Firefox ESR 52, slated to ship on 7 March, will be what Mozilla moves XP and Vista users to. Mozilla created the ESR track in 2012 after some customers balked at its scheme to ship a new edition of the browser every six weeks. (Microsoft adopted a similar approach with its Windows 10 Long Term Servicing (LTS) Branch, a release track that eschews feature changes for months, or even years.) Instead, Firefox ESR remains feature-static for approximately a year, at which time a new ESR is issued.

“In approximately March 2017, Windows XP and Vista users will automatically be moved to the… ESR,” Mozilla said.ĮSR builds are regularly updated with security fixes, but do not receive the new features and enhancements that the standard version does. “In mid-2017, user numbers on Windows XP and Vista will be reassessed and a final support end date will be announced.”īefore that, however, Mozilla will automatically migrate Windows XP and Vista users to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR), a build-and-release track designed for enterprises and educational organisations. “We expect to continue to provide security updates for users until September 2017,” the firm said.

Mozilla will shut down support for its Firefox browser running on Windows XP and Windows Vista this year.The exact timing of Firefox’s retirement from those Microsoft operating systems will be determined in the summer, according to a post to a company blog.

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