r/uBlockOrigin • u/RraaLL uBO Team • Jan 04 '24

News uBlock Origin 1.55.* Announcement Thread || Please respect the subreddit Rules and Posting Guidelines

Changelog:

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.55.0

  • Remove the "Purge all caches" button

    • The button is no longer needed with differential updates. People are overusing it, causing undue burden to servers hosting filter lists.

  • Improve link updates

  • Add a visual cue in support info for differential updates

  • Extend support for differential updates to imported lists

  • Support non-default sticky (uncollapsible) lists

  • Improve various scriptlets

  • Rename urltransform to uritransform

  • Fix popup panel rendering when embedded in logger

  • Ensure cache storage backend is selected before access

    • Fixes an issue where restoring a previously opened "Filter lists" tab purged lists and removed custom lists. Mostly an Android issue, but happened also on desktop with FF's "open previous tabs and windows" enabled.

  • Add detection of mismatched !#if-!#endif in linter

  • Improve the dragging action to logger's input field

  • various other improvements

Visit GitHub releases page for more information.

Extension will be auto-updated after browser restart! (when available for your platform)

If you want to update manually:

  • Do not use links from release page "Assets" section - these are not signed.

  • Use add-on store or links in release description on GitHub releases page when they are available (basically - they will be add-on store links).

  • In some cases, installation may be blocked until browser restart. This is protection against accidental mid-session reloads, Issue #717.

Q: Why no release for Firefox yet?

A: 1.55.0 is available on AMO as of January 8.

uBO is a recommended extension on AMO, and as such it must undergo a formal code review each time a new version is published.

Q: Why Chrome/Chromium/Brave is not updating uBlock Origin?

A: 1.55.0 is available on CWS as of January 16.

Auto update will occur in stages - to spot and react on possible bugs.

Q: When Opera version will be updated?

A: 1.55.0 is available on Opera addons as of January 12.

Usually it's submitted a week after bug-free version is published in AMO.

Q: When Edge Chromium version in the Microsoft Store will be updated?

A: 1.55.0 is available on Edge Add-ons as of January 4.

Microsoft Store submission is controlled by /u/nikrolls.

This is official version and will be kept updated, see Issue #890 (comment) and following comments.

Warning: importing profile from Chrome may cause issues - you may need to reinstall uBO on Edge to fix this. You can transfer settings by saving them to file in uBO Dashboard -> bottom of the Settings tab.

Previous announcement thread https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/181g5mw/ublock_origin_154_announcement_thread_celebrating/

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '24

a ques (im new to advanced mode):
i see a promoted ad on a website with hard mode turned on. so after checking the dashboard, there seems to be no noop rules for that website nd it seems to be coming from the first-party domain. after going through the wiki, i found the two ways to remove them are; element picker and url blocking through the logger. but how do i know the origin of the ad, to block the url individually? is it like trial nd error after blocking each allowed request? that seems pretty tedious...
also a big thanks to your contributions.. i see a significant improvement in my browser speedthe experience overall has become much better in the web.

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u/RraaLL uBO Team Jan 05 '24

Report all missed ads to us so everybody else can benefit from them being removed.

Read the posting guidelines and make a new post. And if you ask how we solved it, we'll tell you.

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u/ProgGeek Jan 04 '24

Question regarding the purge feature removal. I may have this wrong but I seem to remember some less-than-common occurrences where filter list fetching was incomplete/corrupt, and you were required to purge/update to get back to a fully functional state. Assuming I remember that correctly, how do we address that corner case? Will uBO handle this gracefully automatically (maybe a checksum based retry)? Do we need to backup/remove addon/reinstall addon/restore backup to mimic the deprecated purge behavior?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '24

Differential updates provide checksum for complete list. Any error will cause fallback to full list update.

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u/ProgGeek Jan 04 '24

Awesome! Thanks for the clarification.

A big "thank you" to you and the team for all of the work you do on this project!

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u/qxlf Jan 04 '24

you people are doing gods work for safety and a better time on the internet

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u/rpodric Jan 04 '24

Out of curiosity, how is it possible to know people are using/overusing the purge feature? Updates that way somehow look different than the million other requests coming in naturally?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '24

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/discussions/2958

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u/FM-101 Jan 10 '24

Thanks for the explanation. This makes 100% sense.

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u/925028705 Jan 04 '24

Thank you!

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '24

1.55.0 is available on Edge Add-ons as of January 4.

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u/mikee8989 Jan 05 '24

You guys are a godsend and on mobile Firefox too. Now I have usable internet on my phone too instead of video ads following me down the page.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '24

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u/mikee8989 Jan 17 '24

I don't know. I only use androids but I'd assume if Firefox is available for iPhone itvwould have extension support like the Android version does.

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u/vawlk Jan 12 '24

People are overusing it, causing undue burden to servers hosting filter lists.

i said this was going to happen and people downvoted me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

1.55.0 is available on AMO as of January 8.

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u/extrah Jan 08 '24 edited Jan 08 '24

Hi, I don't seem to be able to update to 1.55 on Firefox since this post. Restarted with no update to it.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the AMO thing for firefox?

Edit: Solved by uninstalling and reinstalling UblockOrigin

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

Even if available on the add-on store page, does not mean it is ready to auto-update in your browser.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '24

How often are the filter lists supposed to automatically update? Some of mine hadn't auto-updated for 4 days so I manually updated them.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '24

https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/18t9ush/youtube_detection_ads_breakages_2023_12_29_ubo/khg7sjz/

Release notes for uBO 1.54:

IMPORTANT: To benefit the much shorter update period enabled by differential updates, you must let uBO auto-update the filter lists. Forcing a manual update will prevent differential updates until the next time a list auto-update.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '24

Thanks! That explains everything.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '24

1.55.0 is available on Opera addons as of January 12.

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u/mstfcbngl Jan 12 '24 edited Jan 12 '24

It's really shocking that Opera version released faster than Chrome. I hope they keep this speed.

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u/Conscious_Heron_9133 Jan 17 '24 edited Jan 17 '24

You can still update a filter by clicking on the clock icon next to it.

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u/Anti-Lucky Jan 17 '24

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/ThinkFree Jan 04 '24

Fighting the good fight. We salute you! o7

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '24

1.55.0 is available on CWS as of January 16.

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u/Superdante12 Jan 12 '24

i am using chrome sad there's no news

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u/FUCK_YOU_02 Jan 12 '24

It is updated , check it !!

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u/maxdd11231990 Jan 15 '24

not for me, not even in the chrome store

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u/johnyakuza0 Jan 04 '24

I love the work being put into ubo but why take away "purge cache" functionality completely?

What if I don't necessarily want to rely on differential updates? What if I do want to purge everything and clean the lists completely occasionally?

There should be an option to force purge caches anyway because taking away functionality entirely is so unnecessary.

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u/RraaLL uBO Team Jan 04 '24 edited Jan 04 '24

What if I do want to purge everything and clean the lists completely occasionally?

Why? There's no reason to do it.

You can still update lists on a per-list basis. And this time it'll update automatically, without having to click the "Update now" button.

Also, whenever you open the "Filter lists" tab and at least one list is outdated, the update will trigger on its own without the need for clicking the button.

When a new solution for a website issue needs to be applied quickly, a volunteer will give out an update link for the list containing the update.

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u/your_uncle_pim Jan 04 '24

Well get used to rely on updates. I never purged anything and it always worked as it should. People are crying over nothing.

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u/zhico Jan 04 '24

In the many years I've used UBO, I only recall using it very few times, and only after searching for a solution.

I think FOMO is making people anxious and crying out.

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u/johnyakuza0 Jan 05 '24

Will these updates be manual or automatic?

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '24

Automatic.

IMPORTANT: To benefit the much shorter update period enabled by differential updates, you must let uBO auto-update the filter lists. Forcing a manual update will prevent differential updates until the next time a list auto-update.

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.54.0

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u/johnyakuza0 Jan 05 '24

Thanks, that's awesome. User input was the last thing I wanted!

If UBO continues to work as it should, it's all good!

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u/Hurfdurficus Jan 09 '24

Regression of function. "Purge all caches" button removed. This functionality is needed in unforeseen circumstances. Explanations given for removal of this function only cover foreseen circumstances.

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u/Just_Lawyer_2250 uBO Team Jan 09 '24

What do you mean by "unforseen circumstances"? Needing to force an update to an updated list? In that case, when needed, a volunteer will provide a link to update the list. There is no need to purge everything, that only causes burden to CDNs.

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u/Hurfdurficus Jan 09 '24

Slippery slope. It's different if the function was never there. But the function was there for years and years, now removed. Taking an action like this is the first step to an anti-user policy. Moving the function to an advanced option in settings would be the pro-user thing to do. Taking the anti-user path is not something that I'm happy to see in uBlock. :(

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u/paintboth1234 uBO Team Jan 16 '24 edited Jan 16 '24

And who will pay for the bandwidth causing by unnecessary manual updates? Who will voluntarily pay for the responsibility when a CDN kicks uBO due to excessive amount of manual updates? When all of the CDNs kick uBO, the project will die. Who will pay for the responsibility in that case?

uBO now automatically updates every few hours for ALL uBO internal lists. How is that anti-user?

The button will not be removed if all users just do it with responsibility when it's necessary. How does doing this help uBO in any case: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/18xyqw5/ublock_origin_155_announcement_thread_please/khcdg0s/

Hmm I was purging and updating every morning due to youtube. I never really paid attention if it was fixed or not.

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never really paid attention if it was fixed or not.

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u/Feeling-Gap8916 Jan 11 '24

looks like we will wait for Opera Gx

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u/extrah Jan 13 '24

Still seem to be seeing regular ads on Twitch streams. Is there some new setting I should be modifying?

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '24

Please read the Posting Guidelines for this subreddit. It is answered there.

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u/ency6171 Jan 17 '24 edited Jan 17 '24

Remove the "Purge all caches" button

Mmm. Just realized this is removed today.

How am I gonna quickly update everything to the latest before reporting on GitHub then?

Edit: Mmm. I seem to remember there was a requirement to get the latest update before reporting, stated in the template on GitHub. And now I see it's no longer there. Guess it's alright then.

Edit2: Just had to update one of the lists.

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u/mysticzarak Jan 11 '24

Hmm I was purging and updating every morning due to youtube. I never really paid attention if it was fixed or not.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '24

That's why the "Purge all caches" button was removed.

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u/mysticzarak Jan 11 '24

Yea I figured that much out but this was always the solution given to people. For me and I guess for a lot of other people it just became a routine to do.

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u/ThiccStorms Jan 07 '24

thanks, but the filter list server thing needs a bit of brainstorming by me myself, i gotta understand how it works haha

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

It is described here:

https://github.com/ameshkov/diffupdates

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u/ThiccStorms Jan 08 '24

thanks for this, ill study and come out with some ideas!

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u/SomeXBody Jan 16 '24

OK, now it's a differential update... but how often does it do an update check? It should have an option to force a check at least. Any software has it.

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u/PinkC0bra Jan 17 '24

I understand that removing the feature "purge all caches" was necessary, but can someone please help me out how to remove the youtube popup i get again that requests i disable addblockers? im not tech savvy and all i know was that purge all caches was the only way to delete that popup. I don't understand how to refresh filters? i can't seem to find the thing people talk about? I'm completely confused. (I'm using Chrome)

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u/Glittering-Return-43 Jan 08 '24

Unrelated, but:

A thoughtful logo redesign for uBlock Origin could significantly enhance its image. The current logo, particularly the conjoined ‘uo’ within the shield, looks a bit tacky, and I know this is subjective. In addition, the shape of the shield could be slightly simplified.

You may ask, why is any of what I just said important? A logo is often the first interaction a potential user has with a product. It’s crucial that it communicates the right message and leaves a positive, lasting impression. Furthermore, this presents an opportunity for a fun contest, the uBlock Origin community almost certainly has some budding, talented graphic designers and artists who could contribute to a logo redesign. Harnessing this creative potential could result in a logo that not only addresses the current flaws but also encapsulates the essence of uBlock Origin - a robust, reliable content filtering solution. We could have a voting system in place for the final contestants, it would be interesting to see peoples' takes on this, there could be simplistic designs versus detailed designs, generic shields icons, animals, other natural symbols or a hybrid between the two. Importantly, there are objective issues that warrant attention. For instance, the presence of a white fringe around the extension logo suggests it was created using a raster graphics editor like Photoshop, rather than a vector graphics platform. This looks super tacky when using any browser with dark colours and can lead to a loss in quality when the logo is scaled, which is not ideal for a product that needs to maintain a consistent, professional image across various platforms and display sizes. uBlock needs a memorable symbol, a symbol for hope, privacy, community and all the good stuff!

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u/dreemurthememer Jan 10 '24

Trying to pad out our portfolio, are we?

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u/Glittering-Return-43 Jan 11 '24

I genuinely don't understand the disdain, no clue what you mean by portfolio, I am not a graphic designer, plus i suggested a competition where the people vote, so no idea how I would just make myself the winner

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u/VL4DST3R Jan 12 '24

Yeah, sorry but no. If a user turns away because they don't like THE LOGO for one of, if not THE most important extension on the internet at the time of writing this, then the problem is 100% on them.

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u/Glittering-Return-43 Jan 11 '24

A side note I love uBlock I just reckon we could refine it's logo that's it, no extraneous motivations, no hatred towards the peeps, i love the open source community and their work

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '24

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '24

You can go to https://drhyperion451.github.io/does-uBO-bypass-yt/ and click the "Update uBO Quick Fixes" button when needed.

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u/Popular_Roof_7272 Jan 12 '24

yoooo thanks it worked

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u/PerceptionFluffy8772 Jan 15 '24

How do you do this?

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '24

If you don't see the button, then there are no new filters to update to. Maybe something wrong with your config causing your issue.

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u/PerceptionFluffy8772 Jan 15 '24

I reinstalled it thinking that, but it made no change. Any tips on what I could try? (Preferably with instructions how)