[tor-project] sajolida's report for September 2025

[sajolida via tor-project <tor-project@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tails
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Project 165
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- Fixed all the less critical updates to our website for Tails 7.0:
  screenshots, style, advanced topics, etc.. (#20203)

  Overall, we applied more than 60 updates to our website and identified
  10 other issues that were not triggered by Tails 7.0.

- Wrote the lengthy release notes for Tails 7.0. (#21046)

  https://tails.net/news/version_7.0/

- Interviewed Joshua, an IT specialist who uses Tails both at work and
  at home. Despite Joshua not matching our personas, we learned a couple
  of interesting things.

  https://tails.net/contribute/how/user_experience/interviews/joshua/

- Updated the version of balenaEtcher and Rufus on our website. (#20989)

Misc
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- Made plans with intrigeri to migrate the homepage of Tor Browser in
  Tails to about:tor in time for the Year End Campaign. (#21003)

- Removed the sponsors page from our website and tore down the
  infrastructure that we had to send newsletter to donors.

  * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/team/-/work_items/399
  * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/team/-/work_items/382

Other Tor products
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Tor Browser
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- Started preparing usability tests on the display of multi-path
  circuits (aka. Conflux) in Tor Browser Android and desktop.

  https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/168

Tor VPN
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- Tested Tor VPN 1.0.0 Beta against the usability issues identified in
  August 2024 and reported 4 issues:

  * Connects despite being configured to use a bogus bridge

    https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/vpn/-/issues/378

  * Tapping on the circuit icon doesn't open the circuit view

    https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/vpn/-/issues/379

  * "No internet" displays network activity and app protection widgets
    on Internet deconnection

    https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/vpn/-/issues/380

  * Disable "Exit location" in "Configure" screen instead of hiding it
    when disconnected

    https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/vpn/-/issues/382

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sajolida
The Tor Project — UX Designer

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