New Release Candidate: Tor 0.4.2.4-rc

by nickm | November 15, 2019

There's a new release candidate available for download. If you build Tor from source, you can download the source code for 0.4.2.4-rc from the download page on the website. Packages should be available over the coming weeks, with a new alpha Tor Browser release likely by December 3.

Remember, this is a release candidate: there may still be more bugs here than usual. We'd love to know about any new ones, so that we can try to get them fixed before we call this series stable.

Tor 0.4.2.4-rc is the first release candidate in its series. It fixes several bugs from earlier versions, including a few that would result in stack traces or incorrect behavior.

Changes in version 0.4.2.4-rc - 2019-11-15

  • Minor features (build system):
    • Make pkg-config use --prefix when cross-compiling, if PKG_CONFIG_PATH is not set. Closes ticket 32191.
  • Minor features (geoip):
    • Update geoip and geoip6 to the November 6 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country database. Closes ticket 32440.

 

New release candidate: Tor 0.4.1.4-rc

by nickm | July 25, 2019

There's a new release candidate available for download. If you build Tor from source, you can download the source code for 0.4.1.4-rc from the usual place on the website. Packages should be available over the coming weeks, with a new alpha Tor Browser release likely in the next month or so.

Remember, this is just a release candidate: you should only run this if you'd like to find and report bugs.

Tor 0.4.1.4-rc fixes a few bugs from previous versions of Tor, and updates to a new list of fallback directories. If no new bugs are found, the next release in the 0.4.1.x series should be stable.

Changes in version 0.4.1.4-rc - 2019-07-25

  • Major bugfixes (circuit build, guard):
    • When considering upgrading circuits from "waiting for guard" to "open", always ignore circuits that are marked for close. Otherwise, we can end up in the situation where a subsystem is notified that a closing circuit has just opened, leading to undesirable behavior. Fixes bug 30871; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
  • Minor features (continuous integration):
    • Our Travis configuration now uses Chutney to run some network integration tests automatically. Closes ticket 29280.

 

New Release: Tor 0.3.5.6-rc

by nickm | December 18, 2018

There's a new alpha release available for download. If you build Tor from source, you can download the source code for 0.3.5.6-rc from the download page on the website. Packages should be available over the coming weeks, with a new alpha Tor Browser release by early February.

New Release: Tor 0.3.4.6-rc

by nickm | August 07, 2018

There's a new alpha release available for download. If you build Tor from source, you can download the source code for Tor 0.3.4.6-rc from the download page on the website. Packages should be available over the coming weeks, with a new alpha Tor Browser release by some time next month.

Remember, this is an alpha release: you should only run this if you'd like to find and report more bugs than usual.

Tor 0.3.4.6-rc fixes several small compilation, portability, and correctness issues in previous versions of Tor. This version is a release candidate: if no serious bugs are found, we expect that the stable 0.3.4 release will be (almost) the same as this release.

Changes in version 0.3.4.6-rc - 2018-08-06

  • Major bugfixes (event scheduler):
    • When we enable a periodic event, schedule it in the event loop rather than running it immediately. Previously, we would re-run periodic events immediately in the middle of (for example) changing our options, with unpredictable effects. Fixes bug 27003; bugfix on 0.3.4.1-alpha.
  • Minor features (compilation):
    • When building Tor, prefer to use Python 3 over Python 2, and more recent (contemplated) versions over older ones. Closes ticket 26372.

 

Tor 0.3.3.5-rc is released!

by nickm | April 15, 2018

There's a new release candidate available for download. If you build Tor from source, you can download the source code for 0.3.3.5-rc from the usual place on the website. If you don't build Tor from source, don't worry! Updated packages should be available over the coming weeks, with a new alpha Tor Browser release some time this week.