December 2025 - tor-announce - lists.torproject.org

New Release: Tor VPN Beta 4 (Android)
by Duncan R. 22 Dec '25

22 Dec '25

Greetings, I am pleased to report that Tor VPN Beta 4 was published on Google Play[1] last week. Thank you @dan for shepherding this release along while the team was AFK. Tor VPN Beta 4 adds support for WebTunnel bridges to Tor VPN. This release also features an update to onionmasq, fixes several bugs and crashes, and includes other minor improvements. For the full changelog, please see here: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/vpn/-/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md Happy holidays and happy new year when it comes. —Duncan [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.vpn

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New Release: Tor Browser 16.0a1 (Android, Windows, macOS, Linux)
by Giorgio Maone 16 Dec '25

16 Dec '25

Hi everyone, Tor Browser 16.0a1 has now been published for all platforms. For details please see our blog post: - https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-160a1 Changelog: * All Platforms o Updated NoScript to 13.5.1.90101984 o Bug tor-browser#43792 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43792>: Determine whether noscript_persist users need to have their NoScript settings migrated o Bug tor-browser#43998 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43998>: Rebase Tor Browser Alpha onto 141.0 o Bug tor-browser#44118 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44118>: Decide how to deal with upstream feature gates in a RR world o Bug tor-browser#44280 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44280>: Test stream isolation o Bug tor-browser#44333 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44333>: Add the "No AI" version of DuckDuckGo to available search engines o Bug tor-browser#44365 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44365>: Fix CSS linting errors introduced for firefox 145 o Bug tor-browser#44391 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44391>: Restrictions cascade blocks every capability in subframes (e.g. captchas) o Bug tor-browser#44408 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44408>: Fix TorDomainIsolator in 146 o Bug tor-browser#44418 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44418>: Update built-in obfs4 bridges o Bug tor-browser-build#41609 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Move back to CDN77 for default snowflake bridge o Bug tor-browser-build#41646 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Update lyrebird version to v0.7.0 o Bug mullvad-browser#483 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/mullvad-browser/-/issues/483>: Add the "No AI" version of DuckDuckGo to available search engines o Bug mullvad-browser#487 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/mullvad-browser/-/issues/487>: Search engines are sorted alphabetically rather than the desired order * Windows + macOS + Linux o Updated Firefox to 146.0a1esr o Bug tor-browser#44302 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44302>: Fix the flags of some about pages o Bug tor-browser#44310 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44310>: Default zoom always resets to 100% o Bug tor-browser#44411 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44411>: DownloadsTorWarning.sys.mjs fails to load o Bug tor-browser#44419 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44419>: Re-add the moz-toggle title attribute patch * Linux o Bug tor-browser#44273 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44273>: Restore Noto CJK as Jigmo has a too low readability o Bug tor-browser#44315 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44315>: Font/text issue with self-upgrade window * Android o Updated GeckoView to 146.0a1esr o Bug tor-browser#44303 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44303>: Extension update job might never work on Android o Bug tor-browser#44324 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44324>: Refactor the NSS no proxy-bypass patch on A-S to avoid -Wunreachable-code * Build System o All Platforms + Bug tor-browser#43951 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43951>: Include product with the component in triage CSVs + Bug tor-browser-build#40903 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Make xz multi-threaded + Bug tor-browser-build#41445 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Better handle bugzilla "Web Compatibility" issues in generate-bugzilla-triage-csv + Bug tor-browser-build#41607 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Fix regression from #41373 in tools/count-mar-downloads + Bug tor-browser-build#41608 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Add per-platform numbers for incrementals in count-mar-downloads + Bug tor-browser-build#41643 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Update toolchains for Firefox 146 + Bug tor-browser-build#41644 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Self-hosted browser extensions support in relprep.py + Bug tor-browser-build#41647 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Add a XZ_DEFAULTS to set_default_env + Bug tor-browser-build#41648 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Add a mozconfig to projects/geckoview + Bug tor-browser-build#41654 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Make relprep.py update Moat settings o Windows + macOS + Linux + Bug tor-browser-build#41662 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Add python-zstandard to desktop containers o Windows + Linux + Android + Bug tor-browser-build#41580 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Update Go major to 1.25.x + Updated Go to 1.25.5 o macOS + Bug tor-browser-build#41665 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Update macos signing wrapper for new executable gpu-helper.app o Linux + Bug tor-browser-build#41601 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Upstream droppped Linux i686 support + Bug tor-browser-build#41627 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Firefox build system needs a more recent version of OpenSSL on Linux + Bug tor-browser-build#41632 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Ship Linux aarch64 builds in Alpha Release Channel + Bug tor-browser-build#41639 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Remove linux-arm target + Bug tor-browser-build#41640 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Clean the GCC config file o Android + Bug tor-browser#44360 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44360>: Patch the vendored Gradle Nimbus plugin + Bug tor-browser#44370 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44370>: Always produce target.maven.zip + Bug tor-browser-build#41485 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Retire get_gradle_dependencies_list and create a simple way to update gradle deps + Bug tor-browser-build#41573 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Remove Android x86 support + Bug tor-browser-build#41617 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Pass page size to zipalign + Bug tor-browser-build#41620 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Do not rerun zipalign when signing + Bug tor-browser-build#41621 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Remove support using older android build tools when signing 14.5 releases in tools/signing/wrappers/sign-apk + Bug tor-browser-build#41628 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: android_ndk_version and revision can be grouped together + Bug tor-browser-build#41636 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Update the scripts to manage Gradle dependencies + Bug tor-browser-build#41666 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Normalize the path to tor-expert-bundle.aar + Bug tor-browser-build#41669 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Restore UglifyJS but for Android x86_64 -- ma1

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New Release: Tor Browser 13.5.26 (ONLY Windows Windows 7/8/8.1, macOS 10.12-10.14)
by Giorgio Maone 09 Dec '25

09 Dec '25

Hi everyone, Tor Browser 13.5.26 has now been published for legacy Windows and macOS platforms ONLY. For details please see our blog post https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-13526/ Changelog: * All Platforms o Updated Firefox to 115.31.0esr o Updated NoScript to 13.5.2.1984 o Updated Tor to 0.4.8.21 o Bug tor-browser#22974 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/22974>: Self-host NoScript Updates o Bug tor-browser#44391 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44391>: Restrictions cascade blocks every capability in subframes (e.g. captchas) o Bug tor-browser#44397 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44397>: Rebase Tor Browser legacy onto 115.31.0esr o Bug tor-browser#44409 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44409>: Backport Security Fixes from Firefox 146 * Build System o All Platforms + Bug tor-browser-build#41644 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Self-hosted browser extensions support in relprep.py -- ma1

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New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.3 (Android, Windows, macOS, Linux)
by Giorgio Maone 09 Dec '25

09 Dec '25

Hi everyone, Tor Browser 15.0.3 has now been published for all platforms. For details please see our blog post: - https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15 <https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1503>03 Changelog: *Tor Browser 15.0.3 - December 09 2025* * All Platforms o Updated NoScript to 13.5.2.1984 o Bug tor-browser#22974 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/22974>: Self-host NoScript Updates o Bug tor-browser#44348 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44348>: Backport Bugzilla 1999126: Protect whether PDF.js is enabled/disabled to improve fingerprinting protection o Bug tor-browser#44391 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44391>: Restrictions cascade blocks every capability in subframes (e.g. captchas) o Bug tor-browser#44399 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44399>: Rebase Tor Browser 15.0 stable onto 140.6.0esr o Bug tor-browser#44409 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44409>: Backport Security Fixes from Firefox 146 o Bug tor-browser-build#41646 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Update lyrebird version to v0.7.0 * Windows + macOS + Linux o Updated Firefox to 140.6.0esr o Bug tor-browser#44414 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44414>: Disable Zucchini for the 15.0 series. * Android o Updated GeckoView to 140.6.0esr o Bug tor-browser#44346 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44346>: Webrender broken on Adreno 510 devices with esr140 * Build System o All Platforms + Bug tor-browser-build#41644 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/4…>: Self-hosted browser extensions support in relprep.py o Windows + Linux + Android + Updated Go to 1.24.11 -- ma1

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