Opera Desktop Updates & Release Notes

Hello!

Opera Stable 138 is here with a fresh Chromium update, improved stability, and a more polished Start Page experience.

We’ve updated Chromium to version 154.0.8037.99 and fixed crashes affecting several areas of the browser, including tabs, translate, autofill, importing data, and the AI panel.

Also, the Make Opera Yours widget on the Start Page has received a major refresh. It now features a new welcome experience, a simple five-step progress indicator, improved theme selection, and a redesigned success screen, making it easier and more enjoyable to personalize Opera.

You can find the full list in the changelog.

Let us know what you think, happy browsing!

Installation links:

Hello!

We’ve rolled out a new Opera Stable release, version 137.0.6036.63, focused on stability and site compatibility.

The big news: Emergency Session Restore is now enabled on all streams, so if Opera shuts down unexpectedly, your tabs come back when you reopen the browser.

On the site compatibility side, we fixed WebCodecs H.264 encoder errors on WhatsApp Web and Paramount+ playback failing with Error 100. Sync is also working again for users who were missing the account options in Settings.

The rest of the release is a round of crash fixes across the search infobar, Translate UI, Autofill popup, and extension side panels – mostly on Windows.

You can find the full list in the changelog.

Happy browsing!

Installation links

• Opera Stable for Windows
• Opera Stable for macOS
• Opera Stable for Linux – deb packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – RPM packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – snap package

Hello!

We’ve rolled out a new Opera Developer release, version 139, with a Chromium bump, and a wide batch of fixes across vertical tabs, sidebar, settings, and stability.

New in the ad blocker

• We’ve added a new way to take back your page from distracting content. Right-click any ad, banner, or annoying box and choose Block this element, it disappears instantly. Need to tidy more at once? Pick Block multiple elements to highlight and remove items one by one with a crosshair, with a small slider to catch repeated blocks like ad rows or card lists. Everything is instantly reversible with an Undo button, and your blocked items are remembered per site, so the clutter stays gone on your next visit. Wipe it up! is built right into the Opera ad blocker: no setup required.

But in our regular release

• Updated Chromium to 154.0.8037.17
• Enabled #popup-protection: only one pop-up can be displayed at a time now, and extended the mechanism to cover all pop-ups
• Added drag and drop for the auto-hiding vertical tabs panel, both within the same window and across windows
• Fixed WebCodecs H.264 encoder errors on web.whatsapp.com and Paramount+ video playback failure (Error 100)
• Fixed websites not reacting to touch on touch screens
• Fixed sidebar remaining partially visible (a 4px strip) after auto-hide
• Fixed missing options that prevented Opera account synchronization
• Fixed a number of crashes across autofill, AI panel, DevTools, tab collection, and the Windows installer
• A round of React Settings polish: added favicons, fixed missing icons, search results for “Browser Connector”, and the “Automatically translate these languages” section

Known issues

• Clicking the “+” button in the tab tooltip does not let you select additional emoji, we’re working on a fix.

For a full list of changes check out our changelog.

Happy browsing!

Installation links

• Opera developer for Windows (Using the Opera developer for Windows installer means you have accepted the Opera for Computers EULA)
• Opera developer for Windows (Portable version)
• Opera developer for macOS
• Opera developer for Linux – deb packages
• Opera developer for Linux – RPM packages

Hello!

We’ve rolled out a new Opera Stable 137 release with a Chromium bump and several stability fixes.

On top of that, we’ve enabled #opera-one-react-settings by default: refreshed Settings experience, rebuilt in React and lightly redesigned along the way.

Core

• Updated Chromium to 153.0.8010.55
• Fixed VP9 and AV1 decoding in the Snap build
• Fixed websites not reacting to touch input on touch screens
• Fixed several crashes on Linux, Windows and macOS
• Fixed Opera being brought to front on Mac when VPN auto-connects after switching to public Wi-Fi

Tabs

• Fixed new tab button position after creating and closing a 4-pane split screen
• Fixed being unable to click the left side of the page next to the blank area of the tabs panel
• Fixed Search in Tabs button in Vertical Tabs when the sidebar is hidden or in auto-hide mode
• Enabled #vertical-tabs-drag-to-pin on all streams

Early Bird features:

• One of your most-asked-for features is here: we’ve turned #vertical-tabs-collapse-per-window on Early Bird. Each window now remembers its own vertical-tabs collapsed/expanded state, and new windows pick it up from the last one you opened.
• We also enabled #emergency-session-restore on Early Bird. This makes session recovery more resilient: if the normal session restore is interrupted or fails, Opera now falls back through several safer recovery paths instead of starting with an empty session, so you’re much less likely to lose your tabs after a crash. Give it a try!

You can find the full list in the changelog.

Happy browsing!

Installation links:

• Opera Stable for Windows
• Opera Stable for macOS
• Opera Stable for Linux – deb packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – RPM packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – snap package

Hello!

We’ve rolled out a new Opera Developer release (version: 138.0.6038.0) with a Chromium bump (updated to 153.0.8010.5), and a large batch of fixes across the new React settings, Vertical Tabs, and overall stability.

Much of this release focused on improving the new React settings. Deep links now open the correct pages, sync works again with open tab details restored, and search updates the URL while keeping phrases intact. We also fixed several smaller issues, including missing labels and icons, hidden Early Bird features, blocker exceptions, VPN Pro status styling, spell check languages, and layout inconsistencies.

Vertical Tabs now save their collapsed/expanded state per window, with new windows inheriting the last open window’s state. We also fixed tab search with hidden sidebars, dropdown styling on Windows, and tab clicks after switching layouts.

We also added popup warnings about sound use in Easy Setup and Settings.

Known issues:

• Speed Dial folders cannot currently be created. We’re investigating the issue.

For a full list of changes check out our changelog.

Happy browsing!

Installation links:

• Opera developer for Windows (Using the Opera developer for Windows installer means you have accepted the Opera for Computers EULA)
• Opera developer for Windows (Portable version)
• Opera developer for macOS
• Opera developer for Linux – deb packages
• Opera developer for Linux – RPM packages

Hello!

We’ve rolled out a new Opera Stable release with a Chromium bump (updated to 152.0.7977.134) and a batch of fixes focused on tab dragging, pinned tabs, and general stability.

Most of the work in this release went into the vertical tabs experience, particularly around pinned tabs. You can now unpin tabs by dragging them out of the pinned section, and drag unpinned tabs into it. The drag pointer preview has been improved so it’s clearer where a tab will land when moving between sections, and the pinned tab preview layout while dragging has been polished. We also fixed a case where dragging a pinned tab into the regular tabs section only let you drop it into a tab island, and a crash that could happen when dragging an unpinned tab from the pinned section back to the unpinned part. On top of that, clicking on tabs after switching the layout from vertical to horizontal now works correctly.

On the smaller fixes side, the VPN badge is once again displayed in the address bar and onboarding on Mac no longer feels slow and unresponsive after the intro.

For Early Bird users on vertical tabs, we also fixed the missing tabs context menu when clicking below the tabs on Windows, and a case where the tab favicon showed both the red dot and the sound/mute indicator in collapsed state during a meeting.

We also enabled #emergency-session-restore in Early Bird. This makes session recovery more resilient: if the normal session restore is interrupted or fails, Opera now falls back through several safer recovery paths instead of starting with an empty session, so you’re much less likely to lose your tabs after a crash. Give it a try!

Known issue

• Opera crashes on Linux when a dynamic theme is selected in the theme settings. Please use a static theme instead until the fix is available.

You can find the full list in the changelog.

Happy browsing!

Installation links

• Opera Stable for Windows
• Opera Stable for macOS
• Opera Stable for Linux – deb packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – RPM packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – snap package

Hello!

Today we’re releasing an update to Opera Stable 136.0.6008.52.

The highlight is a new addition to Opera’s free, built-in VPN: it can now connect automatically when you join a public Wi-Fi network. Read more here.

This release is also built on Chromium 152.0.7977.130, which brings in the latest upstream security fixes, so we recommend updating as soon as it’s offered to you. On top of that, we’ve fixed two crashes reported after last week’s release, restored split screens created from tab islands after a browser restart, brought back the tab context menu when clicking below the tabs in vertical tabs on Windows, and made sure the browser picks up new paste protection rules.

You can find the full list in the changelog.

Happy browsing!

Installation links:

• Opera Stable for Windows
• Opera Stable for macOS
• Opera Stable for Linux – deb packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – RPM packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – snap package

Hey Opera fans,

We’re excited to kick off the week with a brand-new update for our early adopters: Opera 137.0.6029.0 Developer is officially out!

This cycle focuses on underlying system stability, fine-tuning the UI, and laying the groundwork for upcoming feature drops.

For a full list of changes check out our changelog.

Happy browsing!

Installation links:

• Opera developer for Windows (Using the Opera developer for Windows installer means you have accepted the Opera for Computers EULA)
• Opera developer for Windows (Portable version)
• Opera developer for macOS
• Opera developer for Linux – deb packages
• Opera developer for Linux – RPM packages

Hello!

We’ve rolled out a new Opera Stable release built on Chromium 152.0.7977.120.

The headline addition is support for the chrome.sidePanel API, which lets extensions render their own side panels.

On the fixes side, “Save as PDF” now captures pages correctly again, the bookmarks bar no longer disappears after exiting full screen, and macOS 26 users will find that traffic lights react to hover as they should. We also fixed several crashes across tab handling, split screen and the ChatGPT extension.

You can find the full list in the changelog.

Happy browsing!

Installation links:

• Opera Stable for Windows
• Opera Stable for macOS
• Opera Stable for Linux – deb packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – RPM packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – snap package

Hello!

We’ve rolled out a new Opera developer release with a round of stability and polish fixes.

We fixed several crashes: including one in tab hover cards, one after approving permissions for the ChatGPT extension, a macOS split screen crash, and crashes when dragging tabs between pinned and unpinned sections or switching workspaces with a split screen tab active.

We also added an option to switch the New Tab button position from the context menu, and increased the drag-to-move space.

“Save as PDF” now captures pages correctly again, the VPN Autoconnect popup properly appears above other applications, and Acceptable Ads is no longer turned on when the Ad Blocker is disabled.

On top of that, the new React-based settings got a lot of fixes, including the empty opera://settings/syncSetup page and broken section navigation after searching.

We’re still ironing out some issues with syncing in the new settings, so please let us know if you run into anything!

For a full list of changes check out our changelog.

Happy browsing!

Installation links:

• Opera developer for Windows (Using the Opera developer for Windows installer means you have accepted the Opera for Computers EULA)
• Opera developer for Windows (Portable version)
• Opera developer for macOS
• Opera developer for Linux – deb packages
• Opera developer for Linux – RPM packages

Hello!

We’ve rolled out a new Opera Stable release (version: 135.0.5973.123) with a new tab order preference for vertical tabs, and a round of stability and UI fixes.

Key highlights

• Backported the fix for CVE-2026-87491
• Added a preference to control where new tabs open in vertical tabs, available in both Settings and Easy Setup, (enabled the flag #new-tab-on-top on all streams) -> read more here: We’re turning Vertical Tabs upside down in Opera
• Added support for the chrome.sidePanel API: extensions can now render their own side panels, complete with a top bar
• Fixed traffic lights not reacting to hover on macOS 26
• Fixed bookmarks bar disappearing after exiting full screen
• Fixed crashes in tab media list refresh, tab collection move logic, and Vertical Tabs-related crashes on macOS
• Fixed close button not being visible in collapsed tabs after clicking it
• Fixed a stray single-tab island being created when opening split-screen links, and fixed dragging a split-screen tab into a tab island
• Fixed WhatsApp panel not opening with its shortcut
• Fixed the search-copy popup appearing in random places

You can find the full list in the changelog.

Happy browsing

Installation links:

• Opera Stable for Windows
• Opera Stable for macOS
• Opera Stable for Linux – deb packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – RPM packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – snap package

Hello!

We’ve rolled out a new Opera Stable release (version: 135.0.5973.123) with a new tab order preference for vertical tabs, and a round of stability and UI fixes.

Key highlights

• Backported the fix for CVE-2026-87491
• Added a preference to control where new tabs open in vertical tabs, available in both Settings and Easy Setup, (enabled the flag #new-tab-on-top on all streams) -> read more here: We’re turning Vertical Tabs upside down in Opera
• Added support for the chrome.sidePanel API: extensions can now render their own side panels, complete with a top bar
• Fixed traffic lights not reacting to hover on macOS 26
• Fixed bookmarks bar disappearing after exiting full screen
• Fixed crashes in tab media list refresh, tab collection move logic, and Vertical Tabs-related crashes on macOS
• Fixed close button not being visible in collapsed tabs after clicking it
• Fixed a stray single-tab island being created when opening split-screen links, and fixed dragging a split-screen tab into a tab island
• Fixed WhatsApp panel not opening with its shortcut
• Fixed the search-copy popup appearing in random places

You can find the full list in the changelog.

Happy browsing

Installation links:

• Opera Stable for Windows
• Opera Stable for macOS
• Opera Stable for Linux – deb packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – RPM packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – snap package

Hello!

We’ve rolled out a new Opera Developer focused on stability and polish.

We fixed an issue where sessions could be wiped after a crash loop instead of simply skipping page loads, along with several crashes affecting the tab media list, tab collection moves, and Vertical Tabs-related crashes.

Split screen also got a round of improvements: links opened from split screen no longer create accidental single-tab islands, and split-screen tabs can once again be dragged into tab islands as expected.

Also, the React Settings now includes the missing JavaScript icons, points to the correct deep-link targets, and has a cleaner, more consistent sidebar width.

For a full list of changes check out our changelog.

Happy browsing!

Installation links:

• Opera developer for Windows (Using the Opera developer for Windows installer means you have accepted the Opera for Computers EULA)
• Opera developer for Windows (Portable version)
• Opera developer for macOS
• Opera developer for Linux – deb packages
• Opera developer for Linux – RPM packages

Hello!

We’ve released an update to Opera Stable, version 135.0.5973.92. This update includes an important security fix addressing CVE-2026-85046.

We recommend updating to the latest version to ensure you have the most recent security improvements.

As always, thank you for using Opera!

You can find the full list in the changelog.

Happy browsing

Installation links:

• Opera Stable for Windows
• Opera Stable for macOS
• Opera Stable for Linux – deb packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – RPM packages
• Opera Stable for Linux – snap package