NymVPN v2025.17 is live: Introducing QUIC & Stealth API Connect

Versions: iOS v2.12.0 | v2.3.0 | Linux v1.18.0 | Windows v1.18.0

After months of work building the infrastructure for advanced anti-censorship features for NymVPN, Nym is releasing NymVPN v2025.17 with QUIC-enabled gateways for the Fast mode and the new Stealth API Connect. This latest release is available for Windows, Linux, and iOS, and Android. A new app for macOS will follow shortly!

This release is a big step forward for NymVPN, and marks the beginning of more crucial features to deliver a free and open internet to everyone. But first, here’s everything that’s new with NymVPN.

Introducing QUIC

The QUIC protocol is now available to toggle on in your NymVPN app while connected through the Fast mode. Enabling it will display only QUIC-enabled gateways in the server selection.

QUIC is a protocol that wraps your TCP connection in UDP. What this means for you is that your connections can bypass surveillance techniques, like deep packet inspection, that block your connection based on the protocol you’re using. Read more about how QUIC functions as an anti-surveillance tool.

Infrastructure for Stealth API Mode

Next up in NymVPN’s arsenal fighting global internet censorship is the brand new Stealth API Connect. This background feature (always on) allows your app to communicate with the Nym network in a resilient way so that your traffic is less easily targeted and blocked if the Nym network is.

US state-based gateway selection

Following extensive work in improving gateway selection and information about the servers you’re using, you can now choose your NymVPN gateway in the US based on the specific state you want to use.

This gives you more fine-grained selection of your access point to the web. As the internet in places as large as the United States splinters through state-based regulations and bans, this will be an important component of gaining access to information and content.

Improvements and additions

• Improvements to tunnel monitoring to maintain better app connections
• Android: A new warning message before you share or download logs to device
• Clearer messaging on NymVPN connection stages
• Expanded server information, including city and region
• Android: New in-app passphrase menu
• Improved server details so you know what you’re connecting to

Bug fixes

Important fixes have been implemented to improve connections:

• Fix for connection bug in Anonymous mode
• Fix for bug where app is stuck in "Disconnecting" state

What’s next for NymVPN

To finish 2025, Nym is set to show you a lot of big advancement for NymVPN, the Nym network, and our community. Because the world needs technology that actually delivers privacy by design. But that tech needs to work for you, where you are, and what you need it for. So let us know how NymVPN is doing for you on community channels or the Help Center. We’re here 24/7, because surveillance doesn’t sleep.

In near future, look for news on some exciting stuff:

• A free trial for NymVPN so the world can take it for a spin before subscribing
• Releases for macOS
• In-app payments for Android
• Residential IP filtering for getting around blocks
• More nym.com localizations so you can learn about everything Nym in your mother tongue
• And more network security features