[German]Mozilla Firefox 115 still runs on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, but has been in extended support for some time. It was previously known that the developers wanted to support this browser version until Q3 2024. The Mozilla developers have now confirmed that Firefox 115 will be supported until March 2025.
Extended support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1
Version 115 of the Firefox browser has been in extended support since May 2023. The development team announced at the time that Firefox 115 would be the last browser version to run on the Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 operating systems. I pointed this out in the blog post Firefox switches to Extended Support for Windows 7, 8, 8.1.
In April 2023, I also reported in the blog post Windows 7/8.1: Firefox will be support until 3. Q. 2024 at least that Mozilla has committed to supporting Firefox for users of Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 until at least Q3 2024. Although the operating systems have fallen out of support, Mozilla will continue to offer Firefox for these platforms until 2024.
Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 have long since fallen out of support at Microsoft. There are only tricks to provide updates for these operating systems. As a result, support from third-party software for these operating systems is currently declining.
Planning for extended support
In July 2024, there was then signs that Mozilla is planning to extend support for Windows 7 beyond the planned date (Q3 2024). The Mozilla developer was unable to provide a final date for when support would end – I reported on this in the German article Mozilla plant Firefox-Supportverlängerung für Windows 7, 8 und 8.1.
Now the Mozilla developers have confirmed that Firefox 115 will continue to receive support until March 2025. EP has linked here some related articles. The ESR version of Firefox 115 still runs on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, macOS 10.12, macOS 10.13 and macOS 10.14 The operating systems can therefore continue to be supplied with a current version of Firefox 115 ESR.
