[release] OONI Probe engine 3.30.0

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Version Number: 3.30.0

Expected Release date: 20 July 2026

Summary of changes:

• Support submission through anonymous credentials on the CLI: [Feature] Support submissions with anonymous credentials in ooniprobe CLI #1784
• Fix integration tests with netem: [netem]: failing tests #1702

Release checklist

For extended documentation about the process, see probe-cli's releasing.md.

Go version

• probe-cli: possibly update .github/workflows/gobash.yml: chore: upgrade to go1.25.3 #1791
• probe-cli: update the GOVERSION file if needed: chore: upgrade to go1.25.3 #1791
• probe-cli: update the toolchain line inside of go.mod: chore: upgrade to go1.25.3 #1791
• probe-cli: update the Go version mentioned in the Readme.md file: chore: upgrade to go1.25.3 #1791
• probe-cli: update version specified in TH's Makefile: chore: upgrade to go1.25.3 #1791

Android

• probe-cli: update NDKVERSION, and MOBILE/android/ensure if needed: chore: upgrade NDKVERSION to latest stable version #1797

Dependencies other than Psiphon

• probe-cli: ensure no dependency bumped its major version number using https://github.com/icholy/gomajor: chore: upgrade dependencies to latest version #1802
• probe-cli: update dependencies with ./script/go.bash get -u -v -d ./...: chore: upgrade dependencies to latest version #1802
• probe-cli: update C dependencies: chore: upgrade C deps #1793

Updating assets and definitions

• probe-cli: run ./script/updateminipipeline.bash: chore: update assets #1798
• probe-cli: update github.com/ooni/probe-assets dependency: chore: upgrade probe-assets to v0.31.0 #1800
• probe-cli: update bundled certs (using ./script/go.bash generate ./...): chore: update assets #1798
• probe-cli: update user-agent at internal/model/http.go: chore: update assets #1798

Maintenance

• probe-cli: sync stunreachability targets with snowflake (see ./internal/stuninput): chore: update stun targets #1801
• probe-cli: take a look at go report card
• probe-cli: address any outstanding TODO in the diff since last release (or create an issue for it)
• probe-cli: try to address all the issues marked as "releaseBlocker"
• all: check whether to update the release documentation

QA and alpha releasing

• probe-cli: check warnings emitted by gosec runs
• probe-cli: ./script/go.bash test -race -count 1 ./... must pass locally
• probe-cli: tag an alpha release: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/releases/tag/v3.30.0-alpha
• probe-cli: create the release/X.Y branch: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/tree/release/3.30
• probe-cli: make sure all workflows are green in the release/X.Y branch
• team: communicate availability of an alpha release

Releasing proper

• probe-cli: update internal/version/version.go in release/X.Y to be a stable release
• probe-cli: tag a new stable version in the release/X.Y branch
• probe-cli: update internal/version/version.go in master branch to be the next alpha

Publishing stable packages

• probe-engine: run ./script/autoexport.bash
• debian: publish packages
• android: publish packages
• oohelperd: publish docker container

Post-release communication

• iThena: notify about new release
• Update the #ooni-probe-releases slack channel:

@here 🚀 🏎️ OONI Probe Engine v[VERSION_NUMBER] has been released.