firefox ESR 128. If you need to manage Firefox ESR 128, you should use v6.11

I'm no longer using a versioned README for documentation, I'm using a GitHub page which is available at:

https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/

You can search on the corresponding version of Firefox (143 in this case) to see version specific policy changes.

If you need to see version specific documentation, you use this link:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/v7.3/docs/index.md

This release updates the following policies:

ContentAnalysis - Support for Download was added in Firefox 142, but was missing from the documentation.
SanitizeOnShutdown - FormData is no longer deprecated as of Firefox 136, but the templates weren't updated.

For more information about Firefox 143, see the enterprise release notes.

Policy templates for Firefox 142 and Firefox ESR 140.2

Note: While these templates will work for Firefox ESR 128, they might contain new policies that are not in Firefox ESR 28. If you need to manage Firefox ESR 128, you should use v6.11

I'm no longer using a versioned README for documentation, I'm using a GitHub page which is available at:

https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/

You can search on the corresponding version of Firefox (142 in this case) to see version specific policy changes.

If you need to see version specific documentation, you use this link:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/v7.2/docs/index.md

This release updates the following policies:

Permissions - Support for setting permissions for sharing the screen has been added.
EnableTrackingProtection - Support for setting the default mode has been added as well as support for suspected fingerprinters.

For more information about Firefox 142, see the enterprise release notes.