#1033306 tor: Tor relays running 0.4.5.16 will soon be cut off from the network

Package:
tor
Source:
tor
Description:
anonymizing overlay network for TCP
Submitter:
Francois Marier
Date:
2025-09-19 19:07:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1033306#5
Date:
2023-03-22 04:54:39 UTC
From:
To:
I received the following email from the Tor Project:

    Hi,

    You are running a bunch of Tor relays, which is great:

    However, those relays' Tor version is obsolete, and because of old bugs,
    we will soon cut relays and bridges running that version out of the
    network. Please consider upgrading!

    You can find Tor packages and instructions for your distro / OS here:
https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/guard/

    If you need help upgrading your relays, please use the Tor Forum:
https://forum.torproject.net/c/support/relay-operator/17

    Let us know if we can do anything to make the process easier.

    Thanks!
    Georg

They are currently aiming for a cut-off date 4-6 weeks from now.

This means that the version of tor that's in bullseye will essentially stop
working for most uses.

There is already a version in backports that will work fine, but perhaps
it's worth also uploading it to stable for the next point release?

Francois

#1033306#10
Date:
2024-03-02 01:50:32 UTC
From:
To:
I received the email below from the Tor team. The package that's currently
in stable should be updated ASAP since it's going to stop working very soon.

I will be switching temporarily to the package in backports, but IMO an
update should be pushed to bookworm either via the security repo, or failing
that as a stable update.

Francois
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Hi,

You are running a bunch of Tor relays, which is great.

However, that relays' Tor version is obsolete, and because of old bugs,
we will soon cut relays and bridges running that version out of the network.

Please consider upgrading ASAP!

You can find Tor packages and instructions for your distro / OS here:
https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/guard/

If you need help upgrading your relay, please use the Tor Forum:
https://forum.torproject.org/c/support/relay-operator/17

::Stay Connected with the Tor Community::

- Join our Monthly Tor relay operators meetups:
https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-relays-next-tor-relay-operator-meetup-march-2nd-2024-19-00-utc/11568

- Subscribe to the Tor relays mailing list:
https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Thanks,
Gus
--
The Tor Project
Community Team Lead

#1033306#15
Date:
2025-01-26 10:09:43 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

While installing tor on testing(trixie), I was warned
(by apt-listbugs) about this grabe bug, but the newer
version seems to connect to the Tor network without
issues.

#1033306#20
Date:
2025-09-18 09:39:10 UTC
From:
To:
Please update to bookworm.
#1033306#29
Date:
2025-09-19 19:04:44 UTC
From:
To:
close 1033306
thanks