bromite/CHANGELOG.md

79.0.3945.123

• updated User-agent version
• increase minimum DoH timeout to 400ms (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/437)

79.0.3945.111

• automatically disable video decoding acceleration on Android 10+ and arm64
• restore enable-horizontal-tab-switcher flag
• remove non-working contextual search settings
• disable QUIC by default
• remove logging for DoH timeouts

79.0.3945.107

• always show cookies, javascript and ads site settings (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/133)
• remove global ads and javascript menu options

79.0.3945.100

• log timeout values for DoH
• enable DFM (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/441)
• updated User-agent version

79.0.3945.94

• removed patches which do not apply anymore (Widevine version punting, always show homepage settings, network errors UMA recording)
• removed split APKs support (Play integration)
• disabled password reuse functionality (Play integration)
• re-introduced minimal headers for DoH
• removed Startpage
• disable feed support
• updated User-agent version

78.0.3904.130

• support user-specified subresources filter URL (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/2)
• revert removal of flag for disabling pull-to-refresh effect
• fix crash when entering no DoH URL (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/430)
• added Peter Lowe's Ad and tracking server list (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/423)
• enabled dav1d_decoder

78.0.3904.119

• replace fixed DNS-over-HTTPS feature flag with user-customizable option
• fix background playback issue (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/424)

78.0.3904.105

• add flag to disable WebGL (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/411)
• more selective AMP sanitization (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/410)
• build optimizations to disable debug information

78.0.3904.93

• introduce flags to disable browser fingerprinting capabilities (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/402)
• major enhancements to AMP sanitization for news/images
• remove duplicate network predictions privacy setting
• disable some signed exchanges features
• ungoogled-chromium-android: patches to block all GCM/GMS/PlayServices integrations
• ungoogled-chromium: block all connection requests to substituted domains
• disable GVR services build flag
• disable HEAD requests for single words typed and clicked in Omnibar
• increase number of autocomplete matches from 5 to 10
• replace DoH probe domain with RIPE domain
• merged fixes for adblock/javascript menu text (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/pull/398)
• updated User-agent phone model and version

78.0.3904.72

• updated User-agent phone model and version
• fix network predictions bug (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/387)
• fix crash in settings (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/388)

78.0.3904.63

• replace Beta DoH service URL for Google (https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/doh/migration)
• disable AImageReaderMediaPlayer until upstream bug is fixed (https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=977583)
• disabled face detection provider
• removed non-working SystemWebView adblock patch (not working since v77)
• bring back some privacy options which upstream moved to Sync settings (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/383)

77.0.3865.104

• revert upstream commit for search privacy options and related translations removal (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/375)
• remove unused patch for enabling subresource filter on all sites

77.0.3865.95

77.0.3865.81

• use native subresource filtering instead of Bromite engine
• introduce Bromite AdBlockUpdate service
• keep using Bromite engine for SystemWebView
• enable subresource filter for all sites
• disable subresource filter popup
• enable IPv6 probing by default
• drop DnsTransaction default security level patch
• drop patch to visualize all type of extensions
• drop patches for Network Service
• enable CFI for all architectures except x86

76.0.3809.129

• disable CFI to fix x86 crashes (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/357)

76.0.3809.115

• disable search-ready omnibox by default
• disable unified consent

76.0.3809.100

• use default feature flags for autofill (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/348)

76.0.3809.91

76.0.3809.85

• add flag to toggle Network Service
• disable Network Service by default
• do not record UMA for network errors
• use fixed User Agent and Android OS version
• dropped patch for history requirement of user gesture

75.0.3770.139

• disable media router and remoting by default (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/281)
• enable CFI in GN build flags

75.0.3770.132

75.0.3770.109

• disable payment support by default
• disable background sync by default
• better patch from GrapheneOS/Vanadium for disabling sensors access (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/319)
• use new patch for content settings sensors allow/block (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/319)
• fix impossible values in Battery Status API (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/322)

75.0.3770.86

75.0.3770.82

75.0.3770.70

• enable changing default downloads storage location by default
• enable download rename option by default
• disable offline pages in the downloads home to be opened in CCT by default
• increase minimum SDK from 17 to 19 (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/310)
• prefs: disable SigninAllowed by default
• prefs: always prompt for download directory by default
• build: remove calling untrusted hooks

75.0.3770.53

• fix crash when downloading or from browser-initiated requests (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/309)

75.0.3770.50

• disable dynamic module loading
• more fixes to allow building for SDK 17

74.0.3729.162

• remove recent tabs signin

74.0.3729.154

74.0.3729.141

74.0.3729.122

• remove more unnecessary permissions

74.0.3729.106

• remove account/sync menu entries (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/285)
• fix failed debug builds

74.0.3729.86

• enable dark mode settings entry by default
• fix permission request for Play services on reboot (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/281)

74.0.3729.80

• increase minimum SDK version to 17 (Jelly Bean 4.2)
• dropped obsolete patch for hyperlink auditing disable

73.0.3683.107

• dropped patch to disable smooth scrolling
• fixed custom tab intents issue (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/279)

73.0.3683.105

• removed Fanboy's Annoyance List and Peter Lowe's adservers list from filters

73.0.3683.97

• dropped redundant patch to hide NTP tiles (use home page + about:blank)

73.0.3683.88

• add option to use home page as NTP

73.0.3683.82

• remove force home page button flag
• enable site per process isolation for devices with memory > 1GB
• use 64-bit processes for SystemWebView
• disable local field trials seed (redundant)
• fix patch for classic new tab page (redundant)

73.0.3683.79

• add missing Qwant engine from default engines list (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/262)
• DoH: include upstream patch for DNS secure mode
• DoH: enable DNS secure mode by default

73.0.3683.70

73.0.3683.61

• drop patches with functionality now available from upstream (DuckDuckGo and Qwant search engines, TLS 1.3 final)
• add only DuckDuckGo Lite search engine
• provide image URL for Qwant
• disable safe browsing subresource filter by default
• fix PAC URL support in proxy configuration

72.0.3626.120

• add support for resource type in adblock engine (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/115)
• adblock engine speed optimizations
• use adblock engine also in SystemWebView
• add back uBlock Origin and EasyList filters
• added Fanboy's Annoyance List

72.0.3626.119

• use AdGuard filters
• fixes for new tile rows usage
• re-introduce patch to hide NTP tiles
• disable NTP tile metrics collection

72.0.3626.114

• use 4 tile rows instead of 2 in the new tab page
• do not grant geolocation permission to default search engine (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/250)

72.0.3626.108

72.0.3626.99

72.0.3626.87

• update bookmarks view after import

72.0.3626.81

• serve empty content for blocked scripts/images (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/238)
• keep support of Jelly Bean (workaround for upstream https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=923477)

72.0.3626.73

72.0.3626.68

• do not ignore save prompt for users without SD card (workaround for upstream wontfix https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=916606)
• remove third_party/analytics patch (now fixed upstream in 64d6a56f09)
• AV1 codec support

71.0.3578.132

• add patches from AndroidHardening project (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/226)

71.0.3578.123

• disable jumbo builds (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/216 and https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/219)
• disable preview fetching
• do not consider Android Jelly Bean unsupported

71.0.3578.120

• fix breakage of translate quick answers by anti-AMP (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/210)

71.0.3578.115

• add AdGuard DNS-over-HTTPS option
• use green icon for SystemWebView

71.0.3578.110

71.0.3578.104

• fix AMP links sanitisation; have it working for news as well (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/202)
• revert upstream patch responsible for the broken save dialog prompt (upstream: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=916606)

71.0.3578.101

71.0.3578.98

• do not ask permissions for camera when importing bookmarks (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/200)

71.0.3578.88

• add proxy configuration page (see https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki/ProxyConfiguration)
• use more recent versions in User-Agent (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/156)

71.0.3578.85

• fix blurry adaptive icon (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/197)

71.0.3578.76

71.0.3578.72

• add flag to disable IPv6 probes

70.0.3538.107

• added adaptive icon (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/181)
• do not change randomisation at each call (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/177)
• do not enable #enable-scroll-anchor-serialization by default

70.0.3538.102

• do not grant notifications to default search engine
• remove all promos from bookmark manager page
• re-introduced various patches to eradicate binary blob dependencies (only Cast left)
• remove contacts picker permission

70.0.3538.95

• fix crash on bookmark edit activity (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/172)
• fix slow chrome://flags (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/173)
• enable TLS 1.3 final support by default (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/174)
• dropped some patches related to GCM/GMS on suspicion of being related to random crashes

70.0.3538.87

• enable history requirement of user gesture (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/171)
• enable serialization of scroll position changes while loading (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/171)
• remove passwords keyboard accessory option (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/171)
• some improvements to bookmark import/export interaction
• add flag to disable orientation API, disabled by default
• disable device motion API by default (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/171)

70.0.3538.83

• fix keep session cookies option showing on all site settings views
• fix blank site settings entry showing (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/166)
• offer builtin autocomplete for chrome://flags quick access

70.0.3538.80

• add flag to disable video resume functionality, allowing to not pause video playback on tab switch (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/108)
• prevent "are you there" prompts from appearing when playing videos
• completely disable update scheduler checks to fix a related crash

70.0.3538.77

• disable generic sensor APIs by default (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/160)
• introduce flag to disable device motion API (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/160)
• add Quad9 as a DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) option (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/140)

70.0.3538.71

• fix bug with canvas fingerprinting (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/154)

70.0.3538.67

• re-enabled DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) flag (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/139)
• dropped GCM removal patch
• disable kSigninAllowedOnNextStartup by default
• permanently disable query-in-omnibox (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/143)

69.0.3497.113

• disabled DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) flag, not working since 69.0.3497.73 (see https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/139)

69.0.3497.109

69.0.3497.102

• ungoogled-chromium: disable network time tracker
• ungoogled-chromium: remove third-party/analytics
• ungoogled-chromium: always use local Devtools instead of remote files
• build without safebrowsing
• drop "Hide NTP tiles" flag

69.0.3497.91

• fixed crash when accessing site settings media preferences (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/122)

69.0.3497.73

• enabled WebRTC
• drop clear HTTP cache patch

68.0.3440.126

• add option to disallow custom tab intents (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/117)
• add option to keep local data until browser exit (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/56)
• remember preference for tabs persistence option
• extend anti-AMP to all search results

68.0.3440.121

• add option to not persist tabs across sessions (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/106)
• always incognito mode (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/18)
• disable domain reliability (ungoogled-chromium)
• more efficient adblock interception by using proper handler
• fix log message about default maximum connections
• improvement for exit menu patch

68.0.3440.110

• add import action to Bookmarks activity page
• use different user-agent version based on Android OS version

68.0.3440.90

• reduce rects randomisation by factor of 100
• use a fixed user-agent (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/103)

68.0.3440.87

• add export action to Bookmarks activity page

68.0.3440.81

• fix issue with filters with an excluded domain option

68.0.3440.72

• fix crash during some canvas rendering (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/95)
• new approach to adblock filtering (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/90)
• add a flag to enable higher maximum connections per host limit (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/61)
• add a flag to disable custom tab intents (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/81)
• add a flag to have an always-empty new tab page (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/82)
• reduced randomization of TextMetrics and ClientRects results
• disable ads metrics by default
• disable all field trials (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/83)
• re-introduced own battery API patch (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/80)

67.0.3396.107

• removed patch to use Android Media Player for URLs (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/71)

67.0.3396.101

• set home page to new tab page
• adjust order of new menu entries, remove help menu item (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/76)
• remove some Play Services integrations: Auth, Vision, GCM
• remove TOS/metrics and translate
• net/cert: increase default key length for newly-generated RSA keys
• dns: send IPv6 connectivity probes to RIPE DNS rather than Google
• profile-resetter: do not tick send-settings by default
• autofill: disable autofill download manager
• first_run: deactivate autoupdate globally
• safe_browsing: disable incident reporting
• safe_browsing: disable reporting of safebrowsing override
• safe_browsing: disable cookie transmission
• extensions: always show component extensions in the ext list
• translate: disable fetching of translate languages from server

67.0.3396.95

• reduce headers sent in DoH requests (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/70)
• serve DoH requests with maximum priority
• CloudFlare -> Cloudflare (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/73)
• fingerprint mitigations: cover also ConvertToArrayBufferContents
• removed redundant own patch for battery API

67.0.3396.92

• improve randomization for each retrieved Canvas data (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/69)

67.0.3396.88

• add flag for DNS-over-HTTPS (Google experimental DNS) (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/68)
• disable signin, translate and data saver UI/internal components (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/67)
• rename GoogleEN -> Google In English (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/66)
• re-enabled text metrics and ToDataURL, ToBlob with randomization of color data (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/52)
• open YouTube links in Bromite
• use Android Media Player for URLs
• add exit menu item
• hide "send reports to Google" menu item

67.0.3396.82

67.0.3396.76

67.0.3396.72

• add global toggle for adblock engine (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/53)

67.0.3396.67

66.0.3359.202

• fix DevTools integration (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/23)
• allow toggling of Javascript from New Tab Page (fixes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/60)

66.0.3359.200

66.0.3359.196

66.0.3359.188

• increase max (persistent) connections per server from 6 to 15
• preliminary work for better canvas fingerprinting mitigations

66.0.3359.161

66.0.3359.148

• disable permanently all custom tab intents (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/17)
• reduce randomization for client rects from 5% to 3%

65.0.3325.230

• fixed permission to access Google account issue (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/11)

65.0.3325.218

• always set WideVine version

65.0.3325.204

• add menu option to toggle global Javascript preferences setting (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/37)
• add fingeprinting mitigation for getClientRects, getBoundingClientRect
• set audio latency to fixed number

65.0.3325.198

• re-landed support for third-party AdBlock filters
• completed patches cleanup

65.0.3325.190

• block some Canvas and AudioBuffer APIs mostly used for fingerprinting (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/15)

65.0.3325.176

• block plugins enumeration API
• block battery API
• remove device name and build id from User Agent
• added Qwant search engine
• disable non-working 3rd-party filters support

64.0.3282.204

• use H264 NEON optimizations also for arm64
• fix build of Stable channel
• started building vanilla Chromium releases as well

64.0.3282.193

• disable reporting

64.0.3282.182

• add support for domain-based adblock filters
• optimized memory allocation for filters

64.0.3282.168

• extension: allow playing youtube/vimeo videos in background (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/16)
• never fetch most popular sites for new tab initialization, disable logo on new tab page
• some improvements to adblock filters
• disabled signin (ungoogled-chromium) (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/31 and https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/11)
• disabled webRTC and crash uploaders (ungoogled-chromium)
• disabled translate (ungoogled-chromium)
• disabled Gaia & GCM (ungoogled-chromium)
• added clear HTTP cache menu item (ungoogled-chromium)
• disabled Google host detection (ungoogled-chromium)
• disabled profile avatar downloading (ungoogled-chromium)
• disabled intranet redirect detector (ungoogled-chromium)
• disabled plugin untraceable URLs (ungoogled-chromium)

64.0.3282.149

63.0.3239.150

• fixed crash when clicking on address bar lock (page info) or opening site settings (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/28)
• build H264 with NEON optimizations for ARMv7
• more builds for arm64 architecture

63.0.3239.144

• fixed invalid AdBlock filter rule blocking all connections (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/26)

63.0.3239.129

63.0.3239.122

• disable webRTC completely (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/9)
• hyperlinks sanitization fixed and now accessible from Google logo click
• now building and publishing SystemWebView apks

63.0.3239.118

• limit impact of AMP-removal to not break tabs (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/20)
• fix DuckDuckGo and StartPage suggestions (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/19)
• revert /deep/ and ::shadow feature drop to attempt fixing DevTools support (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/23)
• remove also ads from search results
• add Google search engine with English-only results, no RLZ and field trials
• fix build of x86 version (was broken in previous version)

63.0.3239.85

• no suggest URL for DuckDuckGo (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/19)
• fixed 4chan blocking rule
• limit AMP links cleanup to search results only (fixes broken images/news result tabs)

63.0.3239.78

• correctly set version and build numbers

63.0.3239.73

63.0.3239.64

• fixed an issue with incognito new tab
• permanent disable for ToS/metrics and unused auto-updates check

63.0.3239.46

• removed search engine geolocation default patch

63.0.3239.38

63.0.3239.27

63.0.3239.24

• convert AMP search results to regular search results

63.0.3239.15

• remove URL tracking from Google search results
• disable webRTC by default (https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/9, still not working proper)
• do not enable search engine geolocation by default
• use own package name (closes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/1)
• use 64bit WebView process

63.0.3239.10

• attempt enabling API keys (didn't work)
• added StartPage search engine (closes https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/3)

63.0.3239.6

• added Bromite patch for Google search results click-tracking removal
• added x86 target CPU
• fixed red blink frame

63.0.3235.2

• first release with NoChromo adblocking patch
• Bromite patch: disable NTP remote suggestions
• added some Inox/Iridium/Ungoogled-Chromium patches, namely:
  • DuckDuckGo search engine
  • disable battery status service
  • disable formatting in OmniBox
  • disable GCM status checks
  • use local fonts instead of fonts from Google servers
  • disable updater pings
  • do not enable Google integrations by default (translation, lookup, etc)
  • disable the ad promo system
  • do not store passwords by default
  • do not fetch Google promotions
  • restore classic NTP
  • only keep cookies until exit
  • block third-party cookies