[tor-announce] New Release: Tor Browser 13.5a9 (Android, Windows, macOS, Linux)

Hi everyone,

Tor Browser 13.5a9 has now been published for all platforms. For details please see our blog post: - https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-135a9/

Changelog:

Tor Browser 13.5a9 - June 10 2024

• All Platforms
  • Updated Tor to 0.4.8.12
  • Updated OpenSSL to 3.0.14
  • Bug 41467: compat: beacon: re-enable the API but transform it to a no-op [tor-browser]
  • Bug 42604: Add some debug logs about circuits [tor-browser]
  • Bug 42614: Rebase Tor Browser Stable onto 115.12.0esr [tor-browser]
• Windows + macOS + Linux
  • Updated Firefox to 115.12.0esr
  • Bug 41149: Add be, bg and pt-PT translations to nightlies [tor-browser-build]
• Windows + macOS
  • Bug 42586: Add support link to OS deprecation message [tor-browser]
• Windows
  • Bug 41859: Font used for IPs in circuit display is illegible [tor-browser]
• Android
  • Updated GeckoView to 115.12.0esr
  • Bug 42593: Unable to disable bridges after they have been configured and successfully bootstrapped [tor-browser]
  • Bug 42621: Backport security fixes from Firefox 127 [tor-browser]
• Build System
  • All Platforms
    • Updated Go to 1.21.11
    • Bug 42594: Update mach to work with python 3.12 [tor-browser]
    • Bug 41153: Update README for Ubuntu 24.04 unprivileged user namespace changes [tor-browser-build]
    • Bug 41154: Update keyring/boklm.gpg for new subkeys [tor-browser-build]
  • Windows
    • Bug 41150: Do not check for SSE2 on the Windows installer [tor-browser-build]
  • Linux
    • Bug 41126: Make deb and rpm packages for Tor Browser [tor-browser-build]
    • Bug 41160: Enable build of Tor Browser rpm/deb packages for nightly only [tor-browser-build]
  • Android
    • Bug 42568: Remove legacy tor dependencies from firefox-android [tor-browser]
    • Bug 42569: Remove tor-onion-proxy-library and and tor-android-service deployment/ingestion steps from firefox-android dev tools/scripts [tor-browser]
    • Bug 42570: Add tor-expert-bundle aar depoyment/ingestion step to firefox-android dev tools/scripts [tor-browser]
    • Bug 42581: Check if a file exists before trying to sign it in tools/tba-sign-devbuild.sh [tor-browser]
    • Bug 41139: Remove tor-android-service and tor-onion-proxy-library dependencies and ingestion steps from firefox-android config and build script [tor-browser-build]
    • Bug 41140: Remove tor-onion-proxy-library and tor-android-service projects from tor-browser-build [tor-browser-build]
    • Bug 41141: Add tor-expert-bundle aar dependency to firefox-android [tor-browser-build]

best, -richard