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Beta 9.1.11-beta

22 May 11:03
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Lantern v9.1.11-beta Release Notes

This beta release includes minor updates and stability improvements.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed various stability issues

Note: This is a beta release. Please report any issues you encounter to help us improve Lantern.


This is a beta release from commit 8a16046.

Branch: v9.1.11-beta

Beta 9.1.10-beta

22 May 02:43
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Lantern v9.1.10-beta Release Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed iOS crash when updating to new versions
  • Fixed password manager autofill for Pro authentication fields
  • Fixed flag display size issues on Windows and other platforms
  • Fixed Android Alipay payment handoff from payment webview
  • Fixed issue report screenshot size validation
  • Prevented multiple Lantern instances from running simultaneously on Windows
  • Prevented signup account deletion when returning to confirm email screen

Improvements

  • Improved VPN restart synchronization to prevent race conditions
  • Improved user state preservation during configuration refresh
  • Aggressive APK size optimization for sideload builds on Android
  • Enhanced macOS system extension recovery from stale registry errors
  • Improved smart strategy probe routing through bypass dialer
  • Better error logging for canceled app purchases
  • Disabled store purchase option for users in censored countries

Infrastructure & Stability

  • Reverted QR scanner library change to restore stability
  • Updated core VPN and backend components with critical fixes
  • Disabled billing client initialization on non-store Android builds

This is a beta release from commit 8a16046.

Branch: v9.1.10-beta

Beta 9.1.9-beta

13 May 21:35
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Lantern v9.1.9-beta Release Notes

Features

  • Restored purchase flow for Pro subscriptions

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed iOS report issue screenshot picker functionality
  • Fixed report issue screen polish and UI improvements
  • Cleared selected VPN server when it's removed from available options
  • Preserved manually-selected outbound server across configuration refreshes

Improvements

  • macOS now caches installed system-extension hashes and skips unnecessary bundle uninstallation
  • Settings now properly migrate Windows Pro state across directory moves
  • Optimized compressed size handling for issue reports (max 19.5 MB)

Infrastructure

  • Updated radiance and lantern-box dependencies to latest versions

This is a beta release from commit 5b5ae8a.

Branch: v9.1.9-beta

Beta 9.1.8-beta

08 May 20:25
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Lantern v9.1.8-beta Release Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed payment redirect checkout to include idempotency keys, preventing duplicate transactions
  • Improved VPN performance through connection reselection on failure
  • Fixed report issue screen display and functionality issues

Improvements

  • Enhanced screenshot attachments in issue reports for better debugging
  • Added method-aware retry logic across transport protocols for more reliable connections
  • Introduced CLI monitoring interface with throughput metrics and session history

Infrastructure

  • Updated lantern-box for improved URL test reselection and failure handling
  • Bumped kindling dependency for enhanced retry mechanisms

This is a beta release from commit 2d3f800.

Branch: v9.1.8-beta

Beta 9.1.7-beta

06 May 19:11
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Lantern v9.1.7-beta Release Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed VPN disconnection issue when backend connection closes
  • Fixed data directory handling to preserve caller-supplied paths
  • Improved settings migration from legacy Lantern Client YAML configurations

Improvements

  • Enhanced migration support for pre-9.x Lantern settings to ensure smooth upgrades
  • Added QUIC error class instrumentation for better diagnostics and debugging

This is a beta release from commit b106b8e.

Branch: v9.1.7-beta

Lantern 9.1.6-ios

06 May 13:52
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Lantern v9.1.6 for iOS

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed cellular DNS bypass on iOS by enabling includeAllNetworks on VPN profile
  • Resolved in-flight in-app purchase duplicate payment redirects from rapid checkout taps
  • Fixed data cap tracking issues
  • Corrected smart location country selection
  • Patched VPN conflict detection to allow connection attempts despite conflicts

Improvements

  • Enhanced VPN connection status tracking with improved Connecting/Disconnecting state visibility
  • Improved split tunnel filter persistence across app sessions
  • Optimized radiance IPC outbound updates to process asynchronously for better stability
  • Updated to lantern-box v0.0.75 with Reflex silence timeout improvements
  • Refined smart routing to URL-test only smart outbounds while preserving extras for manual selection

Infrastructure & Dependencies

  • Updated radiance with outbound/endpoint creation error logging for better diagnostics
  • Bumped sing-box-minimal to v1.12.22-lantern
  • Enhanced core networking stack with gVisor fallback on older kernel versions
  • Improved server-recommended config poll interval handling

This is a production release from commit a873aaf.

Branch: v9.1.6-ios

  • iOS: Uploaded to TestFlight

Beta 9.1.5-beta

04 May 21:28
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Lantern v9.1.5-beta Release Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed privacy issue where x-lantern-client-country header was being leaked through requests
  • Improved error messages shown to users for better clarity
  • Fixed unbounded dial watchdog in lantern-box to prevent resource exhaustion

Improvements

  • Enhanced QA infrastructure by plumbing RADIANCE_OUTBOUND_SOCKS_ADDRESS into the Android client for better testing
  • Updated radiance configuration to read country information from environment variables instead of settings

Infrastructure

  • Bumped radiance dependency with latest stability improvements
  • Added feature overrides support to CLI set command for more flexible configuration management

This is a beta release from commit c595a5d.

Branch: v9.1.5-beta

Beta 9.1.4-beta

04 May 18:21
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Lantern v9.1.4-beta Release Notes

This is a minor beta release with maintenance updates and dependency improvements.

Infrastructure & Dependencies

  • Updated dependencies to improve stability and security across the application stack

For issues or feedback, please report them through our support channels.


This is a beta release from commit bcc8973.

Branch: v9.1.4-beta

Beta 9.1.3-beta

04 May 13:00
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Beta 9.1.3-beta Pre-release
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Lantern v9.1.3-beta Release Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a crash on x86_64 Android devices caused by architecture filter mismatch in the Flutter library
  • Prevented duplicate payment redirects from rapid checkout button taps

Improvements

  • Updated Radiance dependency to the latest version with bug fixes and improvements

This is a beta release from commit bcc8973.

Branch: v9.1.3-beta

Beta 9.1.2-beta

01 May 23:36
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Lantern v9.1.2-beta Release Notes

This beta release includes minor updates and stability improvements.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issues in core dependencies to improve overall stability

Note: This is a beta release. Please report any issues encountered to help us improve Lantern.


This is a beta release from commit 7bc48d6.

Branch: v9.1.2-beta