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Bug in macOS 14 Sonoma prevents our app from working
The macOS 14 Sonoma betas and release candidate contain a bug that causes the firewall to not filter traffic correctly. As a result, our app does not work.
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DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android
We were recently made aware of multiple potential DNS leaks on Android. They stem from bugs in Android itself, and only affect certain apps.
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Shutting down our public encrypted DNS
Mullvad has operated public encrypted DNS (DoH) servers since 2022. They are unnecessary when using Mullvad VPN — traffic is already encrypted and Mullvad VPN's internal DNS handles all queries.
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Tailscale Has Partnered with Mullvad
Since Tailscale was founded in 2019, customers have been forced to choose between either Tailscale or Mullvad without the ability for them to co-exist.
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MacOS sometimes leaks traffic after system updates
We have found that you could be leaking traffic on macOS after system updates. To our current knowledge a reboot resolves it. We are currently investigating this and will follow up with more information.
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Moving our Encrypted DNS servers to run in RAM
We recently announced the completion of our migration to remove all traces of disks in use on our VPN infrastructure.
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WireGuard multihop available in the Mullvad app
To further increase your privacy and make your traffic harder to analyze, you can now route all your traffic through two servers instead of just one, directly in our desktop app, version 2022.1 and newer.
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Linux under WSL2 can be leaking
We have found that you could be leaking your Internet traffic when running Linux under WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2).
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Mullvad becomes highest level of Tor Member (Shallot)
Mullvad has been a Tor Project Vidalia Onion Member since 2021 and has now become a Shallot Onion Member of Tor.
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Removing support for forwarded ports
Today we announce that we no longer support port forwarding. New port forwards will no longer be supported, and existing ports will be removed 2023-07-01.
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Mullvad Leta: A search engine used in the Mullvad Browser
Online privacy isn't just about a VPN. That’s why we have developed the Mullvad Browser.
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Big no on Big Sur: Mullvad disallows Apple apps to bypass firewall
Despite Apple’s changes to macOS with the release of Big Sur, we can confirm that the Mullvad app still performs as intended by not allowing Apple’s own apps to bypass our VPN firewall.
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Shutting down our unencrypted public DNS service
On the 16th January 2023 we will shut down our legacy public DNS service, currently reachable from this IP: 193.138.218.74
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Apple’s Private Relay can cause the system to ignore firewall rules
Apple’s Private Relay (Beta) feature calls home to Apple servers without respecting the firewall rules of the system, creating a leak that neither we, nor you, can stop without disabling the entire Private Relay feature.
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Mullvad: Shutting down our search proxy Leta
On November 27, 2025, we will shut down our search proxy, Leta.
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Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN
We have expanded our DNS blocking service with Gambling and Adult content filters!
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macOS 14 Sonoma firewall bug fixed
The firewall bug in macOS 14 Sonoma betas and release candidates that we blogged about last week has been fixed by Apple.