So the Debian upgrades are coming! We're been delayed and will push this schedule back a week, here's the new schedule: - 2025-Q2 - W14 (first week of April): default container image changed to `trixie`, installer defaults changed and first tests in production - W19 (first week of May): Batch 1 upgrades, TPA machines - W20 (second week of May): Batch 1 upgrades, Tails machines - W23 (first week of June): Batch 2 upgrades, TPA machines - W24 (second week of June): Batch 2 upgrades, Tails machines - 2025-Q3 to Q4: Batch 3 upgrades - 2026+: cleanup The list of affected machine changed a bit: people added machines to the first batch because they're enthusiastic about getting the new stuff! Let us know if you want to join the party! Here are the list of machines that will be upgraded in two weeks: 36 TPA machines: ``` archive-01.torproject.org cdn-backend-sunet-02.torproject.org chives.torproject.org dal-rescue-01.torproject.org dal-rescue-02.torproject.org gayi.torproject.org hetzner-hel1-02.torproject.org hetzner-hel1-03.torproject.org hetzner-nbg1-01.torproject.org hetzner-nbg1-02.torproject.org idle-dal-02.torproject.org idle-fsn-01.torproject.org lists-01.torproject.org loghost01.torproject.org mandos-01.torproject.org media-01.torproject.org metricsdb-01.torproject.org minio-01.torproject.org mta-dal-01.torproject.org mx-dal-01.torproject.org neriniflorum.torproject.org ns3.torproject.org ns5.torproject.org palmeri.torproject.org perdulce.torproject.org srs-dal-01.torproject.org ssh-dal-01.torproject.org static-gitlab-shim.torproject.org staticiforme.torproject.org static-master-fsn.torproject.org submit-01.torproject.org vault-01.torproject.org web-dal-07.torproject.org web-dal-08.torproject.org web-fsn-01.torproject.org web-fsn-02.torproject.org ``` 4 Tails machines: ``` ecours.tails.net puppet.lizard skink.tails.net stone.tails.net ``` We don't expect significant disruptions from this upgrade, but things can break, for sure! We're already dealing with issues with backups, but those should be resolved within the week, hopefully. See: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/issues/42124 We're also switched installers to use trixie by default and updated our upgrade procedure, which now features notable version number changes: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/wikis/howto/upgrades/trixie Finally, you should know that we've hit a snag in the PostgreSQL database upgrade procedure: we've had to upgrade a few servers to PostgreSQL 17 pre-emptively (weather-01 and polyanthum). Affected users have been notified. For now, those servers are still scheduled in batch 2, but we can wrap them up in batch one if you want. A. -- Antoine Beaupré torproject.org system administration