Opera 126.0.5748.0 developer update

[Opera-QA-Team]

Opera-QA-Team Opera @donq last edited by

@donq: Thanks for letting us know!

[blacksunray]

blacksunray last edited by

my opera goes to the new version, and the search box is gone, and configuration "Enable the search box in the address bar" is no more in the configuration . how I enable the search box again?

[Opera-QA-Team]

Opera-QA-Team Opera @blacksunray last edited by

@blacksunray: Hi, thanks for spotting the issue. It is already reported and will be fixed.

[blacksunray]

blacksunray @Opera-QA-Team last edited by

@opera-qa-team: Thank you for answering my question. Merry Christmas to the whole team and keep up the good work!

[filbo]

filbo @Sopronman last edited by filbo

@sopronman: they're phasing out the beta build, leaving only 'stable' and 'dev' builds (but adding an 'early bird' setting to the stable build). Not sure why none of the Opera employees have mentioned it. Here is the blog post: https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2025/12/opera-presents-early-bird-mode/

[filbo]

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[KevinHarrell]

KevinHarrell last edited by

Thanks for the update. Appreciate the transparency around known issues. Looking forward to the fixes and checking out the changelog. Great work by the team.

[filbo]

filbo @Opera Comments Bot last edited by

Starting with this release (but potentially a bit earlier as I may not have restarted between a couple earlier opera-developer builds): when Opera first starts up, the address bar is truncated. I see something like 30-35 chars worth, then a slight fade, then just empty background (as if the URL were only that long, but it is not).

This is visible on multiple tabs. As soon as I click inside the address bar, the full contents become visible, and this 'sticks' and fixes the address bar appearance on all tabs, for the rest of the session.

(Also: learned this because a web site crashed Opera. The site was messages.google.com, their web-access-to-SMS/RCS site. I had operated its '...' menu > Send feedback, wrote them a bug report, clicked on their 'take screenshot' button, got as far as telling it to actually take the screenshot -- and Opera restarted. Have not tried to reproduce this since then, not particularly enjoying sudden browser restarts...

Obviously these are two separate bugs for you to look into... : )

[filbo]

filbo @filbo last edited by

@filbo aaaand... confirmed the crash bug. Steps:

1. messages.google.com -- then do whatever setup is required for them to mirror your phone's SMS/RCS onto that site (might work without that -- not tested)

2. '⋮' menu on per-chat-top-bar of site > Send feedback

3. enter any text into 'Description' box

4. 'Capture screenshot'

5. dialog pops up, 'Allow messages.google.com to see this tab?'

6. click [Allow]

7. Opera crashes instantly

[filbo]

filbo @filbo last edited by

Image of truncated top bar situation