Onion Browser 2 Changelog
2.7.2
- Fixed a problem with the meek-azure bridge and the MOAT service to fetch new bridges.
- Updated Thai translation.
2.7.1
- Fixed Snowflake stop and restart.
- Added Albanian translation.
- Small updates to Croatian, Hebrew, Japanese and Spanish.
- Fixed issue with Content Security Header. (Thanks DuckDuckGo team!)
- Updated Tor to 0.4.4.6.
2.7.0
- Use the dedicated Meek bridge of the MOAT service directly without Tor as originally intended.
- Added Snowflake bridge support.
- Added support for the "Onion-Location" HTTP header. (See https://community.torproject.org/onion-services/advanced/onion-location/)
- Small bugfixes.
- Small translation updates to French, Japanese, Dutch, Thai, Catalan and Gaelic.
- Replaced link to https://onionbrowser.com/donate on start page with display of In-App-Purchase scene.
- Fixed issue on iOS 14, where users couldn't store documents to "Files" app anymore.
- Updated Tor to 0.4.4.5.
2.6.2
- Added Italian translation.
- Updated Arabic translation.
- Updated Tor to 0.4.3.6.
2.6.1
- Updated Tor to 0.4.3.5.
- Updated translations.
- Fixed DuckDuckGo behaviour (and probably other sites'!) in gold security level.
- Fixed app lock when no biometry available.
2.6.0
- Rephrased security levels and improved their description.
- Added Nextcloud Bookmarks support.
- Added optional biometric/device passcode app lock.
- Added MOAT implementation: Automatic retrieval of OBFS4 bridges via Meek.
- Fixed memory leaks, where RAM usage would increase over time, because tabs were never really removed from memory.
- Empty all background tabs on memory warning signal from iOS.
- Fixed race condition with accidentally deleted start page.
- Fixed links to onionbrowser.com.
- Updated translations.
- Small bug fixes.
- Tor updated to 0.4.1.6.
2.5.0
- Updated translations.
- Fixed issues with persistent cookies.
- Fixed issues on iPad where scene was scrolling away when keyboard showed.
- Refurbished app start UI. Don't show error page, instead prompt user to configure bridges.
- Improved bridge configuration UI.
- Improved popups on iPad.
- Add bookmark from share sheet.
- Increased X button on tab overview for easier close.
- Added swipe up to close tabs in tab overview.
- Fixed hidden toolbar when viewing PDFs, images and other files.
- Fixed share sheet options.
- Added advanced Tor configuration option.
- Added explanation about security levels.
- Improved dark mode support.
- Fixed crash when showing Tor circuits.
- Fixed app shortcuts. (On long tap on app icon.)
- Updated OBFS4 bridge list.
- Fixed bug when changing bridge settings.
- Fixed problems with injected JavaScript.
2.4.0
- New browsing chrome
- Improved iPad support
- New landing page
- Bookmarks with favicons
- New Tor circuit display
- Security level presets
- New tab overview
- Tor updated to 0.4.0.6
- Updated OBFS4 server list
- Fixed issue with Content-Security-Header nonce and hash values which broke a lot of sites.
- Localization updates
2.3.0
- Tor updated to 0.4.0.5
- Localization updates.
- FIXED OCSP leak by adapting code from Psiphon's Endless fork and their OCSPCache. (#178)
- Now able to share downloaded PDFs and other binary files with other apps.
- Completely overhauled bookmark management UI.
- Completely overhauled settings UI.
- Replaced own dark mode with iOS 13 dark mode support.
- Onion Browser now registers for http and https URL schemes, so is able to be the default browser on the device.
- Dropped special 1Password support in favor of system-wide password manager support.
- Load bridges from a stored QR code photo.
- Licensing change of Endless, the upstream browser chrome project.
- Fixed context menu in "Content Policy: strict" mode.
2.2.1
- New "start up in last state" feature, which remembers open tabs. (#134)
- New "open in background tab" feature (#154, #158)
- FIXED: Fixed behavior of content blocking; "strict" should now properly allow static images. (#123)
- FIXED: Corrected display issues on iPad. (#169)
- FIXED: The documented in-app purchase has been missing for a few versions.
- Updated localizations for many languages. Updated some App Store localizations and screenshots. (#163, #189, #197)
2.2.0
- Tor updated to 0.3.5.8.
- When the app goes to background, the preview in the app switcher is now obscured. (Issue #138)
- Improved tor stop / restart behavior when going to background. Tor now completely shuts down on background and a fresh Tor launched when the app is resumed.
- FIXED: Websites with self-signed certificates may be accessed again, after warning the user of the security implications. (#111)
- FIXED: Editing bridges after first launch works again. (#121, #140)
- FIXED: Using camera to import bridges from QR code works again. (#142)
- Localizations now available in Turkish. Updated localizations for most languages.
2.1.0
2.0.3
2.0.2
- fixes DNS leak (#112)
- fixes bootstrap on ipv6-only networks (#114, #108, old #73)
- updates built-in bridges to match latest tor browser, including an ipv6 bridge.
- adds partial persian, icelandic, and chinese (simplified) translations
2.0.1
- Bugfixes to get it through the App Store inspection.
2.0.0
First release of the brand-new Onion Browser 2