“We rely on users and volunteers to find problems in our software and suggest directions for its improvement.”
Tor started the Rust rewrite in 2020 and got funding from Zcash Community Grants in 2021. Two years later the client is declared production ready. It still lacks onion services and bridges, which are the features that matter most to people dodging censorship. Those land in 1.1 and 1.2. Production ready for the easy cases.