Tor ProjectMetrics Timeline2026-03-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atomUpdate snowflake-01 bridge to tor 0.4.9.52026-03-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2026-03-09Update41
Dates
2026-03-09 to
2026-03-09
Protocols
snowflake
Tor MetricsUpdate snowflake-02 bridge to tor 0.4.9.5 for a metrics issue.2026-03-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2026-03-05Update62
Tor MetricsUpdate snowflake-01 bridge to tor 0.4.8.22 for a metrics issue.2026-02-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2026-02-10Update63
Tor MetricsPlanned maintenance on the snowflake-01 server for verification of boot media \#3.2025-12-21T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-12-21Planned82
Tor MetricsPlanned maintenance on the snowflake-01 server for verification of boot media \#2.2025-12-21T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-12-21Planned82
Tor MetricsPlanned maintenance on the snowflake-01 server for verification of boot media \#1.2025-12-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-12-12Planned82
Tor MetricsPlanned maintenance on the snowflake-01 server for failing disk2025-12-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-12-12Planned63
Tor MetricsPlanned maintenance on the snowflake-01 server for failing disk.2025-11-21T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-11-21Planned64
Tor MetricsDNSSEC outage preventing resolution of torproject.org and torproject.net domains2025-09-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-09-20DNSSEC80
Tor MetricsThe Snowflake broker starts zeroing out the count of daily unique proxy IP addresses2025-08-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-08-20The84
Tor MetricsThe Snowflake broker starts doing client IP address geolocation for ampcache rendezvous.2025-08-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-08-20The88
Tor MetricsOutage of the snowflake-02 bridge, caused by a hardware failure.2025-08-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-08-02Outage64
Tor MetricsPartial blocking of Tor directory authorities and default obfs4 bridges in Togo during protests.2025-06-26T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-06-26Partial96
Tor MetricsWebTunnel becomes the primary transport in Connection Assist in China.2025-06-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-06-05WebTunnel70
Tor MetricsWebTunnel becomes the primary transport in Connection Assist in Myanmar.2025-06-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-06-05WebTunnel72
Tor MetricsSnowflake becomes the primary transport in Connection Assist in Turkmenistan.2025-06-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-06-05Snowflake77
Tor MetricsSustained large increase in bridge users from Turkmenistan, especially Snowflake, from near zero to over 5,000.2025-04-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2025-04-28Sustained111
Tor MetricsThe snowflake-broker.azureedge.net CDN configuration is non-functional, as part of the transition to a new broker.2024-12-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-12-16The114
Tor MetricsMigration of the Snowflake broker to a new host at a different IP address2024-11-25T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-11-25Migration73
Tor MetricsRedeployed the Snowflake probetest with another fix to NAT type testing, aimed at reducing the number of instances of "restricted".2024-09-30T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-09-30Redeployed131
Tor MetricsRedeployed the Snowflake probetest with fixes to NAT type testing, aimed at reducing the number of instances of "unknown".2024-09-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-09-10Redeployed122
Tor MetricsRelease of version 0.8.3 of the Snowflake proxy WebExtension, hoped to restore proxy capacity with its fixed consent prompt.2024-06-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-06-18Release124
Tor MetricsThe bridge authority upgrades to tor version 0.4.8.12 and begins rejecting bridges running version 0.4.7.2024-06-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-06-10The105
Tor MetricsLoss of about 60,000 WebExtension Snowflake proxies, after the release of version 0.8.2 of the proxy WebExtension, the first release available for Chrome adding a consent prompt that existing users didn't notice.2024-05-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-05-11Loss212
Tor MetricsRelease of Orbot for Android 17.2.1-RC-2-tor-0.4.8.7, the first release of Orbot 17 to appear on the Google Play Store2024-05-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-05-02Release118
Tor MetricsLoss of about 15,000 WebExtension Snowflake proxies, after the release of version 0.8.0 of the proxy WebExtension, which adds a consent prompt that existing users didn't notice2024-04-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-04-08Loss176
Tor MetricsTemporary reductions in users of the snowflake-01 bridge, with simultaneous increases in users of the snowflake-02 bridge.2024-03-29T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-03-29Temporary122
Tor MetricsVersion 0.7.3 of the Snowflake WebExtension is removed from the Firefox Add-ons store because of a policy change2024-03-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-03-16Version112
Tor MetricsThe Snowflake bridges suddenly recover a large amount of bandwidth, two weeks after the Fastly domain fronting change of 2023-03-01.2024-03-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-03-15The132
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 13.0.11, with workaround for the domain fronting change of 2024-03-01.2024-03-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-03-06Release93
Tor MetricsRestart of snowflake-01 bridge for configuration and kernel updates2024-01-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2024-01-22Restart67
Tor MetricsRestart of snowflake-01 bridge for test of configuration changes2023-12-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-12-17Restart64
Dates
2023-12-17 to
2023-12-17
Protocols
snowflake
Tor MetricsUpgraded tor from 0.4.8.8 to 0.4.8.10 on the snowflake-01 bridge2023-12-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-12-15Upgraded64
Tor MetricsUpgraded tor from 0.4.8.8 to 0.4.8.10 on the snowflake-02 bridge2023-12-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-12-15Upgraded64
Tor MetricsRestarted the snowflake-02 bridge for a performance enhancement.2023-11-21T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-11-21Restarted64
Tor MetricsRestarted the snowflake-01 bridge for a performance enhancement.2023-11-21T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-11-21Restarted64
Tor MetricsRestarted the snowflake-02 bridge for a performance enhancement2023-11-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-11-07Restarted63
Tor MetricsRelease of Orbot 17.1.0-RC-2-tor.0.4.7.14, again changing the domain front to attempt to work around Snowflake connection problems.2023-10-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-10-05Release131
Tor MetricsThe snowflake-02 bridge suddenly recovers a large amount of bandwidth, after two weeks of low usage following the domain front change of 2023-09-20.2023-10-04T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-10-04The148
Tor MetricsUpgraded tor from 0.4.7.13 to 0.4.8.6 on the snowflake-01 bridge2023-10-03T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-10-03Upgraded64
Tor MetricsRelease of Orbot 17.1.0-RC-1-tor.0.4.7.14, with an alternative domain front to attempt to work around Snowflake connection problems.2023-09-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-09-28Release132
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 12.5.5, with an alternative domain front to attempt to work around Snowflake connection problems.2023-09-26T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-09-26Release120
Tor MetricsUpgraded tor from 0.4.7.13 to 0.4.8.6 on the snowflake-02 bridge2023-09-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-09-24Upgraded64
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 13.0a5, with an alternative domain front to attempt to work around Snowflake connection problems.2023-09-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-09-24Release120
Tor MetricsThe snowflake-01 bridge suddenly recovers a large amount of bandwidth, about 24 hours after the domain front change of 2023-09-20 started to lower the number of users.2023-09-21T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-09-21The167
Tor MetricsThe front domain used by Snowflake, Moat, and Connection Assist starts sometimes resolving to a different CDN, which makes these services stop working for some users2023-09-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-09-20The165
Tor MetricsOutage of the snowflake-02 bridge caused by a temporary network disconnection at the network host2023-08-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-08-27Outage97
Tor MetricsA bug in tor 0.4.8.4 causes misattribution of about half of pluggable transport users to the plain Tor protocol in bridges that upgrade to this version2023-08-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-08-23A151
Tor MetricsRelease of tor 0.4.8.4, with new Conflux and anti-DoS proof-of-work features.2023-08-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-08-23Release77
Tor MetricsMake meek the first choice in Connection Assist for Turkmenistan, and changed the meek front domain.2023-08-03T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-08-03Make100
Tor MetricsBlocking of the default Tor client TLS fingerprint in the AGTS ISP in Turkmenistan.2023-07-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-07-18Blocking83
Tor MetricsRestarted snowflake-server on the snowflake-02 bridge with num-turbotunnel=8.2023-07-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-07-18Restarted77
Tor MetricsRestarted snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge with num-turbotunnel=8.2023-07-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-07-18Restarted77
Tor MetricsRestarted snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge with num-turbotunnel=1.2023-07-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-07-18Restarted77
Tor MetricsRestarted snowflake-01 bridge after testing performance optimizations.2023-07-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-07-01Restarted70
Tor MetricsChanged the recommended transport in Connection Assist in China from obfs4 to snowflake.2023-04-19T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-04-19Changed88
Tor MetricsOrbot begins a release rollout of version 17.0.0-RC-1-tor.0.4.7.112023-04-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-04-12Orbot66
Tor MetricsRelease of Snowflake WebExtension 0.7.2, with a fix for missing client country information that had been introduced in 0.6.0 on 2022-06-272023-04-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-04-11Release138
Tor MetricsSudden drop in access to bridges from the "settings" and "moat" pools from China.2023-04-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-04-11Sudden81
Tor MetricsDeployed a performance optimization on the snowflake-01 bridge.2023-04-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-04-08Deployed63
Tor MetricsDeployed a performance optimization on the snowflake-02 bridge.2023-04-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-04-07Deployed63
Tor MetricsRebooted the snowflake-02 bridge to make nf_conntrack changes persistent.2023-03-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-03-22Rebooted73
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 12.5a4, first release with WebTunnel for mobile.2023-03-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-03-22Release71
Tor MetricsRebooted the snowflake-01 bridge to make nf_conntrack changes persistent.2023-03-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-03-22Rebooted73
Tor MetricsThe domain name cdn.sstatic.net, which is used by Snowflake and Moat, is again blocked in some ISPs in Iran.2023-03-19T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-03-19The108
Tor MetricsThe domain name cdn.sstatic.net, which is used by Snowflake and Moat, is again blocked in some ISPs in Iran.2023-03-13T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-03-13The108
Tor MetricsTemporarily restarted snowflake-server on the snowflake-02 bridge to activate the Go race detector.2023-03-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-03-10Temporarily99
Tor MetricsRemoved Connection Assist settings for the United Arab Emirates.2023-03-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-03-10Removed64
Tor MetricsThe domain name cdn.sstatic.net, which is used by Snowflake and Moat, is again blocked in some ISPs in Iran.2023-03-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-03-08The108
Tor MetricsRe-increased firewall connection tracking limits on the snowflake-01 and snowflake-02 bridges, which had been unintentionally reduced to the defaults since 2023-02-16.2023-03-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-03-06Re-increased167
Tor MetricsThe domain name cdn.sstatic.net, which is used by Snowflake and Moat, is again blocked in some ISPs in Iran.2023-03-03T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-03-03The108
Tor MetricsThe domain name cdn.sstatic.net, which is used by Snowflake and Moat, is again blocked in some ISPs in Iran.2023-02-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-02-22The108
Tor MetricsThe domain name cdn.sstatic.net, which is used by Snowflake and Moat, is again blocked in some ISPs in Iran.2023-02-19T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-02-19The108
Tor MetricsRestarted snowflake-01 bridge for HAProxy security update.2023-02-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-02-17Restarted58
Tor MetricsIncreased the number of tor instances on the snowflake-02 bridge from 4 to 12.2023-02-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-02-16Increased78
Tor MetricsRestarted snowflake-02 bridge for HAProxy security update.2023-02-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-02-16Restarted58
Tor MetricsThe domain name cdn.sstatic.net, which is used by Snowflake and Moat, is again blocked in some ISPs in Iran.2023-02-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-02-10The108
Tor MetricsThe domain name cdn.sstatic.net, which is used by Snowflake and Moat, is again blocked in some ISPs in Iran.2023-01-31T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-01-31The108
Tor MetricsThe domain name cdn.sstatic.net, which is used by Snowflake and Moat, is blocked in some ISPs in Iran.2023-01-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-01-16The102
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Thu, 12 Jan 2023 05:25:41 GMT"2023-01-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-01-12geoip84
Tor MetricsRestarted snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge with num-turbotunnel=4.2023-01-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-01-12Restarted77
Tor MetricsSudden drop in access to bridges from the "email" pool from China.2023-01-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2023-01-05Sudden66
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 12.5a1, first release with WebTunnel for desktop.2022-12-21T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-12-21Release72
Tor MetricsIncreased firewall connection tracking limits on the snowflake-02 bridge.2022-12-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-12-20Increased73
Tor MetricsMade obfs4 preferred over Snowflake in Connection Assist for Russia.2022-12-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-12-15Made68
Tor MetricsIncreased firewall connection tracking limits on the snowflake-01 bridge.2022-12-13T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-12-13Increased73
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 12.0, the first stable release to contain both the snowflake-01 and snowflake-02 bridges.2022-12-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-12-07Release112
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Thu, 10 Nov 2022 06:23:12 GMT"2022-12-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-12-06geoip84
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Sun, 04 Dec 2022 05:55:29 GMT"2022-12-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-12-06geoip84
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 12.0a5, the first release to contain both the snowflake-01 and snowflake-02 bridges.2022-12-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-12-01Release107
Tor MetricsReported blocking of the meek-azure front domain in Russia.2022-11-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-11-18Reported59
Tor MetricsAdded obfs4 and Snowflake settings to Connection Assist for the United Arab Emirates.2022-11-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-11-15Added85
Tor MetricsRelease of tor 0.4.7.11, with mitigations against network denial of service.2022-11-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-11-10Release76
Tor MetricsOrbot begins a gradual release rollout of version 16.6.3-RC-1-tor.0.4.7.10, which has TLS fingerprint changes to make Snowflake work in Iran again.2022-11-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-11-01Orbot147
Tor MetricsDistributed snowflake-01 outgoing traffic over five IP addresses, in an attempt to mitigate anti-DDoS false detections by other relays.2022-10-26T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-26Distributed135
Tor MetricsReboot of the snowflake-01 bridge for software updates.2022-10-19T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-19Reboot55
Dates
2022-10-19 to
2022-10-19
Protocols
snowflake
Tor MetricsChanged the uTLS fingerprint from hellochrome_auto to hellorandomizedalpn for Snowflake in Iran in Connection Assist, and reverted an inadvertent broker domain front change.2022-10-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-17Changed173
Tor MetricsEnabled uTLS for Snowflake in Iran in Connection Assist, using the hellochrome_auto fingerprint.2022-10-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-17Enabled96
Tor MetricsTemporary experiment with reverting the 2022-10-03 Snowflake broker change to require multi-bridge support in proxies.2022-10-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-17Temporary118
Tor MetricsChanged the recommended transport in Connection Assist to obfs4 in China2022-10-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-17Changed72
Tor MetricsThe default meek-azure bridge meek has a configuration issue and the metrics website cannot process statistics.2022-10-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-05The111
Tor MetricsOutage of the snowflake-01 bridge caused by a change in firewall rules.2022-10-03T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-03Outage71
Tor MetricsDeployment of Snowflake broker to reject proxies that do not support multiple bridges.2022-10-03T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-03Deployment86
Tor MetricsMitigation of ephemeral port exhaustion on the snowflake-01 bridge.2022-10-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-02Mitigation67
Tor MetricsPartial mitigation of ephemeral port exhaustion on the snowflake-01 bridge.2022-10-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-02Partial75
Tor MetricsAttempted mitigation of ephemeral port exhaustion on the snowflake-01 bridge.2022-10-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-02Attempted77
Tor MetricsAttempted mitigation of ephemeral port exhaustion on the snowflake-01 bridge.2022-10-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-02Attempted77
Tor MetricsRestart of snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge, multiple KCP instances.2022-10-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-02Restart79
Tor MetricsRestart of snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge, with a reduction in memory use for downstream writes.2022-10-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-01Restart109
Tor MetricsRestart of snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge, with GOGC=200.2022-10-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-10-01Restart70
Tor MetricsExperiment with bypassing extor-static-cookie on the snowflake-01 bridge2022-09-30T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-30Experiment72
Tor MetricsRestart of snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge with a mitigation for ephemeral port exhaustion.2022-09-30T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-30Restart103
Tor MetricsRestart of snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge to restore a dual-stack configuration.2022-09-30T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-30Restart93
Tor MetricsTemporary outage of the snowflake-01 bridge caused by adjusting network interfaces.2022-09-30T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-30Temporary83
Tor MetricsReboot of snowflake-01 bridge and restarts of the snowflake-server process for maintenance.2022-09-29T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-29Reboot91
Tor MetricsRedeployed snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge, in an attempt to reduce memory allocation.2022-09-29T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-29Redeployed98
Tor MetricsTesting an alternative WebSocket package on the snowflake-01 bridge.2022-09-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-28Testing68
Tor MetricsTor Metrics gains the ability to process descriptors from multi-instance relays2022-09-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-27Tor79
Tor MetricsRedeployed snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge, reducing the per-client packet send queue size from 2048 to 512.2022-09-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-27Redeployed120
Tor MetricsMade Snowflake the preferred transport in Connection Assist for Iran2022-09-26T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-26Made68
Tor MetricsIncreased the number of tor instances on the snowflake-01 bridge from 8 to 12.2022-09-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-24Increased78
Tor MetricsRedeployed snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge, with further memory use optimizations.2022-09-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-24Redeployed94
Tor MetricsRedeployed snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge, reducing the keepalive timeout from 10 minutes to 4 minutes.2022-09-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-23Redeployed116
Tor MetricsRedeployed snowflake-server on the snowflake-01 bridge, disabling profiling and raising the keepalive timeout from 2 minutes to 10 minutes.2022-09-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-23Redeployed139
Tor MetricsDeployed memory use optimizations and enabled profiling on the snowflake-01 bridge2022-09-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-23Deployed82
Tor MetricsIncreased the number of tor instances on the snowflake-01 bridge from 4 to 8.2022-09-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-22Increased77
Tor MetricsAbnormal increase in estimated meek users, believed to be caused by an overloaded meek-azure bridge.2022-09-21T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-09-21Abnormal100
Tor MetricsUsed an alternate STUN port number in Connection Assist for Snowflake in Turkmenistan, and represented STUN servers as IP addresses rather than hostnames.2022-08-25T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-08-25Used154
Tor MetricsRelease of tor 0.4.5.14, 0.4.6.12 and 0.4.7.10, with a fix to the geoip database.2022-08-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-08-12Release81
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Tue, 09 Aug 2022 06:11:25 GMT"2022-08-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-08-12geoip84
Tor MetricsRelease of tor 0.4.5.13, 0.4.6.11 and 0.4.7.9, with congestion control changes aimed at mitigating the DDoS attack that started 2022-06-06.2022-08-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-08-11Release139
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Thu, 11 Aug 2022 05:41:58 GMT"2022-08-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-08-11geoip84
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Fri, 17 Jun 2022 06:11:30 GMT"2022-08-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-08-10geoip84
Tor MetricsSudden drop in access to bridges from the "https" pool from China.2022-08-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-08-05Sudden66
Tor MetricsThe domain www.torproject.org and its IP addresses are again blocked, after having been unblocked on 2022-07-142022-07-29T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-07-29The111
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 11.5, with a new Connection Assist feature for automatic censorship circumvention configuration.2022-07-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-07-14Release119
Tor MetricsThe Tor Project web server block, which had begin on 2021-12-07, is lifted.2022-07-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-07-14The75
Tor MetricsRelease of tor 0.4.7.8, fixing a DoS vulnerability relating to the new congestion control in 0.4.7.72022-06-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-06-17Release100
Tor MetricsBegan periodic restarts of Snowflake's probetest NAT measurement service, which increased the success rate of proxies self-measuring their NAT type.2022-06-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-06-16Began148
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 11.0.13, the first stable release with congestion control.2022-05-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-05-23Release81
Tor MetricsUpgraded the network uplink of the Snowflake bridge from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps.2022-05-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-05-06Upgraded75
Tor MetricsRelease of tor 0.4.7.7, the first release with congestion control.2022-04-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-04-27Release66
Tor MetricsStopped the tor instances flakey1–flakey8 on the interim Snowflake bridge, leaving only instances flakey1–flakey4 running on the new bridge.2022-04-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-04-12Stopped140
Tor MetricsMoved Snowflake traffic to a new bridge running instances flakey1–flakey4.2022-04-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-04-11Moved74
Tor MetricsStarted a new Snowflake bridge running tor instances flakey1–flakey4, temporarily running in parallel with the interim bridge with its instances flakey1–flakey8.2022-04-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-04-11Started161
Tor MetricsStopped the tor instances flakey1–flakey4 on the old Snowflake bridge, leaving only instances flakey1–flakey8 running on the interim bridge.2022-03-19T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-03-19Stopped140
Tor MetricsRestarted the interim Snowflake bridge to correct a problem with onion keys.2022-03-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-03-18Restarted76
Tor MetricsMoved Snowflake traffic to the interim bridge running instances flakey1–flakey8.2022-03-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-03-16Moved80
Tor MetricsStarted an interim Snowflake bridge running tor instances nicknamed flakey1–flakey8, temporarily running in parallel with the main bridge with its instances flakey1–flakey4.2022-03-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-03-15Started173
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Fri, 04 Feb 2022 05:51:31 GMT"2022-02-04T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-02-04geoip84
Tor MetricsSwitched the snowflake bridge from a load-balanced staging server back to the now load-balanced production server2022-01-31T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-01-31Switched113
Tor MetricsRebuilt the production bridge, which had run a single flakey instance, to run four instances flakey1–flakey4.2022-01-30T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-01-30Rebuilt109
Tor MetricsSwitched the snowflake bridge to the temporary load-balanced staging server2022-01-25T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-01-25Switched75
Tor MetricsStarted a temporary load-balanced Snowflake staging server running four instances flakey1–flakey42022-01-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-01-24Started97
Tor MetricsRan a practice Snowflake staging bridge with four instances flakey1–flakey4, initially in parallel with the production bridge running a single flakey instance.2022-01-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-01-17Ran159
Tor MetricsThe Tor Project begins to distribute obfs4 bridges that listen on ports that are reachable in Kazakhstan, despite the ongoing Internet shutdown.2022-01-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-01-10The144
Tor MetricsIncreased capacity of the mapping to client IP addresses on the snowflake bridge.2022-01-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2022-01-07Increased81
Tor MetricsAnother round of obfs4 enumeration and blocking occurs in Russia.2021-12-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-12-24Another65
Tor MetricsRebooted the Snowflake bridge to increase the number of CPUs from 4 to 8.2021-12-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-12-22Rebooted73
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 11.0.3, with an altered DTLS fingerprint in Snowflake to counteract blocking in Russia.2021-12-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-12-20Release110
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Wed, 15 Dec 2021 06:07:42 GMT"2021-12-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-12-15geoip84
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 11.5a1, with an altered DTLS fingerprint in Snowflake to counteract blocking in Russia.2021-12-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-12-14Release110
Tor MetricsThe fraction of networks in Russia blocking Tor, measured by OONI, increases from about 20% to about 50%.2021-12-13T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-12-13The105
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 11.0.2, containing a new default obfs4 bridge "deusexmachina".2021-12-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-12-08Release85
Tor MetricsThe Tor Project web server block is expanded from *.www.torproject.org to *.torproject.org.2021-12-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-12-08The91
Tor MetricsThe www.torproject.org web server is added to the registry of blocked domain names in Russia, by IP addresses and by hostname *.www.torproject.org.2021-12-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-12-07The147
Tor MetricsBlocking of the IP address of the meek-azure front domain in certain ISPs in Russia, part of a wider phenomenon of blocking Tor beginning 2021-12-01.2021-12-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-12-01Blocking149
Tor MetricsBlocking of Tor directory authorities, relays, default obfs4 bridges, meek-azure, and Snowflake in some ISPs in Russia2021-12-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-12-01Blocking118
Tor MetricsRun a Tor Bridge campaign, offers rewards for running obfs4 bridges.2021-11-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-11-17Run68
Tor MetricsSnowflake users in Turkmenistan drop to zero, possibly as a result of blocking of the broker's domain-fronting channel.2021-10-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-10-24Snowflake119
Tor MetricsTemporary quintupling of direct users from the Netherlands.2021-10-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-10-08Temporary59
Tor MetricsExperiment to investigate the accuracy of relays' advertised bandwidth.2021-09-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-09-22Experiment71
Tor MetricsExperiment to investigate the accuracy of relays' advertised bandwidth.2021-08-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-08-27Experiment71
Tor MetricsBlock of social media websites and WhatsApp during the national elections2021-08-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-08-12Block73
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Thu, 12 Aug 2021 05:51:15 GMT"2021-08-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-08-12geoip84
Tor MetricsDecrease in relay users by 75% in Turkmenistan, following a period of elevated usage that began in early 2021.2021-07-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-07-22Decrease110
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 10.5, first stable release that includes Snowflake.2021-07-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-07-06Release74
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Thu, 10 Jun 2021 05:17:29 GMT"2021-06-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-06-10geoip84
Tor MetricsExperiment to test the accuracy of relays' advertised bandwidth estimation.2021-05-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-05-17Experiment75
Tor MetricsError in stats collection at the Snowflake bridge; user count is erroneously zero.2021-05-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-05-12Error82
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Fri, 07 May 2021 05:18:14 GMT"2021-05-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-05-07geoip84
Tor MetricsDrop in meek users in Turkmenistan, from over 200 to almost zero.2021-05-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-05-05Drop65
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Tue, 13 Apr 2021 05:11:07 GMT"2021-04-13T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-04-13geoip84
Tor MetricsTurkmenistan blocks the default obfs4 bridge hopperlab, the last remaining obfs4 bridge at the time.2021-04-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-04-09Turkmenistan100
Tor MetricsTurkmenistan blocks the default obfs4 bridges PraxedisGuerrero and smallerRichard.2021-03-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-03-14Turkmenistan82
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "IPFire Project Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:05:24 GMT"2021-03-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-03-12geoip84
Tor MetricsFire in the OVHcloud data centers located in Strasbourg takes about 48 relays offline in AS16276.2021-03-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-03-10Fire97
Tor MetricsTor Browser update pings temporarily drop further, for Windows only.2021-03-04T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-03-04Tor68
Tor MetricsRelease of Orbot 16.4.1-BETA-2-tor.0.4.4.6, with experimental Snowflake proxy support.2021-02-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-02-23Release86
Tor MetricsBlocking of default obfs4 bridges and email-distributed bridges in Belarus2021-02-13T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-02-13Blocking74
Tor MetricsDeployed version 0.5.3 of the Snowflake WebExtension, with improvements to NAT handling.2021-01-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-01-27Deployed88
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 10.5a8, which fixes the bug preventing the use of default bridges.2021-01-26T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-01-26Release89
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 10.5a7, which has a bug preventing the use of default bridges.2021-01-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-01-20Release85
Tor MetricsRelease of Orbot 16.4.0-RC-1-tor-0.4.4.6, first release with Snowflake client support.2021-01-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-01-12Release86
Tor MetricsLarge amounts of traffic at directory authorities disrupts consensus, which causes v3 onion services to stop working because of a bug2021-01-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-01-10Large133
Tor MetricsChanged the DNS records for snowflake.freehaven.net and snowflake-broker.bamsoftware.com to be CNAME records for the corresponding torproject.net domains, rather than bamsoftware.com, in order to avoid malware warnings.2021-01-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-01-07Changed219
Tor MetricsIncreased failure to bootstrap using Snowflake from China.2021-01-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2021-01-01Increased58
Tor MetricsDDoS attack on Greenhost, where the Snowflake broker and bridge and onionperf instances are hosted.2020-12-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-12-17DDoS99
Tor MetricsAn update to an Azure CDN edge server TLS certificate causes an outage of meek and Moat2020-12-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-12-05An87
Tor MetricsRelease of Snowflake WebExtension 0.5.2, with a fix to the NAT type self-test.2020-11-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-11-17Release78
Tor MetricsRelease of Snowflake WebExtension 0.5.0, with a NAT type self-test.2020-10-29T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-10-29Release67
Tor MetricsBlocking of Tor and default obfs4 bridges during elections in Tanzania.2020-10-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-10-27Blocking71
Tor MetricsSudden decrease of relay users in Belarus, from 4000 to 1000, with simultaneous increase of bridge users.2020-10-13T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-10-13Sudden105
Tor MetricsDeployed version 0.4.2 of the Snowflake WebExtension, with better counting of clients.2020-10-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-10-05Deployed86
Tor MetricsBlocking of social media and instant messaging in Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war2020-09-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-09-27Blocking97
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 10.0a5, which added the ability to do NAT behavior discovery to the Snowflake client.2020-08-19T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-08-19Release108
Tor MetricsDeployed version 0.4.1 of the Snowflake WebExtension, with NAT type detection in the browser.2020-08-13T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-08-13Deployed93
Tor MetricsInternet shutdowns in Belarus, during protests following a presidential election.2020-08-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-08-09Internet81
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 10.0a1, the first release with Snowflake for Android.2020-06-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-06-02Release76
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 9.5a13, the first release with Turbo Tunnel session persistence features for Snowflake2020-05-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-05-22Release109
Tor MetricsRedeployed the Snowflake bridge with support for non–Turbo Tunnel clients and KCP–Turbo Tunnel clients, removing support for QUIC–Turbo Tunnel clients.2020-04-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-04-23Redeployed151
Tor MetricsMade the Snowflake bridge stop reporting client IP addresses of 0.0.0.02020-02-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2020-02-22Made71
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "December 3 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2019-12-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-12-06geoip80
Tor MetricsRelease of version 0.2.0 of the Snowflake extension for Firefox and Chrome2019-12-03T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-12-03Release74
Tor MetricsReleased version 0.1.0 of the Snowflake extension for Firefox and Chrome, using a new proxy–broker protocol.2019-11-13T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-11-13Released108
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "November 6 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2019-11-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-11-09geoip80
Tor MetricsVersion 0.0.13 of the Snowflake extension is released, decreasing the poll frequency to once every 300 s2019-10-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-10-28Version104
Tor MetricsThe new default bridge 193.11.166.194 is already blocked by the GFW – two days after the Tor Browser alpha release that shipped with it2019-10-03T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-10-03The135
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "October 1 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2019-10-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-10-02geoip79
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 9.0a7, the first release that has Snowflake for Windows.2019-10-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-10-01Release79
Tor MetricsBlocking of news sites and commuications apps in Egypt during protests.2019-09-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-09-20Blocking71
Tor MetricsExperiment to test the accuracy of relays' advertised bandwidth estimation.2019-08-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-08-06Experiment75
Tor MetricsThe Snowflake proxy hosted at snowflake.torproject.org is updated, changing domains from bamsoftware.com to freehaven.net in order to work around the Google Safe Browsing block.2019-07-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-07-27The177
Tor MetricsDeployed version 0.0.7 of the Snowflake WebExtension for Chrome, changing domains from bamsoftware.com to freehaven.net in order to work around the Google Safe Browsing block.2019-07-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-07-27Deployed175
Tor MetricsCupcake 2.0 is released, now working with Snowflake rather than flash proxy.2019-07-26T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-07-26Cupcake76
Tor MetricsDeployed version 0.0.8 of the Snowflake WebExtension for Firefox, changing domains from bamsoftware.com to freehaven.net in order to work around the Google Safe Browsing block.2019-07-26T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-07-26Deployed176
Tor MetricsThe broker domain name snowflake-broker.bamsoftware.com is blocked by Google Safe Browsing, preventing the Snowflake web browser extension from working.2019-07-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-07-23The152
Tor MetricsThe Kazakh ISP KazTelecom does man-in-the-middle of TLS connections.2019-07-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-07-18The68
Tor MetricsDeployed version 0.0.1 of the Snowflake WebExtension for Chrome.2019-07-03T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-07-03Deployed64
Tor MetricsRelays in Iran are reported to be unblocked once again, and user numbers recover to about 25% of the maximum they had reached during the previous period of unblocking2019-07-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-07-02Relays166
Tor MetricsDeployed version 0.0.1 of the Snowflake WebExtension for Firefox.2019-06-26T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-06-26Deployed65
Tor MetricsA call to set up new obfs4 bridges is posted to the tor-relays mailing list.2019-06-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-06-20A76
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "June 10 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2019-06-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-06-11geoip77
Tor MetricsFailure of network equipment at site of op-ab OnionPerf instance2019-05-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-05-28Failure64
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "May 13 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2019-05-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-05-17geoip76
Tor MetricsTor becomes directly accessible in Iran, leading to an explosion in relay users up to about 1.5 million, before being blocked again.2019-05-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-05-16Tor132
Tor MetricsNetwork equipment failure at site of op-ab OnionPerf instance2019-04-29T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-04-29Network61
Tor MetricsSocial media blocking and Internet blackout during parliamentary elections in Benin.2019-04-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-04-28Social84
Tor MetricsRelay users increase by about 100K, in an apparent weekly cycle2019-04-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-04-27Relay63
Tor MetricsSri Lanka blocks Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube after bombings.2019-04-21T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-04-21Sri71
Tor MetricsOutage of Snowflake fallback proxy-go instances, caused by a failure to restart after segregating old logs.2019-04-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-04-16Outage107
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "April 2 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2019-04-03T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-04-03geoip77
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "March 4 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2019-03-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-03-06geoip77
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "February 5 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2019-02-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-02-12geoip80
Tor MetricsDisabled the 3 proxy-go instances that were pointing at the former broker hosted on App Engine.2019-02-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-02-07Disabled95
Tor MetricsInternet shutdown and blocking of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter in Zimbabwe.2019-01-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-01-14Internet78
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "January 3 2019 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2019-01-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2019-01-07geoip79
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "December 5 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2018-12-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-12-05geoip80
Tor MetricsOutage of the onionperf-us instance, caused by a Greenhost east coast VPS migration.2018-11-26T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-11-26Outage84
Tor MetricsOutage of the flash proxy badge hosting server, flashproxy.bamsoftware.com, caused by a Greenhost east coast VPS migration.2018-11-26T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-11-26Outage123
Dates
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2018-11-28
Protocols
flashproxy
Tor MetricsSlow-running processes on the metrics host cause an observed drop in the overall relay bandwidth graph.2018-11-19T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-11-19Slow-running103
Tor MetricsA full disk stops the Snowflake bridge and fallback proxies from working.2018-11-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-11-16A73
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "November 6 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2018-11-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-11-11geoip80
Tor MetricsGap in observed number of relay users, caused by the estimated fraction of reporting relays exceeding 100%.2018-10-25T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-10-25Gap107
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "October 9 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2018-10-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-10-10geoip79
Tor MetricsRelease of tor 0.3.5.1-alpha, containing a bug that makes idle bridges unuseful.2018-09-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-09-18Release80
Dates
2018-09-18
Protocols
bridge
Tor MetricsReported blocking of obfs4 in the UAE.2018-09-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-09-15Reported38
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "September 6 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2018-09-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-09-11geoip81
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "August 7 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2018-08-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-08-09geoip78
Tor MetricsAnother jump of relay users in Turkey, from 5k to about 30k.2018-07-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-07-28Another60
Tor MetricsThe estimated number of bridge users becomes available again, following the introduction of the new bridge authority Serge on 2018-07-132018-07-21T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-07-21The136
Tor MetricsMade the Snowflake bridge report to the new Serge bridge authority.2018-07-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-07-15Made67
Tor MetricsProtests, Internet shutdowns, and social media blocks in Iraq.2018-07-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-07-14Protests,62
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "July 3 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2018-07-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-07-06geoip76
Tor MetricsVenezuela's largest ISP, CANTV, blocks direct access to Tor and the IP addresses of default bridges2018-06-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-06-20Venezuela's99
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "June 7 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2018-06-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-06-11geoip76
Tor MetricsSharp increase in bridge users in many unrelated countries, affecting even the global aggregate2018-05-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-05-23Sharp95
Tor MetricsIncrease in obfs4 users in Iraq, followed by a slow decrease2018-05-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-05-22Increase60
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "May 1 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2018-05-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-05-15geoip75
Tor MetricsDisabled the d2cly7j4zqgua7.cloudfront.net CDN endpoint for meek-amazon.2018-05-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-05-14Disabled72
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 8.0a7, which changes the default Snowflake rendezvous to use an Azure domain front, instead of the Google one that had been non-functional since 2018-04-13.2018-05-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-05-09Release179
Tor MetricsThe meek-amazon bridge imposes a rate limit of 1 MB/s.2018-05-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-05-08The54
Dates
2018-05-08
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsRussia unblocks about 3.7 million IP addresses belonging to Google and Digital Ocean.2018-05-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-05-08Russia85
Tor MetricsRussia unblocks about 3 million IP addresses belonging to Amazon and OVH.2018-04-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-04-28Russia73
Tor MetricsRussia tries to block Telegram; blocks about 18 million IP addresses including some belonging to Amazon and Google cloud services.2018-04-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-04-16Russia130
Tor MetricsMoved the Snowflake broker from App Engine to a standalone server.2018-04-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-04-16Moved66
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "April 3 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2018-04-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-04-05geoip77
Tor MetricsAccidentally misconfigured the 3 proxy-go instances that were meant to point to the new standalone broker so that they pointed to the old App Engine broker.2018-04-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-04-02Accidentally156
Tor MetricsReinstated periodic restarts of the fallback snowflake proxies.2018-04-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-04-02Reinstated63
Tor MetricsRestarted the fallback snowflake proxies with no limit on memory.2018-03-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-03-27Restarted65
Tor MetricsRestarted the fallback snowflake proxies with a limit on resident memory2018-03-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-03-23Restarted72
Tor MetricsProvisionally increased memory limits of the fallback snowflake proxies to 400 MB, 800 MB, or unlimited.2018-03-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-03-22Provisionally104
Tor MetricsIncreased memory limit of the fallback snowflake proxies from 200 MB to 400 MB.2018-03-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-03-22Increased79
Tor MetricsDisabled periodic restarts of the fallback snowflake proxies; gave them a memory limit of 200 MB.2018-03-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-03-22Disabled97
Tor MetricsDeployed another attempt to fix frequent crashes of the fallback snowflake proxies.2018-03-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-03-16Deployed83
Tor MetricsDeployed an attempt to fix frequent crashes of the fallback snowflake proxies.2018-03-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-03-14Deployed78
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "March 8 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2018-03-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-03-12geoip77
Tor MetricsSteady drop in the number of relay users in Germany, from 1.5M to 650k2018-03-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-03-05Steady70
Tor MetricsRelease of tor 0.3.2.10, 0.3.1.10, and 0.2.9.15, which offer better resistance against DoS attacks.2018-03-03T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-03-03Release99
Tor MetricsBlocking in China intensifies following the announcement of proposed changes to remove presidential term limits.2018-02-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-02-24Blocking112
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "February 7 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2018-02-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-02-08geoip80
Tor MetricsSome more directory authorities upgrade to 0.3.2.9 which enforces new requirements for the exit flag2018-01-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-01-20Some100
Tor MetricsOutage of Snowflake broker caused by the disabling of the Let's Encrypt TLS-SNI-01 challenge.2018-01-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-01-18Outage93
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "January 5 2018 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2018-01-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2018-01-08geoip79
Tor MetricsProtests in Iran, blocking of various services including Tor2017-12-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-12-28Protests60
Tor MetricsRelease of tor 0.3.2.8-rc, intended to fix the KIST bug that enabled a DoS on relays by running them out of memory.2017-12-21T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-12-21Release115
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "December 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2017-12-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-12-20geoip80
Tor MetricsFurther, slow increase of relay users in Germany, from 500k to over 1.5M.2017-12-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-12-10Further,73
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 7.0.11, containing tor 0.3.1.9, which adds an IPv6 address for the bridge authority bastet.2017-12-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-12-09Release114
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 7.5a9, containing tor 0.3.2.6-alpha, which adds an IPv6 address for the bridge authority bastet.2017-12-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-12-09Release119
Tor MetricsRelease of tor 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0.13, 0.3.1.9, and 0.3.2.6-alpha, which add an IPv6 address for the bridge authority bastet.2017-12-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-12-01Release131
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 7.5a8, containing tor 0.3.2.4-alpha, which adds a new directory authority bastet, and changes the IP address of the directory authority Longclaw.2017-11-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-11-15Release168
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 7.0.10, containing tor 0.3.1.8, which adds a new directory authority bastet, and changes the IP address of the directory authority Longclaw.2017-11-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-11-14Release163
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "November 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2017-11-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-11-10geoip80
Tor MetricsTurned off the old meek-amazon CDN endpoint d2zfqthxsdq309.cloudfront.net.2017-11-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-11-01Turned74
Tor MetricsRelease of tor 0.2.5.15, 0.2.8.16, 0.2.9.13, 0.3.0.12, and 0.3.1.8, which add a new directory authority bastet, and change the IP address of the directory authority Longclaw.2017-10-25T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-10-25Release174
Tor MetricsActivated client IP address statistics on the Snowflake server and standalone proxies.2017-10-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-10-14Activated86
Tor MetricsSurge of relay users in Romania, from 10k to around 90k, which later subsided.2017-10-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-10-07Surge78
Tor MetricsGuo Wengui speaks at the National Press Club, 09:00–11:00 eastern time2017-10-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-10-05Guo70
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "October 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2017-10-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-10-05geoip79
Tor MetricsPermanent hardware failure of default FTE bridge 128.105.214.161:8080.2017-10-04T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-10-04Permanent70
Tor MetricsSteady increase of relay users in Germany, from 180k to around 500k2017-09-26T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-09-26Steady67
Tor MetricsThe bridge authority was down due to an issue with its offline master key.2017-09-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-09-15The74
Tor MetricsOutage of the bridge authority Bifroest.2017-09-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-09-14Outage40
Dates
2017-09-14 to
2017-09-16
Protocols
bridge
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "September 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2017-09-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-09-07geoip81
Tor MetricsAbout a 35% increase in obfs4 users before returning to normal2017-09-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-09-02About62
Tor MetricsShort-lived, simultaneous spike in direct users in Egypt and Turkey2017-08-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-08-27Short-lived,67
Tor MetricsThe Democratic Republic of the Congo orders a block of social media services.2017-08-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-08-07The77
Tor MetricsFurther increase of relay users in the Seychelles, from 5k to 100k2017-08-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-08-06Further66
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "August 3 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2017-08-03T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-08-03geoip78
Tor MetricsIncrease of relay users in the Netherlands, from 50k to 100k2017-07-31T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-07-31Increase60
Tor MetricsOutage of meek-amazon bridge, caused by an expired certificate.2017-07-29T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-07-29Outage63
Tor MetricsIncrease of relay users in the Seychelles, from 400 to 60002017-07-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-07-15Increase59
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "July 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2017-07-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-07-07geoip76
Tor Metricsdeb.torproject.org upgrades from tor 0.2.9 to tor 0.3.02017-07-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-07-02deb.torproject.org55
Tor MetricsIncreased the file descriptor limit on default obfs4 bridges ndnop3 and ndnop5 from 4096 to 327682017-06-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-06-12Increased97
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "June 8 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2017-06-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-06-09geoip76
Tor MetricsSustained increase of meek users in Brazil, similar to the one that took place between 2016-07-21 and 2017-03-03.2017-06-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-06-07Sustained113
Tor MetricsSet AssumeReachable 1 on the default obfs4 bridges cymrubridge31 and cymrubridge33 in an attempt to make them publish statistics.2017-05-25T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-05-25Set129
Tor MetricsDefault obfs4 bridge LeifEricson rejects connections due to a broken firewall forwarding rule2017-05-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-05-23Default93
Dates
2017-05-23 to
2017-06-13
Protocols
obfs4
Tor MetricsUkraine blocks Russian-operated web services2017-05-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-05-16Ukraine44
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "May 2 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2017-05-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-05-08geoip75
Tor MetricsSet AssumeReachable 1 on the Snowflake bridge 2B280B23E1107BB62ABFC40DDCC8824814F80A72 in an attempt to make it start publishing statistics.2017-05-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-05-06Set140
Tor MetricsDirectory authority maatuska's bwscanner stops operating, leading to a drop in traffic on some relays.2017-04-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-04-14Directory102
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "April 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2017-04-06T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-04-06geoip77
Tor MetricsOrbot 15.4.0 beta-2 multi is released, containing the new meek-azure CDN configuration.2017-03-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-03-22Orbot87
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "March 7 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2017-03-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-03-08geoip77
Tor MetricsTor Browser 6.5.1 is released, containing the new meek-azure CDN configuration, and removing the last remaining scramblesuit bridge.2017-03-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-03-07Tor132
Tor MetricsAnother increase in relay users, slower and more sustained than the previous one.2017-03-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-03-01Another81
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "February 8 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2017-02-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-02-12geoip80
Tor MetricsMeasurement error from bandwidth authority causes decrease in measured bandwidth in Europe.2017-02-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-02-10Measurement91
Tor MetricsGradual but large increase of obfs3 users in India, followed by slow decay2017-02-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-02-09Gradual74
Tor MetricsTor Browser 7.0a1 released, including Snowflake for GNU/Linux only.2017-01-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-01-24Tor67
Tor Metrics1.0-beta release of GAEuploader, a tool that automates the setting up of meek.2017-01-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-01-221.0-beta78
Tor MetricsDecreased the rate limit on the meek-azure bridge to 2.0 MB/s, from 3.0 MB/s.2017-01-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-01-09Decreased77
Dates
2017-01-09
Protocols
meek
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "January 4 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2017-01-04T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2017-01-04geoip79
Tor MetricsThe Democratic Republic of the Congo orders a block of social media services.2016-12-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-12-15The77
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "December 7 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2016-12-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-12-09geoip80
Tor MetricsBelarus blocks the addresses of public Tor relays, apparently by RST injection2016-12-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-12-01Belarus78
Tor MetricsDecreased the rate limit on the meek-amazon bridge to 2.0 MB/s, from 3.0 MB/s.2016-11-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-11-22Decreased78
Dates
2016-11-22
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsDecrease in direct users and increase in bridge users in Saudi Arabia2016-11-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-11-20Decrease69
Tor MetricsDecrease in direct users and increase in bridge users in Saudi Arabia.2016-11-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-11-20Decrease70
Tor MetricsDefault obfs4 bridges ndnop3 and ndnop5 turn on timing obfuscation2016-11-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-11-15Default66
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "November 3 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2016-11-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-11-07geoip80
Tor MetricsIncreased the rate limit on the meek-amazon bridge to 3.0 MB/s, from 1.0 MB/s.2016-10-30T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-10-30Increased78
Dates
2016-10-30
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsDecreased the rate limit on the meek-amazon bridge to 1.0 MB/s, from 3.0 MB/s.2016-10-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-10-28Decreased78
Dates
2016-10-28
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsEgypt blocks Tor directory authorities and public relays by TCP RST2016-10-25T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-10-25Egypt67
Tor MetricsLarge decrease in meek users, perhaps caused by problems in Orbot 15.0.2 BETA 1 that were fixed in Orbot 15.2.0 RC8.2016-10-19T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-10-19Large116
Tor MetricsTurkey blocks storage services including Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and GitHub2016-10-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-10-08Turkey84
Tor MetricsEthiopia declares a state of emergency and implements network blocks.2016-10-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-10-08Ethiopia69
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "October 4 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2016-10-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-10-05geoip79
Tor MetricsReports that direct connections from Egypt are blocked; bridges are required2016-10-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-10-02Reports76
Tor MetricsRate limit on the meek-amazon bridge returns to 3.0 MB/s, having been set to about 1.0 MB/s for some time, cause uncertain.2016-09-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-09-28Rate123
Dates
2016-09-28
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsDefault obfs3 bridge LeifEricson upgrades and begins reporting statistics to the new bridge authority Bifroest2016-09-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-09-24Default110
Dates
2016-09-24
Protocols
obfs3
Tor MetricsDefault obfs4 bridge LeifEricson upgrades and begins reporting statistics to the new bridge authority Bifroest2016-09-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-09-24Default110
Dates
2016-09-24
Protocols
obfs4
Tor MetricsOutage of default obfs3 bridges "Unnamed" and "Unnamed"2016-09-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-09-23Outage55
Dates
2016-09-23 to
2016-11-28
Protocols
obfs3
Tor MetricsDefault obfs3 bridges ndnop0 and ndnop2 upgrade and begin reporting statistics to the new bridge authority Bifroest.2016-09-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-09-23Default116
Tor MetricsDefault obfs3 bridges "Unnamed" and "Unnamed"2016-09-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-09-23Default45
Dates
2016-09-23
Protocols
obfs3
Tor MetricsDefault obfs3 bridges ndnop3 and ndnop5 upgrade and begin reporting statistics to the new bridge authority Bifroest.2016-09-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-09-23Default116
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "September 6 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2016-09-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-09-07geoip81
Tor MetricsIran intensifies the blocking begun on 2016-08-20, getting most of the remaining direct users2016-09-04T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-09-04Iran93
Tor MetricsCollecTor begins publishing bridge stats from the new bridge authority Bifroest.2016-08-31T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-08-31CollecTor80
Tor Metricstor 0.2.8.7 and 0.2.9.2-alpha are released, changing the bridge authority from Tonga to Bifroest.2016-08-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-08-24tor97
Tor MetricsChanged the meek-amazon CDN price class from "All" to "Use Only US, Canada and Europe."2016-08-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-08-18Changed87
Dates
2016-08-18
Protocols
meek
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "August 2 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2016-08-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-08-12geoip78
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "July 6 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2016-07-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-07-18geoip76
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "June 7 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2016-06-12T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-06-12geoip76
Tor MetricsTor Browser 6.0 released, which lacks the fte pluggable transport on Mac.2016-05-30T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-05-30Tor73
Tor Metricsmeek-google's App Engine instance is suspended and meek-google stops working.2016-05-13T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-05-13meek-google's77
Tor MetricsSocial media blackout in Uganda following presidential inauguration.2016-05-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-05-11Social68
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "May 4 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2016-05-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-05-09geoip75
Tor MetricsTor Browser 6.0a5 and 6.0a5-hardened released, which lacks the fte pluggable transport on Mac.2016-04-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-04-28Tor94
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "April 5 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2016-04-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-04-07geoip77
Tor MetricsTemporarily ran an experimental branch for IPv6 counting on the meek-azure bridge.2016-03-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-03-27Temporarily82
Tor MetricsOutage of meek-azure bridge, caused by an expired TLS certificate.2016-03-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-03-27Outage66
Dates
2016-03-27 to
2016-03-27
Protocols
meek
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "March 3 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2016-03-04T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-03-04geoip77
Tor MetricsSocial media blackout in Uganda during presidential election.2016-02-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-02-17Social61
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "February 2 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2016-02-04T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-02-04geoip80
Tor MetricsIncreased rate limit of the meek-amazon bridge to 3 MB/s, from 1.1 MB/s.2016-01-16T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-01-16Increased72
Dates
2016-01-16
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsIncreased rate limit of the meek-google bridge to 3 MB/s, from 1.1 MB/s.2016-01-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-01-15Increased72
Dates
2016-01-15
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsIncreased rate limit of the meek-azure bridge to 3 MB/s, from 0.8 MB/s.2016-01-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-01-14Increased71
Dates
2016-01-14
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsEnabled client IP statistics on the meek-amazon bridge.2016-01-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-01-11Enabled55
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "January 5 2016 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2016-01-07T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2016-01-07geoip79
Tor MetricsEstablished an unthrottled bridge C20658946DD706A7A2181159A1A04CD838570D04 for people who set up their own meek CDN configuration.2015-12-25T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-12-25Established130
Dates
2015-12-25
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsEnabled client IP statistics on the meek-google bridge.2015-12-20T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-12-20Enabled55
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "December 1 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2015-12-05T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-12-05geoip80
Tor MetricsTor Browser 5.0.4 and 5.5a4 released, containing a fixed fingerprint for meek-amazon.2015-11-04T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-11-04Tor85
Tor MetricsAltered the performance settings on the meek-google App Engine instance2015-10-30T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-10-30Altered71
Dates
2015-10-30
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsFurther rate-limited the meek-azure bridge to 0.8 MB/s, from 1.1 MB/s.2015-10-30T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-10-30Further70
Dates
2015-10-30
Protocols
meek
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "October 9 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2015-10-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-10-09geoip79
Tor MetricsThe fingerprint of the meek-amazon bridge changes, as a result of begin rebooted2015-10-09T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-10-09The80
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "September 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2015-09-24T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-09-24geoip81
Tor Metricsgeoip and geoip6 databases updated to "July 8 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2015-07-29T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-07-29geoip76
Tor MetricsPublished a workaround for the meek-azure outage that started 2015-07-20.2015-07-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-07-22Published73
Tor MetricsBridge users temporarily increase, because of one bridge reporting high statistics.2015-06-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-06-11Bridge83
Tor MetricsRate-limited the meek-amazon bridge to 1.1 MB/s.2015-06-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-06-08Rate-limited48
Dates
2015-06-08
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsFurther rate-limited meek-google to 1.1 MB/s, from 1.5 MB/s.2015-06-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-06-02Further60
Dates
2015-06-02
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsRate-limited the meek-google bridge to 1.5 MB/s.2015-05-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-05-22Rate-limited48
Dates
2015-05-22
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 4.5, the first stable release with obfs4.2015-04-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-04-27Release64
Tor MetricsImplemented persistent connections for meek-azure, increasing performance.2015-04-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-04-08Implemented74
Tor MetricsAltered performance settings on the meek-google App Engine instance in an effort to reduce instance hours2015-02-28T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-02-28Altered105
Dates
2015-02-28
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsRelease of Orbot v15-alpha-3, first release with meek.2015-02-14T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2015-02-14Release54
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 4.5-alpha-1, first alpha release with obfs42014-11-17T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-11-17Release66
Tor MetricsMoved the meek-google bridge to better hardware.2014-11-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-11-15Moved48
Dates
2014-11-15
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsChanged the meek-google App Engine instance back to the F1 class, from F2.2014-11-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-11-08Changed74
Dates
2014-11-08
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsChanged the meek-google App Engine instance to the F2 class again, from F1.2014-10-31T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-10-31Changed75
Dates
2014-10-31
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsChanged the meek-google App Engine instance back to the F1 class, from F2.2014-10-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-10-27Changed74
Dates
2014-10-27
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsChanged the bridge backing meek-google.2014-10-25T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-10-25Changed39
Dates
2014-10-25
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsChanged the meek-google App Engine instance to the F2 class, from F1.2014-10-25T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-10-25Changed69
Dates
2014-10-25
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsTor Browser 4.0 released2014-10-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-10-15Tor24
Tor MetricsChanged the bridge backing meek-amazon.2014-09-29T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-09-29Changed39
Dates
2014-09-29
Protocols
meek
Tor MetricsChina blocks Instagram in response to ongoing protests in Hong Kong2014-09-29T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-09-29China67
Tor MetricsSplit the bridge running meek and flashproxy into separate processes in order to avoid spurious correlation in user counts.2014-09-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-09-15Split123
Tor MetricsDecrease in fte users, perhaps caused by an outage of one of the default Tor Browser bridges.2014-08-29T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-08-29Decrease93
Tor Metrics'How to use the “meek” pluggable transport' blog post is published.2014-08-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-08-15'How67
Tor MetricsRapid increase of relay users in Russia, going from 80K to 200K before settling in around 150K.2014-06-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-06-01Rapid95
Dates
2014-06-01 to
2014-06-19
Places
Russia
Protocols
OR
relay
Unknown
Yes
Tor MetricsReinstalled the bridge running meek and flash proxy.2014-05-08T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-05-08Reinstalled52
Dates
2014-05-08
Protocols
flashproxy
meek
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 3.6, the first stable release with integrated pluggable transports2014-04-29T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-04-29Release89
Tor MetricsRelease of Tor Browser 3.6-beta-1, the first release with integrated pluggable transports2014-03-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-03-18Release89
Tor MetricsBegan running meek-server on bridge already hosting websocket-server for flash proxy.2014-02-15T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-02-15Began85
Dates
2014-02-15
Protocols
flashproxy
meek
Tor Metricsgeoip6 database updated to "February 7 2014 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country"2014-02-13T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2014-02-13geoip669
Tor MetricsRelease of the pluggable transports browser bundle 2.4.18-rc-1-pt1 and 2.4.18-rc-2-pt1.2013-12-04T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2013-12-04Release87
Tor MetricsRelease of the pluggable transports browser bundle 2.4.17-rc-1-pt2.2013-11-11T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2013-11-11Release67
Tor MetricsRelease of the pluggable transports browser bundle 2.4.17-rc-1-pt1.2013-11-04T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2013-11-04Release67
Tor MetricsMicrosoft adds the Mevade/Sefnit botnet signature to their Malicious Software Removal Tool.2013-11-03T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2013-11-03Microsoft91
Tor MetricsMicrosoft adds the Mevade/Sefnit botnet signature to various security scanners.2013-10-27T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2013-10-27Microsoft79
Tor MetricsRelease of the pluggable transports browser bundle 2.4.17-beta-2-pt3.2013-09-23T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2013-09-23Release69
Tor MetricsRelay users increase globally from about 800K to over 5M, when computers in the Mevade/Sefnit botnet began using Tor to communicate2013-08-19T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2013-08-19Relay131
Tor MetricsRelease of the pluggable transports browser bundle 2.4.15-beta-2-pt1.2013-08-10T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2013-08-10Release69
Tor MetricsRelease of the pluggable transports browser bundle 2.4.12-alpha-2-pt1.2013-06-02T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2013-06-02Release70
Tor MetricsRelease of the pluggable transports browser bundle 0.2.4.11-alpha-2.2013-03-19T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2013-03-19Release68
Tor MetricsRelease of the pluggable transports browser bundle 2.4.7-alpha-1, containing flash proxy, obfs2, and obfs3 built in and enabled by default.2013-01-13T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2013-01-13Release139
Tor MetricsKazakhstan blocks Tor TLS by ClientHello and ServerHello fingerprints.2012-03-01T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2012-03-01Kazakhstan70
Tor MetricsRelease of "Tor Obfsproxy Browser Bundle" 2.3.12-3, for Windows and Linux only.2012-02-22T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2012-02-22Release79
Tor MetricsRelease of "Tor Obfsproxy Browser Bundle" 2.3.12-2, for Windows and Mac OS X only.2012-02-18T12:00:00Zhttps://metrics.torproject.org/news.atom#2012-02-18Release82