Session

Session 1.18.3

Onion routing based messenger

  • By Oxen Labs
  • Open Source
  • Updated Oct 26, 2026
Download for Windows

About Session

Session is an end-to-end encrypted messenger that minimises sensitive metadata, designed and built for people who want absolute privacy and freedom from any form of surveillance.

What's new in 1.18.3

Release Overview
- Patch release with two bug fixes and dependency updates
Other Changes
- Update libsession-util-nodejs to v0.7.5 https://github.com/session-foundation/session-desktop/pull/2036
- Build with Node 24.22.1 for the October 2026 security release https://github.com/session-foundation/session-desktop/pull/2035
- Stop pnpm install recursing after a build https://github.com/session-foundation/session-desktop/pull/2037
Bug Fixes
- Save attachments from the media gallery and file list https://github.com/session-foundation/session-desktop/pull/2030
- Keep an emptied last line in the message input instead of deleting it https://github.com/session-foundation/session-desktop/pull/2041

Full release notes »

Technical details

PublisherOxen Labs
AuthorSession Technology Foundation
Version1.18.3
Release date2026-10-26
LicenseGPL-3.0
Installer typenullsoft
Architecturex64
Package IDSession.Session

Links & install command

Install Session from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=Session.Session -e

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Older versions

  • 1.18.2
  • 1.18.1
  • 1.18.0
  • 1.17.17
  • 1.17.16
  • 1.17.15
  • 1.17.14
  • 1.17.13
  • 1.17.12

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