tor-guard-relay/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

Planned Features

• Bridge relay variant

[1.1.1] - 2025-11-05

🎉 Major Restructuring

Repository Organization

• Reorganized repository into professional directory structure
• Created .github/, docs/, templates/, tools/ directories
• All files now in proper locations per project standards

New Documentation (4 files)

• docs/TOOLS.md - Comprehensive tool reference (11.8KB)
• docs/MONITORING.md - Complete observability guide (12.5KB)
• docs/MIGRATION.md - Version upgrade procedures (13.9KB)
• docs/README.md - Documentation navigation hub (6.2KB)

GitHub Integration

• Updated Dependabot for automated dependency updates (.github/dependabot.yml)

Improved Documentation

• Updated README.md - cleaner, more scannable, better organized
• All documentation now properly linked and cross-referenced
• ~2,010 lines of new comprehensive documentation

Breaking Changes

• None! Fully backward compatible with v1.0
• Same Docker commands work
• Same tool interfaces
• Volume mounts unchanged

[1.0.0] - 2025-11-01

🎉 Initial Release

Tor Guard Relay v1.0 – A production-ready, hardened Tor relay container with comprehensive features built-in from day one.

✨ Core Features

Built-in Diagnostic Tools

• relay-status - Comprehensive health report with bootstrap progress, reachability, and error detection
• fingerprint - Quick fingerprint lookup with direct links to Tor Metrics
• view-logs - Live log streaming for real-time monitoring

Multi-Architecture Support

• Native builds for linux/amd64 (x86_64 servers)
• Native builds for linux/arm64 (Raspberry Pi, Oracle ARM, AWS Graviton)
• Automatic architecture detection by Docker
• Single image tag works across all platforms

Self-Healing Capabilities

• Automatic permission repair on every container boot
• Configuration validation before Tor starts
• Graceful error handling with helpful user messages
• Tini init system for clean process management and signal handling

Build & Deployment

• Build metadata tracking (version, date, architecture)
• GitHub Actions workflow for weekly automated builds
• Multi-arch Docker builds with SHA-based versioning
• Docker Compose template for production deployments
• Cosmos Cloud JSON for one-click deployment
• Comprehensive deployment guide covering 4 methods

🔐 Security

• Non-root operation (runs as tor user)
• Minimal Alpine Linux base image (~35 MB compressed)
• Hardened permissions with automatic healing
• Capability restrictions (only required capabilities granted)
• Read-only configuration mounting
• Configuration validation on startup
• Security policy with responsible disclosure process

📚 Documentation

• Complete deployment guide for Docker CLI, Docker Compose, Cosmos Cloud, and Portainer
• Troubleshooting guide with common issues and solutions
• Security best practices and hardening guide
• Contributing guidelines with code of conduct
• Example configuration files with detailed comments
• Multi-architecture usage instructions

🤖 Automation

• Weekly automated builds via GitHub Actions
• Multi-platform builds (amd64 + arm64) in single workflow
• Build caching for faster CI/CD
• Automatic tagging with version and git SHA
• GHCR (GitHub Container Registry) publishing

🛡️ Reliability

• Tini as PID 1 for proper signal handling
• Zero-downtime restart capability
• Automatic error recovery
• Health check endpoint
• Persistent volume support
• Graceful shutdown handling

📦 Templates & Examples

• Docker Compose configuration
• Cosmos Cloud JSON template
• Complete relay.conf example with comments
• Status checking script for external monitoring

Release Information

• First Release: v1.0 (November 1, 2025)
• Latest Release: GitHub Releases
• Docker Images: GHCR Package

Version Support

Version	Status	Support Period
1.0.x	✅ Actively Supported	Current
Future versions	-	TBD