[tor-relays] Re: Looking to interview Tor relay operators (online or at FOSDEM)

[Sebastian Hahn via tor-relays <tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 21. Jan 2026, at 05:36, forest-relay-contact--- via tor-relays <tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Sebastian Hahn wrote:
>> What do you mean with "somewhat recent"? This has been done since at
>> least 2011 for security reasons, for compatibility reasons much longer.
> 
> I suspect he's referring to the recent choice to mark a minor upgrade as
> critical. I think it was the update from .18 to .19? Whatever it was, it
> led to a large number of relays getting a flag on Tor Metrics indicating
> that they were dangerously out of date and not recommended.

Well, this is quite different, as getting a notification about running a
version which is no longer recommended does not mean the relay is
excluded from participating in the network in any way. Also, that's not
a new policy, we've been doing recommended version updates for well over
a decade now - and it was always possible to recommend a fresh update,
whether that coincides with a new major version or not.

Cheers
Sebastian
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