Release Announcement

SecureDrop 2.12.1 released

March 31, 2025

We’re pleased to announce that SecureDrop 2.12.1 has been released. This is an Admin Workstation-only release, which improves the reliability of the semiautomated Ubuntu Noble upgrade when using SSH-over-Tor. Servers will not receive an update.

As a reminder, if you are planning to do the semiautomated migration, you need to do so before April 15.

What’s new in SecureDrop 2.12.1?

For administrators

Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) upgrade

What administrators need to do

Please follow our upgrade guide and get in touch with us if you require assistance.

Acknowledgments

This release incorporates Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) contributions by Nathan Dyer, communications manager; Kunal Mehta, release manager; Erik Moeller; Cory Francis Myers; Kevin O’Gorman, release manager; Francisco Rocha; and Rowen S.

Questions and comments

If you have questions or comments regarding this release, please contact us:

We also encourage you to file nonsensitive issues you encounter in our GitHub repository (issue report form).

Thank you for using SecureDrop!

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