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Lantern v10.0.5 Release Notes

Security & Privacy

• Removed certificate-verification bypass from private server imports to strengthen security
• Redacted helper-related outbound tags and addresses from client diagnostics and logs
• Implemented protection against cross-origin redirects on widget signaling

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Unbounded ICE ordering issues
• Resolved private server configuration and connectivity problems
• Improved handling of helper pairing room restarts and ticket expiry
• Fixed domain fronting provider race conditions and canceled request tracking

Improvements

• Extended CloudKit outage tolerance when stapling to better handle temporary service interruptions
• Implemented native volunteer ICE checks and tuning via Radiance update
• Enhanced helper pairing system with ticket management and renewal
• Improved diagnostics by filtering and redacting sensitive connection data
• Updated documentation with stable 32-bit ARMv7 APK download links

Infrastructure

• Restored branch nightly uploads and Slack notifications in CI/CD pipeline
• Updated Android download links in README

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This is a production release from commit 617abf1.

Branch: v10.0.5

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• Windows (.exe) (permalink)
• Android (.apk) (permalink)
• Android 32-bit ARMv7 (.apk) (permalink)
• Linux AMD64 (.deb) (permalink)
• Linux AMD64 (.rpm) (permalink)
• Linux AMD64 (.pkg.tar.zst) (permalink)
• Linux ARM64 (.deb) (permalink)
• Linux ARM64 (.rpm) (permalink)
• Linux ARM64 (.pkg.tar.zst) (permalink)
• iOS: Uploaded to TestFlight

Lantern v10.0.5-beta.1 Release Notes

Security & Privacy

• Removed certificate-verification bypass from private server imports to strengthen security when importing custom servers
• Enhanced redaction of helper addresses and sensitive information across logging and diagnostics
• Added protection against cross-origin redirects on widget signaling

Performance & Connectivity

• Improved handling of extended CloudKit outages when stapling connections
• Upgraded native volunteer ICE (Interactive Connectivity Establishment) checks with better tuning for more reliable peer-to-peer connections
• Fixed ICE candidate ordering for improved connection stability
• Enhanced domain fronting provider matching to better support mapped providers

Private Server Improvements

• Fixed issues with private server functionality and imports

Helper Network (Unbounded)

• Added helper pairing ticket management with automatic expiry and renewal
• Improved helper pairing room prioritization and restart handling
• Enhanced ticket fetching with backoff when helpers are busy
• Better handling of cross-pairing scenarios with proper restart logic

Other Improvements

• Updated deep linking functionality
• Fixed app recording of canceled requests for better diagnostics
• Added stable 32-bit ARMv7 APK download links to documentation
• Restored branch nightly uploads and Slack notifications for better release tracking

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This is a beta release from commit 617abf1.

Branch: v10.0.5-beta.1

• macOS (.dmg) (permalink)
• Windows (.exe) (permalink)
• Android (.apk) (permalink)
• Android 32-bit ARMv7 (.apk) (permalink)
• Linux AMD64 (.deb) (permalink)
• Linux AMD64 (.rpm) (permalink)
• Linux AMD64 (.pkg.tar.zst) (permalink)
• Linux ARM64 (.deb) (permalink)
• Linux ARM64 (.rpm) (permalink)
• Linux ARM64 (.pkg.tar.zst) (permalink)
• iOS: Uploaded to TestFlight

Lantern v10.0.4 Release Notes

New Features

• iOS Widgets: Added support for iOS widgets to provide quick access to VPN controls from the home screen
• Android TV Support: Added home-screen launcher, landscape layout, and D-pad VPN toggle for Android TV devices
• Per-Server Latency Display: Server list now shows measured latency for each server location to help users choose the fastest option
• Advanced Statistics: Added Advanced stats view for Unbounded volunteers
• macOS Split Tunneling for iOS/iPad Apps: Extended split tunneling capabilities to allow per-app VPN control on macOS for iOS and iPad apps

Improvements

• Server Selection UI: Streamlined tray menu to show one entry per server location; improved latency label alignment and formatting
• VPN Connection Status: Enhanced connection status notifications and lifecycle logging
• Action Mode Enhancements: Improved display of relayed data for direct sharing; now shows sharing mode name and counts direct-mode countries
• Affiliate Link Validation: Added validation of affiliate links before processing referrals
• Store Price Display: Store prices now display on iOS and Android when affiliate links are applied
• Data Cap Support: Enabled data cap functionality for iOS users
• Free User Server Selection: Free users can now pick a server when no data cap applies
• Update Service Improvements: Decoupled desktop update checks from core startup; added domain-fronting fallback for update downloads
• Device Linking Guidance: Added in-app guidance for device linking
• In-App Rating: Implemented native in-app rating prompts
• Stale Network Handling: Fixed macOS to properly reset tunnel when network interfaces change
• Android VPN Reconnection: Improved VPN reconnect behavior after disconnect on Android

Bug Fixes

• Fixed iOS tunnel memory logging that was writing a line every second during memory pressure
• Fixed Android VPN startup state and duplicate connect handling issues
• Fixed stale network resets after reconnecting on macOS
• Fixed Windows ARM64 VCRedist detection and packaging
• Fixed IOS widget status display issues
• Fixed padding issues for buttons in UI
• Fixed Android version metadata preservation in prerelease builds
• Fixed Android integration test app version detection
• Restored sliver scrolling in Action Mode
• Fixed native logs output

Security & Infrastructure

• Trace Logging Disabled: Removed trace-level logging from production builds to improve performance and security
• WebView Restrictions: Disabled local file and content access in app WebViews
• Minimum Requirements Updated: Updated macOS minimum requirement to 11.0
• ARM32 Android Support Restored: Re-enabled ARM32 architecture support for Android devices
• Windows Migration Hardening: Enhanced Windows migration integration and staging checks with E2E testing
• Dependency Updates: Updated Go to 1.26.9, Radiance stack with pion upgrade, and addressed known vulnerabilities
• Code Signing: Added macOS DMG signing and build verification
• Wintun Adapter Retry: Improved TUN bring-up reliability by retrying under Lantern-prefixed adapter names on collision
• Session Management: Soar now properly retires idle and stranded sessions to improve resource usage

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This is a production release from commit 285bc1c.

Branch: v10.0.4

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Lantern v10.0.4-beta.5 Release Notes

Infrastructure

• Upgraded Pion stack for improved WebRTC performance and stability
• Updated Lantern Box to v0.0.174 with enhanced Unbounded tuning configuration

Networking

• Improved server location handling in proxy routing

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This is a beta release from commit 285bc1c.

Branch: v10.0.4-beta.5

• macOS (.dmg) (permalink)
• Windows (.exe) (permalink)
• Android (.apk) (permalink)
• Android 32-bit ARMv7 (.apk) (permalink)
• Linux AMD64 (.deb) (permalink)
• Linux AMD64 (.rpm) (permalink)
• Linux AMD64 (.pkg.tar.zst) (permalink)
• Linux ARM64 (.deb) (permalink)
• Linux ARM64 (.rpm) (permalink)
• Linux ARM64 (.pkg.tar.zst) (permalink)
• iOS: Uploaded to TestFlight