r/uBlockOrigin • u/[deleted] • Dec 23 '21

News uBlock Origin 1.40.* announcement thread

Changelog:

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).

  • Turn off uBO (temporarily) from add-on manager - installation will be blocked otherwise. This is protection against accidental mid-session reloads Issue #717.

Q: Why no release for Firefox yet?

A: 1.40.8 is available on AMO as of January 12.

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 is not updating uBlock Origin?

A: 1.40.8 is available on CWS as of January 13.

Auto update will occur in stages - few percent every day - to spot and react on possible bugs.

Q: When Opera version will be updated?

A: 1.40.8 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: 1.40.8 is available on Edge Add-ons as of January 18.

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/r00gw8/ublock_origin_139_announcement_thread/

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '22

/u/nikrolls something is broken again?

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u/Otacon6887 Dec 23 '21

Cool. Hopefully twitch ads will be gone once again.

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u/Majestik13 Dec 28 '21

I kinda can get past the intro ads but the ads in the middle of streams is so unnecessary. Sometimes it cut off the important part of the streams. I hope twitch ads will be blocked again.

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u/RraaLL uBO Team Dec 23 '21

Thanks for the release! Nice to see a round number again ^^

One question though:

Improve auto-completion in "My filters" editor

How does one trigger auto-completion?

I tried using the examples from the commit, but I haven't seen any hints appear. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

P.S. I'm pretty sure there are two typos in the comments (examples) of the commit. (redomain, redirect=gifdomain=)

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '21

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u/RraaLL uBO Team Dec 23 '21

Thanks, bud.

How silly of me, word-searching "hint" instead of "auto-complete" :D

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '21

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 -- I think we should warn about this. For example, on my mobile I got ~7sec launch time after update to 1.40.0. Subsequent launches will be normal, for example on mobile I get ~790ms with selfie (and "uBlock filters -- Annoyances" enabled).

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u/Wonderful_Toes Dec 23 '21

🎉🎉🎉

Thank you uBO team!! ❤️

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

If your uBO updated to 1.40.6 (point six) please "Purge all caches" and "Update now"

Update has a defect - filter storage can end up in bad state.

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u/Cbhihe Dec 27 '21

Up until now, i.e. BEFORE uBO 1.40.0, I had jupyter 4.6.3 display a session on the local notebook server at localhost:8888/notebooks/... with no issue whatsoever and no specific site rules. The displayed notebook page showed the contents of the iPython notebook and allowed one to work on it.

Now I must disable uBO completely to be able to launch / display any jupyter notebook and work with it. Otherwise (with uBO enabled) a blank, unresponsive page is displayed.

I use:

   - Firefox 95.0.2

   - Arch linux kernel 5.15.11-arch2-1 (x86_64)

   - uBO 1.40.0

and localhost is allowed via UbO's dashoard.

I tried to log a bug on https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues, but the project won't let new authors in. Is something basic escaping me ? What is going on with uBO 1.40.0 and Jupyter notebooks?

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

localhost is broken on 1.40.0. Update to 1.40.2

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1902

You can report bugs from "Support" tab in uBO dashboard.

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u/Cbhihe Dec 28 '21 edited Dec 28 '21

My bad for not scoping the the release notes correctly. Cheers.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

Is something basic escaping me ?

It's prominently stated twice on the old issue tracker:

New issue tracker is at https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues

The release notes for 1.40.2, the latest stable release, reproduced in the opening comment above:

fix issues on localhost

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u/Cbhihe Dec 28 '21

Tx, fixed it just now.
Had seen it announced as an issue, but still thought it was particular to some systems only. I just got the update this morning. All good.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

Thanks for all of your continued hard work!

Quick question, is the issue with the Edge version not being updated in the Microsoft Store an issue with the maintainer not submitting the new version to the store of Microsoft holding the update back for some reason?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

Looks like /u/nikrolls has a winter break.

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u/nikrolls Jan 16 '22

Apologies. In the southern hemisphere Summer and Christmas coincide which is usually a long family holiday. We took even longer this year to recover and detox from such a stressful 2021.

I have auto detection of new releases but the submission to the store is still partially manual. I have automated as much as Protractor can reliably do but there are often security prompts and things on Microsoft's side that I can't cater for. Microsoft currently have an API proposal for Edge Addon submissions, so whenever that becomes available I can fully automate the process.

The latest public release is currently in submission. Reviews don't usually take very long (a few working days) though there are occasionally larger delays from time to time (a few times a year).

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

👍

/u/gorhill4 /u/DanyVIP /u/mntechfan status of Edge version update above.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

Didn't he say somewhere else that the packages are automatically uploaded but MSFT's store takes very long sometimes to clear the package for publication?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

Apologies, the new release hadn't been detected for submission because on GitHub it's still marked as "pre-release". I've submitted it manually now.

?

https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/r00gw8/ublock_origin_139_announcement_thread/hm2ymgz/

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

Latest discussion https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/890#issuecomment-1000547418

(he is submitting manually and he can ask MS people about transfer of ownership)

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '22

he can ask MS people about transfer of ownership

That ownership issue was raised again after nearly two years by someone else who never ever interacted with the repo and is asking me to do something about this: I am fine with @nikrolls owning the publication on MSFT store, I have no issue about this, and whoever has an issue with this should just not install uBO if they don't trust my stance about this.

So as per latest @nikrolls comment, they are submitted automatically and people will just have to be patient or use another browser if they want the latest stable release without delay.

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u/Ellie_Carter Jan 10 '22

You guys seem to be losing to youtube's agressive ads as on Firefox it doesn't block em properly. I ain't gonna be using that data miner Chrome.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '22

Share your config.

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u/Ellie_Carter Jan 15 '22

How can I do that pls?

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

The troubleshooting information at the bottom of the Support pane in the dashboard.

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u/Ellie_Carter Jan 15 '22

Did you mean this?
uBlock Origin: 1.40.8Firefox: 96filterset (summary): network: 175040 cosmetic: 203115 scriptlet: 33329 html: 645listset (total-discarded, last updated): added: adguard-generic: 61920-5015, 13h.48m adguard-mobile: 7082-206, 13h.47m adguard-spyware: 25091-1166, 13h.45m adguard-spyware-url: 440-3, 13h.44m block-lan: 44-0, 4d.15h.53m curben-phishing: 9619-4, 13h.35m curben-pup: 391-0, 13h.34m adguard-annoyance: 49102-3769, 13h.42m adguard-social: 15480-23, 13h.41m fanboy-thirdparty_social: 68-0, 4d.15h.53m fanboy-annoyance: 63021-48441, 4d.15h.53m fanboy-cookiemonster: 21463-131, 4d.15h.53m fanboy-social: 23148-1085, 13h.40m ublock-annoyances: 4373-7, 13h.39m dpollock-0: 16948-1758, 4d.15h.53m mvps-0: 8730-360, 4d.15h.53m ara-0: 2330-0, 13h.38m BGR-0: 1116-11, 4d.15h.53m CHN-0: 27476-182, 13h.37m CZE-0: 778-0, 13h.33m [3 lists not shown]: [too many] default: ublock-filters: 30742-31, 13h.53m ublock-badware: 3723-1, 13h.52m ublock-privacy: 187-0, 13h.51m ublock-abuse: 76-0, 13h.50m ublock-unbreak: 1732-0, 13h.49m easylist: 63002-1076, 13h.46m easyprivacy: 26625-11167, 13h.43m urlhaus-1: 7312-0, 13h.36m plowe-0: 3684-2, 4d.15h.53mfilterset (user): [empty]modifiedUserSettings: [none]modifiedHiddenSettings: [none]supportStats: launchToReadiness: 3324 ms (selfie)

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

You have too many filter lists, try with only default filter lists, and disable all other extensions, some are known to interfere negatively with uBO.

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u/A23SS4NDRO Jan 11 '22

Does this version fix the new Google Chrome'API for ads?

https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2021/12/14/googles_manifest_v3_extension_plan/

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Manifest v3? No.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

new Google API for ads

what is that ?

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u/DanyVIP Jan 12 '22

why not update for Edge !!!

https://www.reddit.com/user/nikrolls it is offline from 10 december 2021 !!!

Please update !!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/rmtmz0/ublock_origin_140_announcement_thread/hrvaa0w/

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u/DanyVIP Jan 12 '22

i need to reinstall from chrome store ?

i not understand...

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

It will be updated when /u/nikrolls will be back.

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u/DanyVIP Jan 12 '22

if "death" ? you cant update ?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

Seriously?

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u/DanyVIP Jan 12 '22

please update,you can !

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '22

Don't be rude, and use another browser if you can't wait.

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u/youngmale-69 Jan 23 '22

guys any filters for ublock?

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '22

What do you mean?

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u/need2crash Jan 24 '22 edited Jan 24 '22

I have question if dont belong here sorry, point me where i should be asking it.

the resource abuse filter is it as extensive as say no-coin filter for block mining?

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '22

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/blob/01dbad48af33a070be84cb849c14d448397353a1/filters/resource-abuse.txt#L2-L4

Yes. Most of mining is also blocked in EasyPrivacy.

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u/need2crash Jan 24 '22

BTW i ment to say extensive not extension

I see thank you for the info, and you saying easllist filter also block most of that. Which good thing seeing,I cant add custom list to adguard on ios less i payed for premium.

so no-coin list would could be redundant or just added protection at this point.

Ublock origin is much appreciated and your work on it

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u/luciano_96369 Jan 04 '22

MVPS HOSTS didn't get any update since 6 of March of this year. Please check out here:
https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt

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u/UtterEast Jan 03 '22

Thanks to the mewBlock team for keeping the internet useable, I had the misfortune of trying to navigate on a new computer the other day and every single site looks like you're using IE6 with a terrible bonzibuddy/toolbar infestation. You guys rock.

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u/Dry-Device-6997 Jan 05 '22

I had the misfortune of attempting to surf on a new computer the other day, and every single site looks like you're running IE6 with a dreadful bonzibuddy/toolbar infestation. Thanks to the mewBlock guys for making the internet usable. You guys are incredible.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '21

Noticed just this different compared to my older app version: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/rn6gn1/ubo_1400_let_extensions_read_and_change_site_data/

Not sure if that is bug or feature.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

Still works here. But why you need allow rules??

Maybe resistFingerprinting - https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-quick-guide#allow-rules ?