# Arti 2.7.0 released
**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/arti-2-7-0-released/22210
**Category:** News
**Created:** [October 1, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/arti-2-7-0-released/22210 "2026-10-01T21:04:07Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.torproject.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/arti-2-7-0-released/22210/1 "2026-10-01T21:04:07Z")
by [opara](https://blog.torproject.org/author/opara) | October 1, 2026
Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We're happy to announce the latest release, Arti 2.7.0.
This release continues our ongoing development towards using Arti as a relay and as a directory authority, with much of the work focusing on document parsing, directory mirror support, and DNS stream handling. Additionally, `arti` now has RPC support for modifying and inspecting its configuration.
This release has a number of fixes for low- to high-severity security issues. We encourage `arti`, `arti-client`, and `arti-ureq` users, especially those running onion services, to upgrade as soon as possible.
As usual, there also are many under-the-hood improvements to our infrastructure, testing, and documentation, along with multiple bug fixes and internal cleanups.
For full details on what we've done, including API changes, security fixes, and for information about many more minor and less-visible changes, please see the [CHANGELOG](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/arti/-/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#arti-270--01-october-2026).
For more information on using Arti, see our top-level [README](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/arti/-/blob/main/README.md), and the documentation for the [`arti` binary](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/arti/-/blob/main/crates/arti/README.md).
Thanks to everybody who's contributed to this release, including Gaith Hallak, iqdecay, manthan-lab, and pryty26.
Also, our deep thanks to our [sponsors](https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors/) for funding the development of Arti!
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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.torproject.org/arti\_2\_7\_0\_released/](https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_7_0_released/)
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### Author:  [@transientexploration](https://forum.torproject.org/u/transientexploration)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2026, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/arti-2-7-0-released/22210/2 "2026-10-03T08:33:36Z")
What does the name Arti mean?
Was this intended to be the literal greek word arti? Or is this a random choice? Or the Hindu ritual of worship that involves waving light from a flame in a clockwise motion to venerate deities.
Im really curious why it was named this.
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### Author:  [@haakon](https://forum.torproject.org/u/haakon)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/arti-2-7-0-released/22210/3 "2026-10-04T15:13:38Z")
When you pronounce Arti in English, it sounds like spelling out “RT”, which is short for “Rust Tor”. I think that’s all there is too it, but the fact that “Arti” is greek for “just now” (according to my translator) is a somewhat happy coincidence.
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### Author:  [@transientexploration](https://forum.torproject.org/u/transientexploration)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/arti-2-7-0-released/22210/4 "2026-10-06T14:09:25Z")
Makes sense. That is a happy coincidence then.
Also, from the root arti, closely related is ‘artios’, which means: Complete, perfect, fully equipped.
739 ártios (from 737 /árti, “now,” viewed in terms of the present, i.e. “the here-and-now”) – properly, ready now, prepared to function (efficiently) in the immediate present.
It’s basically begging to be made… who’s going to make artiOS to equip the saints?!