# Should relay operators turn on ConnectionPadding?
**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/should-relay-operators-turn-on-connectionpadding/20538
**Category:** Relay Operator
**Tags:** tor
**Created:** [September 6, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/should-relay-operators-turn-on-connectionpadding/20538 "2025-09-06T22:36:11Z")
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### Author:  [@anon15142117](https://forum.torproject.org/u/anon15142117)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/should-relay-operators-turn-on-connectionpadding/20538/1 "2025-09-06T22:36:11Z")
Hey there, so there’s that option which allows the client and relay (first hop or all?) to enable connection padding, but because some people want padding, others maybe don’t, then doesn’t
ConnectionPadding auto make it so if the client wants to enable padding, they do, and then the relay detects that, and starts padding, too? What if a relay operator enabled ConnectionPadding 1? Then all clients, even those that didn’t configure that would recieve those padding packets? So should relay operators enable it, even?
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@Torceror](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Torceror)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/should-relay-operators-turn-on-connectionpadding/20538/2 "2025-09-07T16:31:15Z")
If I am interpreting this correctly, only Tor clients can configure “ConnectionPadding”, and relays have the capability depending on Tor version 0.3.1.7.
> **[tor(1) — Arch manual pages](https://man.archlinux.org/man/tor.1.en)**
> **[Tor 0.3.1.7 is now released! | Tor Project](https://blog.torproject.org/tor-0317-now-released/)**
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> There's a new stable Tor release series available! After months of work, you can now download the source code for Tor 0.3.1.7 from the usual place on the website. Packages should become available over the coming days, including (we hope) a Tor...