ReleasesHigh priorityConfirmed
Tor releases 0.4.9.16 emergency fix for directory authority thundering herd
Published
The Tor Project released version 0.4.9.16 as an emergency update specifically for directory authorities. The release addresses a 'thundering herd' issue caused by new required protover values in the previous release, which was causing older clients to exit. It also includes a workaround for a bug where old clients failed to handle unparseable microdescriptors correctly when TAP keys were omitted.
Why it matters
Scope and consequences remain subject to the linked upstream discussion.
Event status Released
Read the sources
- tor-0.4.9.16 gitlab.torproject.org
- [tor-announce] [RELEASE] Tor release 0.4.9.16 lists.torproject.org
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