Release Announcement

SecureDrop 1.7.1 Released

January 27, 2021

SecureDrop 1.7.1 has been released, which addresses the issues described in our advisory from earlier today, restoring the availability of all instances.

What’s new in SecureDrop 1.7.1?

For all users

Bugfix: Fixes an issue affecting availability of Source and Journalist Interfaces for a subset of instances. (Issue, Pull Request)

What administrators need to do

SecureDrop Application and Monitor Servers will be updated to SecureDrop 1.7.1 automatically within 24 hours of the release. You may immediately apply the update by following the instructions here.

We encourage you to update your Admin and Journalist Workstations on next use by following our upgrade guide.

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