Policy templates for Firefox 79 and Firefox ESR 78.1

Note: While these templates will work for Firefox ESR68, they contain new policies that are not in Firefox ESR 68. If you need to manage Firefox ESR 68, you should use v1.17

The README that corresponds to this release is:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/v2.1/README.md

This release provides support for the following new policies:

PrimaryPassword

This release updates the following policies:

Cookies - Added support for specifying domains where cookies can be set only for the current session.

Other changes in this release.

On new profiles, onboarding tiles were shown on the new tab page even when the first run page was disabled or sync was disabled. This has been fixed.

For more detailed information about Firefox 79 and Firefox 78.1 ESR, we now have detailed enterprise release notes.

Policy templates for Firefox 78 and Firefox ESR 78 (Updated)

Note: While these templates will work for Firefox ESR68, they contain new policies that are not in Firefox ESR 68.

The README that corresponds to this release is:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/v2.01/README.md

This release provides support for the following new policies:

Handlers
PictureInPicture
MasterPassword (I'm sorry, MasterPassword isn't until Firefox 79/Firefox ESR 78.1)

This release updates the following policies:

DisabledCiphers - Added two new ciphers and provided the ability to enable as well as disable ciphers.
ExtensionSettings - Added the ability to specify domains where content scripts cannot be run. Updated the documentation to be more clear.
Homepage -Locking the homepage is separated from locking the start page by adding a new homepage-locked option for the Startpage.

Other changes in this release.

In Firefox 77 and Firefox ESR 68.9., we added the ability for Linux policies to be specified by placing a policies.json in the /etc/firefox/policies directory. I forgot to mention that in the previous release notes.

For more detailed information about Firefox 78 and Firefox 78 ESR, we now have detailed enterprise release notes.

Policy templates for Firefox 77 and Firefox ESR 68.9

The README that corresponds to this release is:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/v1.17/README.md

This release provides support for the following new policies:

EncryptedMediaExtensions
PDFjs

Note: DisableBuiltinPDFViewer has not been deprecated. You can either continue to use it, or switch to using PDFjs->Enabled to disable the built-in PDF viewer. This new permission was added because we needed a place for PDFjs->EnabledPermissions.

This release updates the following policies:

Authentication - Added support for PrivateBrowsing

Policy templates for Firefox 76 and Firefox ESR 68.8

The README that corresponds to this release is:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/13c3dd95ff4b33d7686f02f2e706be186439930c/README.md

This release provides support for the following new policies:

DisabledCiphers

This release updates the following policies:

Permissions - Added support for Autoplay->Default and Autoplay->Locked

Policy templates for Firefox 75 and Firefox ESR 68.7

The README that corresponds to this release is:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/a46ede82219f2cf58364c13fb434e30670dcd257/README.md

This release provides support for the following new policies:

AppAutoUpdate (should be used instead of app.update.auto in Preferences)
DisableDefaultBrowserAgent
UserMessaging

This release updates the following policies:

DNSOverHTTPS - Added support for ExcludedDomains. Also moved the GPO to a category for more flexibility.

Policy templates for Firefox 74 and Firefox ESR 68.6

The README that corresponds to this release is:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/42fb28dd788f9f18094be19925720506c65c6ebe/README.md

This release updates the following policies:

Permissions - Added support for Autoplay.
SanitizeOnShutdown - Added support for Locked and moved the GPO to a category for more flexibility.

The Tracking Protection GPO was also moved to a category for more flexibility.

Policy templates for Firefox 73 and Firefox ESR 68.5

The README that corresponds to this release is:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/e529c897e63902ab79619e28519bd897f9494d06/README.md

This release updates the following policies:

DisplayMenuBar - Added additional options for always on or always off.
EnableTrackingProtection - Exceptions added

It adds the following preferences to the Preferences policy.

dom.xmldocument.load.enabled (Firefox ESR 68 only)
dom.xmldocument.async.enabled  (Firefox ESR 68 only)

It removes the following preferences from the Preferences policy.

browser.cache.disk.parent_directory (Wasn't working correctly)

Policy templates for Firefox 72 and Firefox ESR 68.4

The README that corresponds to this release is:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/3c0d7fcf4ce4aaa7be5f5a3d66fa7c3e2b8487ad/README.md

This release adds the following preferences to the Preferences policy.

browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.default.sites
extensions.htmlaboutaddons.recommendations.enabled
media.peerconnection.enabled
media.peerconnection.ice.obfuscate_host_addresses.whitelist
security.osclientcerts.autoload
security.tls.hello_downgrade_check
widget.content.gtk-theme-override

Policy templates for Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3

The README that corresponds to this release is:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/f972ec60de7f8a03e9846b3d4840cc01a8f1a8ec/README.md

This release provides support for the following new policies:

DisablePasswordReveal

It updates the following policies:

Authentication - Locked added so that preferences can be unlocked (they are locked by default)

Policy templates for Firefox 70 and Firefox ESR 68.2

The README that corresponds to this release is:

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/3a65c2046dafa7afdbdd64bd02389f8fc36952de/README.md

This release provides support for the following new policies:

LegacyProfiles (Windows only)
OfferToSaveLoginsDefault
PasswordManagerEnabled

It updates the following policies:

Authentication - AllowProxies added
EnableTrackingProtection - Cryptomining and Fingerprinting added

It adds the following preferences to the Preferences policy.

accessibility.force_disabled
browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML
browser.bookmarks.file
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML
browser.bookmarks.restore_default_bookmarks
browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled
browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled
browser.slowStartup.notificationDisabled
browser.taskbar.previews.enable
dom.allow_scripts_to_close_windows
extensions.blocklist.enabled
geo.enabled
intl.accept_languages
media.eme.enabled
print.save_print_settings
security.mixed_content.block_active_content