[tor-relays] PSA: Tor 0.4.5 reaches end of life (EOL) on 2023-02-15

[Georg Koppen]

Georg Koppen:
> Hello!
> 
> In case it affects you as you are still running your relay or bridge on 
> Tor 0.4.5.x: the 0.4.5 series is going EOL on *2023-02-15* (roughly in 3 
> weeks from now).
> 
> That's currently still 760 relays, which means roughly 7% of the 
> advertised bandwidth of the network

Alright, it's time now to reject the remaining relays on 0.4.5 at least 
(bridges, due to their scarcity, are allowed a bit longer on 0.4.5). We 
cut the number down to 344 relays affected, which translates to roughly 
2% of the advertised bandwidth of the network. That's still sad but in 
line with results we had in past EOL rejection rounds.

So, if you see a sharp drop of relays in the network in the next couple 
of hours then it's likely due to that mass-rejection.

The fingerprints affected are linked to, as usual, from our EOL 
rejection wiki page.[1]

Thanks,
Georg

[1] 
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/network-health/team/-/wikis/Relay-EOL-policy#marchapril-2023
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