Important: All administrators will need to manually migrate their SecureDrop instances from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 20.04 before April 30, 2021. As with previous releases, we will provide instructions for performing the workstation updates at the time of the release. SecureDrop Application and Monitor Servers will be updated to SecureDrop 1.8.0 automatically within 24 hours of the release.
A complete list of changes related to Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal) can be found in our changelog. systemd-timesyncd will replace ntp and ntpdate ( Issue 1, Issue 2, Pull request). unattended-upgrades will replace cron-apt ( Issue 1, Issue 2, Pull request). aptitude will not be installed ( apt-get is used instead), and install-recommends is disabled ( Pull request). paxctld will replace paxctl ( Issue, Pull request). This release will include the 5.4.97 kernel. Kernel changes: SecureDrop servers running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS will use the 5.4-series Linux kernel. 
Onion services: v2 onion services are not supported on SecureDrop servers running Ubuntu 20.04. 
Ubuntu 20.04: What’s new for administrators
Tor will be updated from 0.4.4.6 to 0.4.5.6 ( Issue, Pull request, Upstream changelog). Security: With this release, the securedrop-admin tool on the Admin Workstation will automatically check for updates before performing most administrative commands. Details on the upcoming changes are below. Administrators must manually upgrade before Apinstructions will be provided with the release. Support for Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal): This release adds support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as the base operating system for the SecureDrop servers ( Tracking Issue). User interface messages related to source deletion have been clarified. Usability: In the list of all sources, journalists are now given the option to delete only files and messages associated with a source, instead of deleting the entire source account. To avoid this, administrators should upgrade their servers to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS before April 30. Security: This release adds changes that will disable the Source Interface of SecureDrop instances that are still running Ubuntu 16.04 after its end-of-life date of April 30, 2021. What’s coming in SecureDrop 1.8.0? For journalists and administrators Detailed migration instructions will be provided in conjunction with this release. All administrators must manually upgrade their SecureDrop instances from Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS before April 30, 2021. Important: This will be the first release to provide support for Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal). A complete list of changes can be found on GitHub. Changes that journalists and administrators should be aware of are summarized in this blog post. We will send out another notification through this blog, Twitter, Mastodon, and the support portal when the release is live. The release of the next version of SecureDrop, 1.8.0, is scheduled for March 9, 2021.
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