# Onionbalance: contacts, announcements, requests and bug reporting

## Announcements

Announcements are done through the [onion-services-announce tag][] in the [Tor
Forum][]. You can subscribe to this tag in order to get news on releases
as well as on important information.

[onion-services-announce tag]: https://forum.torproject.org/tag/onion-services-announce

## Contacting

* General discussion and support: [onion-services tag][] at the [Tor Forum][].
* Mailing list: [tor-dev@lists.torproject.org][].
* [IRC][]: #tor-dev at [OFTC][].
* Details in how to contact are available in [this broader contact
  page](https://onionservices.torproject.org/contact/).

[onion-services tag]: https://forum.torproject.org/tag/onion-services
[Tor Forum]: https://forum.torproject.org
[IRC]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
[OFTC]: https://www.oftc.net/
[tor-dev@lists.torproject.org]: https://lists.torproject.org/mailman3/postorius/lists/tor-dev.lists.torproject.org/

## Contributing: reporting bugs, asking for features and submitting improvements

Contributions are not just welcomed but needed :)

Report bugs, request features at the [Onionbalance issue queue][], and submit
merge requests [here][merge-requests].

When planning to submit code, check the
[guidelines](https://onionservices.torproject.org/dev/contributing) first.

[Onionbalance issue queue]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionbalance/-/issues
[merge-requests]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/onion-services/onionbalance/-/merge_requests

!!! note "GitHub mirror"

    A read-only [GitHub mirror][] is available for convenience and historic
    purposes, but please **don't use it** to report issues and send pull
    requests.

[GitHub mirror]: https://github.com/torproject/onionbalance
