1.63.0

gorhill/uBlock1.63.0Mar 17, 2025by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

Adds a quit button to the element zapper, expands cookie scriptlet values, and increases URL buffer size for better stability.

Key Highlights

  • Add quit button to element zapper mode
  • Add 'closed', 'next', 'mandatory', 'agree/disagree' values to `set-cookie` scriptlet
  • Improve `prevent-addEventListener` scriptlet
  • Increase URL buffer size to 8192
  • Comply with Mozilla's 'User Consent and Control'

New Features

  • Zapper UI
  • Scriptlet enhancements
  • Compliance

Full Release Notes

[Commits to master since this release](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/compare/1.63.0...master)
[Commits since last release](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/compare/1.62.0...1.63.0)

To install the stable build:

- **Firefox**: Click [uBlock0_1.63.0.firefox.signed.xpi](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/4456610/ublock_origin-1.63.0.xpi)
    [uBO works best on Firefox](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox)
- **Chromium**: Install from the Chrome store: <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm>
    [About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported"](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/wiki/About-Google-Chrome's-%22This-extension-may-soon-no-longer-be-supported%22)
- **Edge**: Install from Microsoft Store: <https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/odfafepnkmbhccpbejgmiehpchacaeak>
    The Microsoft Store version of uBO is published by [Nicole Rolls](https://github.com/nicole-ashley/uBlock-Edge)
- **Opera**: Install from Opera addons: <https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/ublock/>

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- [Improve `prevent-set[Timeout|Interval]` scriptlets](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/d36ea89a02)
- [Add quit button to element zapper mode](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/4aebdbb0a9)
- [Improve `trusted-override-element-method` scriptlet](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/9e946ce0c3)
- [Disable obsolete cache-control workaround for Firefox](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/34cea70924)
- [Improve `overlay-buster` scriptlet](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/fc231998b9)
- [Add ability to inject scriptlets according to origin of ancestor contexts](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/a483f7955f)
- [Fix range parser in prevent-setTimeout scriptlet](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/e636c32f2a)
- [Add filter option synonyms for `strict1p`/`strict3p`](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/34df044808)
- [Increase URL buffer size to 8192 (from 2048)](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/36404543e4)
- [Use onmessage/postMessage instead of BroadcastChannel in diff updater](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/ea8853cda3)
- [Improve `disable-newtab-links` scriptlet](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/d41989e62a)
- [Improve `prevent-addEventListener` scriptlet](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/9c26a07b53)
- [Fix reverse lookup of `##^responseheader(...)` filters](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/5921e50e03)
- [Improve `evaldata-prune` scriptlet](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/9bb1a2baaf)
- [Comply with Mozilla's "User Consent and Control"](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/344539d793)
- [Improve `noeval-if` scriptlet](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/0df7faffac)
- [Add "closed","next", "mandatory", "agree/disagree" values to `set-cookie` scriptlet](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/35a47d674b) (by @ryanbr)
- [Add `decline` value to `set-cookie` scriptlet](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/4b12247da1)
- [Improve `abort-on-stack-trace` scriptlet](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/b617926c1c)
- [Improve `href-sanitizer` scriptlet](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/551c6bc6eb)