Hi! We have a new stable release series. You can find it in the usual place on https://dist.torproject.org/

Note that this is not an LTS release -- if you need a series that will get patches for a long time, stick with 0.3.5.x.

Changes in version 0.4.0.5 - 2019-05-02 This is the first stable release in the 0.4.0.x series. It contains improvements for power management and bootstrap reporting, as well as preliminary backend support for circuit padding to prevent some kinds of traffic analysis. It also continues our work in refactoring Tor for long-term maintainability.

Per our support policy, we will support the 0.4.0.x series for nine months, or until three months after the release of a stable 0.4.1.x: whichever is longer. If you need longer-term support, please stick with 0.3.5.x, which will we plan to support until Feb 2022.

Below are the changes since 0.4.0.4-rc. For a complete list of changes since 0.3.5.7, see the ReleaseNotes file.

o Minor features (continuous integration): - In Travis, tell timelimit to use stem's backtrace signals, and launch python directly from timelimit, so python receives the signals from timelimit, rather than make. Closes ticket 30117.

o Minor features (diagnostic): - Add more diagnostic log messages in an attempt to solve the issue of NUL bytes appearing in a microdescriptor cache. Related to ticket 28223.

o Minor features (testing): - Use the approx_time() function when setting the "Expires" header in directory replies, to make them more testable. Needed for ticket 30001.

o Minor bugfixes (rust): - Abort on panic in all build profiles, instead of potentially unwinding into C code. Fixes bug 27199; bugfix on 0.3.3.1-alpha.

o Minor bugfixes (shellcheck): - Look for scripts in their correct locations during "make shellcheck". Previously we had looked in the wrong place during out-of-tree builds. Fixes bug 30263; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.

o Minor bugfixes (testing): - Check the time in the "Expires" header using approx_time(). Fixes bug 30001; bugfix on 0.4.0.4-rc.

o Minor bugfixes (UI): - Lower log level of unlink() errors during bootstrap. Fixes bug 29930; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha.