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# Firefox release notes for enterprise admins

## 160 - 2026-11-10

_Upcoming, not yet released._

These changes apply to Firefox 160 and Firefox Enterprise 160 unless explicitly stated.
Firefox ESR 153.7.0 ships the same day with no policy changes.
Firefox ESR 153 is the current ESR.

### New in Firefox 160

- [`DisableMacOSUserPolicies`](/reference/policies/disablemacosuserpolicies/): Ignore policies from the user's preferences and from user-scope configuration profiles on macOS.

### Changes

- [`Cookies`](/reference/policies/cookies/): Cookies for hosts listed in `Block` are now cleared every time the policy is applied, not only when the list changes.
Firefox Enterprise has this behavior since 159.
- In Firefox Enterprise, Firefox studies, Nimbus rollouts, Normandy and Firefox Labs are now turned off and locked, as are extension and feature recommendations, More from Mozilla, onboarding and address bar interventions.
[`DisableFirefoxStudies`](/reference/policies/disablefirefoxstudies/) and the `FirefoxLabs`, `ExtensionRecommendations`, `FeatureRecommendations`, `MoreFromMozilla`, `SkipOnboarding` and `UrlbarInterventions` options of [`UserMessaging`](/reference/policies/usermessaging/) are no longer needed.
Firefox Enterprise only. ([bug 2073149](https://bugzil.la/2073149), [bug 2082020](https://bugzil.la/2082020))
- Telemetry upload (`datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled`) is now locked on, because Firefox Enterprise security events are sent through it, so users can no longer turn it off in `about:config` or `user.js`.
[`DisableTelemetry`](/reference/policies/disabletelemetry/) remains unsupported in Firefox Enterprise.
Firefox Enterprise only. ([bug 2046816](https://bugzil.la/2046816))

### Fixes

- [`SitePolicies`](/reference/policies/sitepolicies/): `Match` and `Exceptions` did not apply to sites visited with a trailing dot in the hostname, such as `example.com.`.

## 159 - 2026-10-27

These changes apply to Firefox 159, Firefox ESR 153.6.0 and Firefox Enterprise 159 unless explicitly stated.
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- [`Cookies`](/reference/policies/cookies/): Cookies for hosts listed in `Block` are now cleared every time the policy is applied, not only when the list changes.
Firefox Enterprise only.

### Fixes

- [`PictureInPicture`](/reference/policies/pictureinpicture/): Setting `Enabled` to `false` only removed the toggle on videos, so Picture-in-Picture was still available from the context menu.
It now turns Picture-in-Picture off entirely. ([bug 2080056](https://bugzil.la/2080056))

## 158 - 2026-10-13

These changes apply to Firefox 158 and Firefox ESR 153.5.0 unless explicitly stated.
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defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox EnterprisePoliciesEnabled -bool TRUE
```

From Firefox 160, policies set in `~/Library/Preferences` rank below every administrator source, so they cannot override a policy an administrator has set, and they are ignored entirely when [`DisableMacOSUserPolicies`](/reference/policies/disablemacosuserpolicies/) is set.
Setting `EnterprisePoliciesEnabled` there still turns on policy support for the plist.

## Compatibility

**Compatibility:** Firefox 63, Firefox ESR 60.3 (macOS only)\
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## Values

- `Enabled`: Set to `true` to make the Picture-in-Picture toggle available, or `false` to remove it.
- `Enabled`: Set to `true` to make Picture-in-Picture available, or `false` to turn it off, including the toggle on videos and the context menu item.
- `Locked`: Set to `true` to prevent the user from changing the setting.

`Enabled` is applied as a default that users can change, unless `Locked` is set to `true`.
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