diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 3a780107a906d..96cd3d9f3674e 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ NO_CLOBBER=
 MAKE_GIT_COMMIT=
 SKIP_PREPARATION=
 SKIP_BOOTSTRAP=
+SKIP_PATCHING=
+SKIP_BUILD=
+SKIP_PACKAGE=
 RESET_GIT_REPO=
+DRY_RUN=
 
 _determine_obj_dir() {
   if [ ! -d "${FOXHOUND_OBJ_DIR}" ]; then
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ _determine_obj_dir() {
 
 _make_git_commit() {
   pushd "${FOXHOUND_DIR}" > /dev/null || _die "Can't change into foxhound dir: ${FOXHOUND_DIR}"
-  NEW_BRANCHNAME="pw-build-$(date +%s)" 
+  NEW_BRANCHNAME="pw-build-$(date +%s)"
   git switch -c "${NEW_BRANCHNAME}" || _die "Can't create new Git branch called: ${NEW_BRANCHNAME}"
   git add .
   git commit --author="Foxhound builder <foxhound@whereismymind.info>" --message="Added Playwright support to Foxhound."
@@ -61,15 +65,20 @@ _prepare_playwright() {
   . "${CURRENT_DIR}/.PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION"
   _status "Set playwright version to: ${PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION}"
   popd > /dev/null || exit 1
-  pushd "${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}" > /dev/null || _die "Can't change into playwright dir: ${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}"
-  git fetch --all || _die "Git fetch failed for Playwright"
-  git checkout "${PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION}" || _die "Can't checkout playwright version ${PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION}.."
-  popd > /dev/null || exit 1
+  _status "Fetching Playwright and checking out ${PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION} branch"
+  if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+    pushd "${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}" > /dev/null || _die "Can't change into playwright dir: ${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}"
+    git fetch --all || _die "Git fetch failed for Playwright"
+    git checkout "${PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION}" || _die "Can't checkout playwright version ${PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION}.."
+    popd > /dev/null || exit 1
+  fi
 }
 
 _checkout_playwright() {
   _status "Cloning playwright into ${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}"
-  git clone https://github.com/microsoft/playwright.git "${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}" || _die "Cloning playwright failed!"
+  if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+    git clone https://github.com/microsoft/playwright.git "${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}" || _die "Cloning playwright failed!"
+  fi
 }
 
 _check_foxhound_repo_state() {
@@ -83,23 +92,33 @@ _prepare_foxhound() {
  _status "Preparing the foxhound build environment"
   if [ -d "./juggler" ]; then
     _status "Deleting stale juggler"
-    rm -rf "${FOXHOUND_DIR}/juggler"
+    if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+      rm -rf "${FOXHOUND_DIR}/juggler"
+    fi
   fi
   if [ ! -f "${FOXHOUND_DIR}/.mozconfig" ]; then
     _status "Setting default mozconfig from Ubuntu profile"
-    cp "${FOXHOUND_DIR}/taintfox_mozconfig_ubuntu" "${FOXHOUND_DIR}/.mozconfig" 
+    if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+      cp "${FOXHOUND_DIR}/taintfox_mozconfig_ubuntu" "${FOXHOUND_DIR}/.mozconfig"
+    fi
   fi
   if [ -n "$RESET_GIT_REPO" ]; then
     _status "Resetting Git repository"
-    git reset --hard HEAD
+    if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+      git reset --hard HEAD
+    fi
   fi
   if [ -z "$NO_CLOBBER" ]; then
     _status "Clobbering the build environment"
-    ./mach --no-interactive clobber
+    if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+      ./mach --no-interactive clobber
+    fi
   fi
   if [ -z "$SKIP_BOOTSTRAP" ]; then
     _status "Preparing environment via './mach bootstrap'"
-    ./mach --no-interactive bootstrap --no-system-changes --application-choice=browser || _die "Bootstrapping failed! You can install dependencies manually and skip this step via the '-b' flag"
+    if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+      ./mach --no-interactive bootstrap --no-system-changes --application-choice=browser || _die "Bootstrapping failed! You can install dependencies manually and skip this step via the '-b' flag"
+    fi
   fi
   popd > /dev/null || exit 1
 }
@@ -107,35 +126,54 @@ _prepare_foxhound() {
 _patch_foxhound() {
   _status "Patching foxhound for playwright integration"
   pushd "${FOXHOUND_DIR}" > /dev/null || _die "Can't change into foxhound dir: ${FOXHOUND_DIR}"
-  cp -r "${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}/browser_patches/firefox/juggler" "juggler"
-  git apply --verbose --index --whitespace=nowarn --recount "${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}/browser_patches/firefox/patches"/* || _die "Playwright patches failed to apply."
+  if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+    cp -r "${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}/browser_patches/firefox/juggler" "juggler"
+    git apply --verbose --index --whitespace=nowarn --recount "${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}/browser_patches/firefox/patches"/* || _die "Playwright patches failed to apply."
+  fi
   if [ -n "$MAKE_GIT_COMMIT" ]; then
     _status "Creating Git commit"
-    _make_git_commit
+    if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+      _make_git_commit
+    fi
   fi
   popd > /dev/null || exit 1
 }
 
 _build_foxhound() {
   pushd "${FOXHOUND_DIR}" > /dev/null || _die "Can't change into foxhound dir: ${FOXHOUND_DIR}"
-  ./mach build || _die "./mach build error"
+  _status "Starting Foxhound build.. This can take a while"
+  if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+    ./mach build || _die "./mach build error"
+  fi
   popd > /dev/null || exit 1
 }
 
 _package_foxhound() {
   pushd "${FOXHOUND_DIR}" > /dev/null || _die "Can't change into foxhound dir: ${FOXHOUND_DIR}"
  _status "Packaging foxhound.."
-  ./mach package || _die "./mach package error"
+
+  if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+    ./mach package || _die "./mach package error"
+  fi
 
   if [ -n "$WITH_PLAYWRIGHT_INTEGRATION" ]; then
-    mkdir -p "${FOXHOUND_OBJ_DIR}/dist/foxhound/defaults/pref"
-    cp "${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}/browser_patches/firefox/preferences/playwright.cfg" "${FOXHOUND_OBJ_DIR}/dist/foxhound/"
-    cp "${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}/browser_patches/firefox/preferences/00-playwright-prefs.js" "${FOXHOUND_OBJ_DIR}/dist/foxhound/defaults/pref/"
+    _status "Applying playwright preferences"
+    if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+      mkdir -p "${FOXHOUND_OBJ_DIR}/dist/foxhound/defaults/pref"
+      cp "${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}/browser_patches/firefox/preferences/playwright.cfg" "${FOXHOUND_OBJ_DIR}/dist/foxhound/"
+      cp "${PLAYWRIGHT_DIR}/browser_patches/firefox/preferences/00-playwright-prefs.js" "${FOXHOUND_OBJ_DIR}/dist/foxhound/defaults/pref/"
+    fi
+  fi
+  _status "Creating Foxhound zip"
+  if [ -z "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+    pushd "${FOXHOUND_OBJ_DIR}/dist" || exit 1
+    zip -r foxhound_linux.zip foxhound
+    if [ -n "$WITH_PLAYWRIGHT_INTEGRATION" ]; then
+        cp foxhound_linux.zip "foxhound_linux_${PLAYWRIGHT_VERSION}.zip"
+    fi
+    _status "Zip located at '$(pwd  || true)/foxhound_linux.zip', done!"
+    popd > /dev/null || exit 1
   fi
-  pushd "${FOXHOUND_OBJ_DIR}/dist" || exit 1
-  zip -r foxhound_linux.zip foxhound
-  _status "Zip located at '$(pwd  || true)/foxhound_linux.zip', done!"
-  popd > /dev/null || exit 1
   popd > /dev/null || exit 1
 }
 
@@ -150,52 +188,82 @@ main() {
   if [ -z "$SKIP_PREPARATION" ]; then
     _prepare_foxhound
   fi
-  if [ -n "$WITH_PLAYWRIGHT_INTEGRATION" ] && [ -z "$SKIP_PREPARATION" ]; then
-    _check_foxhound_repo_state
+  if [[ -n "$WITH_PLAYWRIGHT_INTEGRATION" && ( -z "$SKIP_PREPARATION" && -z "$SKIP_PATCHING") ]]; then
+    if [ -z "$SKIP_GIT_CHECK" ]; then
+      _check_foxhound_repo_state
+    fi
+
     _prepare_playwright
     _patch_foxhound
   fi
   _determine_obj_dir
   _status "Determined MOZ_OBJDIR as: $FOXHOUND_OBJ_DIR"
-  _build_foxhound
-  _package_foxhound
+  if [ -z "$SKIP_BUILD" ]; then
+      _build_foxhound
+  fi
+  if [ -z "$SKIP_PACKAGE" ]; then
+     _package_foxhound
+  fi
 }
 
 _help() {
    echo "Builds project foxhound"
    echo
-   echo "Syntax: build.sh [-h|c|p|b|r|g|s]"
+   echo "Syntax: build.sh [-c|s|t|u|v|b|r|p|g|n|h]"
+   echo
+   echo "For example, to build from scratch with playwright:"
+   echo "> bash build.sh -p"
+   echo
    echo "options:"
    echo "c     Does not clobber the build prior to building."
    echo "s     Skip the preparation phase (i.e., avoid applying playwright patches again)."
+   echo "t     Skip applying the playwright patches"
+   echo "u     Skip the build itself"
+   echo "v     Skip the packaging stage"
    echo "b     Skip './mach bootstrap' (This can help if the binaries are not available for download anymore)."
    echo "r     Resets the Git repository prior to building. This will delete any (uncommitted) changes you made!"
    echo "p     Builds with playwright integration."
    echo "g     Create a Git commit with the playwright patches."
+   echo "n     Dry run. Only print the step the script would perform."
    echo "h     Print this Help."
    echo
+   echo
+   echo "Environment variables:"
+   echo
+   echo "These are meant to be used if you know what you are doing and can lead to states that are difficult to revert. Use with caution!"
+   echo
+   echo "SKIP_GIT_CHECK:"
+   echo "If set to any value this skips the check whether the git repository is dirty."
+   echo "Warning: When used together with Playwright support this can lead to a state where untangling the Playwright patches from your changes to commit them is very cumbersome!"
 }
 
-while getopts "hpcsrbg" option; do
-  case $option in
+while getopts "hpcstuvrbgn" option; do
+  case "$option" in
     h)
         _help
         exit;;
-    b) 
+    b)
         SKIP_BOOTSTRAP=1;;
-    r) 
+    r)
         RESET_GIT_REPO=1;;
-    s) 
+    s)
         SKIP_PREPARATION=1;;
-    c) 
+    t)
+        SKIP_PATCHING=1;;
+    u)
+        SKIP_BUILD=1;;
+    v)
+        SKIP_PACKAGE=1;;
+    c)
         NO_CLOBBER=1;;
-    g) 
+    g)
         MAKE_GIT_COMMIT=1;;
-    p) 
+    p)
         WITH_PLAYWRIGHT_INTEGRATION=1;;
-    \?) 
-        echo "Error: Invalid option"
-        exit;;
+    n)
+        DRY_RUN=1;;
+    \?)
+        _die "Error: Invalid option: $option";;
   esac
 done
 
diff --git a/taintfox_mozconfig_ubuntu b/taintfox_mozconfig_ubuntu
index f25937aad636d..371fbe67c1943 100644
--- a/taintfox_mozconfig_ubuntu
+++ b/taintfox_mozconfig_ubuntu
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@ export MOZ_PACKAGE_JSSHELL=1
 ac_add_options --with-app-name=foxhound
 mk_add_options MOZ_APP_NAME=foxhound
 mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/obj-tf-release
-ac_add_options --disable-tests
+#ac_add_options --disable-tests
 ac_add_options --disable-sandbox
 ac_add_options --without-wasm-sandboxed-libraries
+ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
+ac_add_options --disable-backgroundtasks
+ac_add_options --enable-release
 
 #
 # OPTIMIZED BUILD WITH DEBUG SYMBOLS