What would you like?

Add Mozilla Firefox to Linux/arm64 browser images when this browser becomes available for arm64 on Linux via the cdn release location https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/.

Why is this needed?

Firefox is needed on Linux/arm64 to complement the availability on Linux/amd64 Cypress Docker images.

Mozilla is currently providing Firefox for arm64 on the nightly channel. See Firefox Nightly Now Available for Linux on ARM64 aka AArch64.

Firefox 136.0 released March 4, 2025:

On Linux, Firefox is now available on ARM64 (AArch64), with installation options via APT and tarballs. Flatpak support is coming soon.

Other

• Follows on from issue Add Arm browsers to linux/arm64 Docker images #695
• See examples/firefox-esr to use Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) in a custom Cypress Docker image

Upstream status

Edit: Status updated Mar 6, 2025:

• Firefox - Please provide an official linux ARM64 build opened Nov 19, 2020 - This issue is closed as resolved. The Linux ARM64 version is now available on https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/desktop-release/
• Firefox Nightly Now Available for Linux on ARM64 dated April 19, 2024 - see https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-nightly-latest-ssl&os=linux64-aarch64 for download location - Firefox Linux ARM64 now available via Rapid Release Channel (in addition to ESR channel). See above.

Cypress Docker image status

• cypress/factory loads Firefox into arm64 image - available in cypress/factory:5.5.0 and above
• cypress/browsers contains Firefox in arm64 image
• cypress/included contains Firefox in arm64 image