Release Announcement

SecureDrop 2.15.1 released

April 23, 2026

SecureDrop 2.15.1 is now available. This release improves the memory management used by the SecureDrop application when responding to v2 Journalist API requests (#7809), and fixes an issue where restoring backups without transferring over the network would previously fail (#7802).

This update will be installed automatically via the daily update process. No further action is required.

Acknowledgments

This release incorporates Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) contributions by Martin C; Nathan Dyer, communications manager; Micah Lee; Kunal Mehta; Cory Francis Myers, release manager; Vicki Niu; Kevin O’Gorman; Francisco Rocha; John Skinner; 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 via our GitHub repository. Thank you for using SecureDrop!

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