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Nina’s Monthly Status Report, June 2023
by Nina 05 Jul '23

05 Jul '23

Hi! This is my June 2023 report! In June, I resolved 523 tickets: On Telegram (@TorProjectSupportBot) - 435 On RT (frontdesk@tpo) - 84 Additionally, I also resolved 7 tickets on WhatsApp (+447421000612) and Signal (+17787431312). In June, my main focus was on preparations to test the new pluggable transports Conjure and WebTunnel, now available in Tor Browser Alpha. - Conjure testing: - I made a forum post translation (English into Russian) on how to test conjure [1]. - Wrote a shorter version to use asa template on CDR Link and RT. - Collected user feedback on their interaction with Conjure. - WebTunnel release preparations In June, I created and translated short text about WebTunnel testing - to use as a template on CDR.link and RT. This month we had several tickets on the changes in the way Onion Browser(iOS)works. Now it requires Orbot to be installed on the device. At the end of June the user support teamupdated all the internal user support templates. Other than that, my main focus remains the same: - Censorship circumvention - I help Russian-speaking users by sharing bridges and troubleshootingTor powered apps. - User feedback collection - I gather information on how different censorship circumvention methods work. [1] https://forum.torproject.org/t/call-for-testers-help-the-tor-project-to-tes…

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cohosh's monthly status report, June 2023
by Cecylia Bocovich 04 Jul '23

04 Jul '23

Hi! This is my status report for contract work done in June 2023. # Reputation-based bridge distribution - Finished a reproducible build of the lox client library and javascript bindings, pending toolchain bump for tor-browser-build https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/merge_re… - Fixed some code quality lints in the lox repo https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/lox-rs/-/merge_requests/12 - Fixed a resource parsing bug in the rdsys backend api implementation for rust https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/lox-rs/-/issues/22 - Support onyinyang's work by reviewing MRs - Started process of deploying the lox distributor https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/lox-rs/-/issues/19 # Conjure PT - Routine repository maintenance - Fix certificate error on older versions of Android https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/conj… - Fix crash caused by an unset inner connection https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/conj… # Snowflake Webextension - Minor code quality improvement to remove unnecessary try-catch block https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snow…

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Rhatto's Monthly Status Report, June 2023
by rhatto 03 Jul '23

03 Jul '23

Hi all :) This is my monthly status report for June 2023 with the main activities I have done during the period. ## 0. Research ### The Onion Plan * The Onion Plan had an overall documentation restructure: * Now it has a better folder scheme. * With cleaner and shorter URLs. * And the old URLs are still supported through redirects. * Check it out at https://tpo.pages.torproject.net/onion-services/onionplan/ * ACME for Onions: * The https://acmeforonions.org project was evaluated. * Initial assessment is published at https://tpo.pages.torproject.net/onion-services/onionplan/appendixes/acme/ * And a roadmap exercise example is available at https://tpo.pages.torproject.net/onion-services/onionplan/roadmaps/certific… * Some tests were done and documented: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionplan/-/issues/21 * Sauteed Onions: * There were some progresses related to the https://www.sauteed-onions.org project. * A merge request was created to discuss a roadmap proposal: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionplan/-/merge_requests… * The merge request is linked with a ticket for the overall planning: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionplan/-/issues/16 * Another ticket was created, to handle the implementation at Tor Browser: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/41853 * And Sauteed Onions is being tested in one of TPO domains: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onion-support/-/issues/66 * Other updates and improvements: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionplan/activity ### Quality Assurance for Tor Browser * Started organizing for the next round of Q&A. * Went back to some reported issues to research on how they can be addressed. ## 1. Development ### Onionprobe * I'm collecting feedback on what should go into the next release of Onionprobe, an Onion Services testing tool. * The next milestone is planned for the end of August: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionprobe/-/milestones/1 * The exact issues to be tackled are yet to be defined. * There are many issues that can be triaged for this release: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionprobe/-/issues * And the release planning is being done in this ticket: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionprobe/-/issues/79 * Please let me know if you want some specific fixes or features to be included in this upcoming release, so we can take them into consideration :) ### 2. Support * Did the usual sponsored work with deployment, maintenance and monitoring of Onion Services (was also done during May 2023, but I forgot to include in the previous report). ### 3. Organization Time spent (from the total available for Tor-related work): | Category | Percentage |---------------|------------ | Research | 32 | Development | 0 | Support | 17 | Organization | 51 |---------------|------------ | Total | 100 -- Silvio Rhatto pronouns he/him

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PieroV's Monthly Status Report, June 2023
by Pier Angelo Vendrame 03 Jul '23

03 Jul '23

Hi everyone! Here is my status report for June 2023. During the first half of the month, I continued working on the Tor Browser rebase onto Firefox 115. First, I fixed some runtime errors, which involved a quick refactor of some old code from legacy XPCOM components to JS modules. Then, I rebased the various 13.0 branches (Tor Browser, Base Browser, and Mullvad Browser) onto Firefox 115 beta 5. They were approved and merged [0][1][2], but I rebased everything once again onto the first actual release of Firefox 115 [3], which Mozilla will publish tomorrow. I also reviewed the Android parts, which Dan worked on [4][5]. In addition to that, I helped with a couple of minor fixes for the 12.5 stable release [6][7]. Then, in the second half of June, I worked on refactoring the legacy of Torbutton [8]: - Move everything to modules instead of JS run on Firefox's chrome. - Refactor and modernize the code in general to avoid XPCOM unless needed. - Improve the integration with the rest of our patch set. - Remove any direct usage of the control port. It also involved the creation of a new backend for the circuit display. I hope it will also make the Arti integration easier when the time comes. - Survey the functionalities we developers know less about and create documentation to be sure we do not break them in the process (e.g., [9]). I have a branch with many of these changes ready, but I want to improve others more. However, I am waiting to get [3] merged before opening MRs for them. I am happy with how the major yearly rebase has gone so far. We will try to have 13.0a1 (the first alpha of 13.0) already based on 115, even though we still have to do some work on Android. We still have not audited all Mozilla's changes between 102 and 115. However, we have almost three months until the 13.0 release (scheduled around the end of September/beginning of October, when 102 ESR goes EOL). Best, Pier [0] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/merge_requests… [1] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/merge_requests… [2] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/mullvad-browser/-/merge_requ… [3] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/merge_requests… [4] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/firefox-android/-/merge_requ… [5] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/firefox-android/-/merge_requ… [6] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/merge_requests… [7] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/41815 [8] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40938 [9] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/team/-/wikis/Enviroment-vari…

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