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
- Improve reliability of semiautomated noble migration when using SSH-over-Tor (issue, pull request)
- Extend reboot timeout to 600 seconds (issue, pull request)
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:
- Via our Support Portal, if you are a member (membership is available to SecureDrop administrators on request)
- Via securedrop@freedom.press (PGP encrypted) for sensitive security issues (please use judiciously), or submit a report via Bugcrowd
We also encourage you to file nonsensitive issues you encounter in our GitHub repository (issue report form).
Thank you for using SecureDrop!