Tails 4.12 Released 2020-10-20 Announcement and further information Spoiler: Changes and Updates, Fixed problems Changes and Updates Update Tor Browser to 10.0.2. Update tor to 0.4.4.5. Update Linux to 5.8 and most firmware packages. This should improve the support for newer hardware (graphics, Wi-Fi, etc.). Add a button to cancel an automated upgrade while downloading. (#17310) Fixed Problems Fix several internationalization issues in Electrum, Tails Installer, and Tails Upgrader. (#17958, #17758, and #17961) Anonymize URLs in the technical details provided by WhisperBack. (#17147) For more details, read our changelog. Known issues None specific to this release. See the list of long-standing issues. What's coming up? Tails 4.13 is scheduled for November 17.
Tails 4.13 Released 2020-11-17 Announcement and further information Spoiler: Changes and Updates, Fixed problems Changes and Updates Update Tor Browser to 10.0.5. Tor Browser 10.0.5 fixes the critical vulnerability discovered last week in the JavaScript engine. Update Thunderbird from 68.12 to 78.4.2. Thunderbird 78 replaces the Enigmail extension with built-in support for OpenPGP encryption. If you used Enigmail before Tails 4.13, follow our instructions to migrate from Enigmail to Thunderbird 78. Add a button to restart Tails at the end of creating the Persistent Storage. (#16384) Only include translations for languages that are available in the Welcome Screen. This reduces the size of the download by 5%. (#17139) Make the root directory of the Persistent Storage only readable by the root user. (#7465) Users of the Dotfiles feature of the Persistent Storage can choose Places ▸ Dotfiles to open the /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles folder in the Files browser. Enable TCP timestamps. This might increase stability on slower Internet connections. (#17491) Fixed Problems Fix the Upgrade button of Tails Installer when running Croatian, Danish, French, Hebrew, Macedonian, Simplified Chinese, and Turkish. (#17982) Allow raising the sound volume above 100%. (#17322) For more details, read our changelog. Known issues None specific to this release. See the list of long-standing issues. What's coming up? Tails 4.14 is scheduled for December 15.
Deprecation of the Tails Verification extension December 9, 2020 https://tails.boum.org/news/verification_extension_deprecation/index.en.html
Tails 4.14 Released 2020-12-15 Announcement and further information Spoiler: Changes and Updates, Fixed problems Changes and Updates Add support for the Ledger hardware wallets in Electrum. (#15353) Update Tor Browser to 10.0.7. Update Thunderbird to 78.5.1. Update Linux to 5.9. This should improve the support for newer hardware (graphics, Wi-Fi, etc.). Remove the Unifont font. (!263) Fixed Problems Fix Additional Software by updating the APT key for deb.torproject.org. (#18042) Fix changing the administration password stored in the Persistent Storage. (#18018) Fix opening the Persistent Storage of another Tails USB stick in the Files browser. (#18050) Restore automatically a GnuPG public keyring from its backup when it gets corrupt. (#17807) For more details, read our changelog. Known issues None specific to this release. See the list of long-standing issues. What's coming up? Tails 4.15 is scheduled for January 26.
Security-Focused Tails OS Plans To Switch From Xorg To Wayland January 11, 2021 https://fossbytes.com/security-focused-tails-os-plans-to-switch-from-xorg-to-wayland/
Tails 4.15 Released 2021-01-26 Announcement and further information Spoiler: New Features, Changes and Updates, Fixed problems New Features Add a Don't Show Again button to the security notification when starting Tails in a virtual machine. Changes and Updates Update Tor Browser to 10.0.9. Update Thunderbird to 78.6.0. Update Linux to 5.9.15. This should improve the support for newer hardware (graphics, Wi-Fi, etc.). Fixed Problems Fix support for the Ledger hardware wallets in Electrum. (#18080) Fix sharing mobile data, also called USB tethering, on iOS 14 or later. (#18097) Clarify the error message when starting from a USB stick that is too small. (#18073) For more details, read our changelog. Known issues None specific to this release. See the list of long-standing issues. What's coming up? Tails 4.16 is scheduled for February 23.
Tails 4.24 Released 2021-11-04 Announcement and further information Spoiler: Changes v4.24 Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 11.0. Make the confirmation dialog of Tails Installer more scary when reinstalling a USB stick that has a Persistent Storage. (#18301) Improvements to the Tor Connection assistant Improve the time zone selection interface. (#18514) Improve the explanation when fixing the clock. (#18572) Explain better how to type a bridge. (#18597) Remove mention to local networks when opening the Unsafe Browser. (#18600) Fixed problems Avoid high CPU usage when getting download progress info in Tails Upgrader. (#18632) For more details, read our changelog. Tails 4.24 Anonymous Linux OS Switches to Tor Browser 11, Improves Tor Connection Wizard November 5, 2021 https://9to5linux.com/tails-4-24-an...tor-browser-11-improves-tor-connection-wizard
Tails 4.27 Released 2022-02-08 Announcement and further information Spoiler: Changes, Fixed problems v4.27 Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 11.0.6. Update Thunderbird to 91.5. Update the Linux kernel to 5.10.92. This should improve the support for newer hardware: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on. Fixed problems Fix connecting to a Wi-Fi network when choosing Open Wi-Fi Settings in the Tor Connection assistant. (#18587) For more details, read our changelog.
Tails 4.28 Released 2022-03-08 Announcement and further information Spoiler: Changes, Fixed problems v4.27 Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 11.0.7. Update Thunderbird to 91.6.1. Update tor to 0.4.6.10. Fixed problems For more details, read our changelog.
Tails 5.2 has been released. (2022-07-12) Announcement and further information Spoiler Update Tor Browser to 11.5. Update Thunderbird to 91.11.0.
TAILS 5.8 (Stable) has been released. (20-December-2022) Announcement and further information | Hashes Spoiler Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 12.0.1. Update Thunderbird to 102.6.0. Update Tor to 0.4.7.12. Remove the Dasher graphical text entry application. Fixed problems We fixed 3 usability issues in the Tor Connection assistant: Display a percentage on the connection progress bar. (#19208) Fix links to documentation. (#19172) Add a Bridge label in front of the line to enter a custom bridge. (#19169)
TAILS 5.9 has been released (23 January 2023) 'We are sorry that Tails 5.8 affected many of you so badly. Thanks to your patience and feedback, we were able to solve most of these new issues.' Announcement and further information
Tails 5.10 (Stable) has been released. (16-February-2023) Announcement and further information | Hashes | Changelog | Known Issues Spoiler Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 12.0.3. Ask for confirmation when starting without unlocking the Persistent Storage. https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.10/unlock.png Update our documentation on the Persistent Storage. Fixed problems Avoid crashing when the download of an upgrade is stopped and resumed. (#18435) Solve a possible privilege escalation through a symlink attack. (#19424) Dennis Brinkrolf discovered that an adversary, who could already run arbitrary code as the amnesia user in Tails 5.9, could have escalated their privileges to reading arbitrary files on the system. It might have been possible to use this as part of an exploit chain to gain root privileges. Persistent Storage Avoid opening the Persistent Storage settings each time after login. (#19410) Solve some cases of failure to activate the Persistent Storage by bumping the unlocking timeout to 120 seconds. (#19432) For more details, read our changelog. Known issues None specific to this release. See the list of long-standing issues.
Tails 5.12 (Stable) has been released. (19-April-2023) Announcement and further information | Release notes | Official Repository | Hashes | Changelog | Known Issues | FAQ Spoiler Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 12.0.5. Update the Linux kernel to 6.1.20. This improves the support for newer hardware: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on. Use a new icon for the backup utility for the Persistent Storage. https://tails.boum.org/lib/apps/backup.png Fixed problems We fixed several reliability issues with the Persistent Storage: We improved the error message when a feature of the Persistent Storage fails to activate from the Welcome Screen to clarify which feature is affected. After starting Tails, the feature that failed to activate is marked as such in the Persistent Storage settings. You can try turning the feature off and on again or deleting its data to reset it entirely. We made the activation of the Persistent Storage more reliable in 2 error cases. (#19376 and #19331) We added a progress indicator while turning on a new feature to clarify that it can take some time. (#19291) We made sure that all data that is already available in Tails is really copied to the USB stick when turning on a feature. (#19368) For more details, read our changelog.
Tails | Homepage | Latest announcement and further information | Latest Release Notes | Official Repository | Hashes | All Changelogs | Known Issues | FAQ Tails 5.13 (Stable) was released. (16-May-2023) Spoiler tails (5.13) unstable; urgency=medium * Resolve "Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.0.6, based on Firefox 102.11" (tails/tails!1134) Closes issues: - Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.0.6, based on Firefox 102.11 (tails/tails#19621) Commits: - Fetch Tor Browser from our own archive - Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.0.6-build1 * unsafe-browser: Explain why our use of flock is not vulnerable (tails/tails!1113) Closes issues: - Unsafe Browser - Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) via symlink - Arbitrary File Content Delete (tails/tails#19616) Commits: - Use /run/lock instead of /var/lock - unsafe-browser: Explain why our use of flock is not vulnerable * Make curl use Tor (tails/tails!1123) Closes issues: - Make curl work out of the box (tails/tails#1948 Commits: - test that curl works out of the box - Make curl use Tor * udisks2: Use LUKS2 by default (tails/tails!1115) Closes issues: - Persistent Storage: Use LUKS2 (tails/tails#15450) Commits: - Test suite: Increase timeout for changing the LUKS passphrase - Test suite: Check that Persistent Storage uses LUKS2 - Test suite: record old version when installing one to disk - Test suite: move step definition to a more suitable place - udisks2: Use LUKS2 by default * tails-documentation: Check that joined path is below website path (tails/tails!1132) Closes issues: - tails-documentation - Limited Path Traversal (tails/tails#19576) Commits: - tails-documentation: Check that joined path is below website path * Test suite: Don't check for "Display output is not active" screen (tails/tails!1126) Closes issues: - Tests sometimes fail with "Display output is not active" after clicking login button in Welcome Screen (tails/tails#19639) Commits: - Test suite: Don't check for "Display output is not active" screen - Test suite: Print step status - Welcome Screen: Make error message more useful * Remove our public calendar (tails/tails!1125) Commits: - Add missing word - Fix broken links - Remove our public calendar * tps: Use argon2id (tails/tails!1120) Closes issues: - Persistent Storage: Use argon2id (tails/tails#19633) Commits: - Test suite: Check that Persistent Storage uses argon2id - tps: Reduce the number of triggered udev events - tps: Fix creation sometimes failing because udisks object is not ready - tps: Fix `udevadm trigger --settle` sometimes blocking forever - tps-frontend: Fix first job update sometimes ignored - tps: Send only one PropertiesChanged signal per job update - tps: Don't restrict CPU usage during Persistent Storage creation - tps: Keep the system responsive while creating Persistent Storage - tps: Use argon2id * tps: Fix stderr of failed commands not printed (tails/tails!111 Commits: - tps: Fix stderr of failed commands not printed * Test suite: Avoid TCA scenario failing if the error panel is briefly shown (tails/tails!1114) Closes issues: - Fix "Scenario: The same Tor configuration is applied when the network is reconnected" failing (tails/tails#19591) Commits: - Test suite: Avoid TCA scenario failing if the error panel is briefly shown * tps: Fix InvalidBootDeviceError raised in finally block (tails/tails!1103) Closes issues: - "Persistent Greeter options" test suite scenario always fails (tails/tails#1955 - tps reports the need for "USB stick installed with a USB image or Tails Installer" in unrelated failure modes (tails/tails#1958 Commits: - tps: Fix InvalidBootDeviceError raised in finally block - tps: Remove unused exception -- Tails developers <tails@boum.org> Mon, 15 May 2023 12:22:05 +0200
Note: After issuing the stable release of Tails 5.15, a critical corrective replacement was released the following day. Tails 5.15.1 (stable) has been released. (11-July-2023) Download: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/tails/stable/ Spoiler tails (5.15.1) unstable; urgency=medium * Emergency fix: fix whisperback reporting -- Tails developers <tails@boum.org> Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:20:32 +0200 tails (5.15) unstable; urgency=medium * Resolve “Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.5.1” (tails/tails!1195) Closes issues: - Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.5.1 (tails/tails#19724) Commits: - Fetch Tor Browser from our own archive - Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.5.1-build1 * onion-grater: fix the stream ownership check (tails/tails!1184) Closes issues: - onion-grater stream ownership check is very buggy, resulting in restrict-stream- events being broken (tails/tails#19741) Commits: - spare typing - turn on debug automatically based on cmdline - no stream belongs to pid-based matching - onion-grater: log events dropped by restrict-stream-events - onion-grater: only use address comparison for event ownership - Test suite: test that Tor Browser's circuit view is working - Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.5-build2 - Test suite: wait longer for Unsafe Browser's zenity dialogs - Browsers: deal with another extension directory from TBB 12.5 (refs: tails/tails#19724) - Browsers: update to new fontconfig path for Tor Browser 12.5 (refs tails/tails#19742) - Test suite: remove useless torified_browsing.rb - Test suite: adapt test to Tor Browser's new file download UX (refs: tails/tails#19724) - Test suite: embed old image next to match in automatic image bumping mode - Defer lyrebird → obfs4proxy renaming - Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.5.0-build1 (refs: tails/tails#19724) - Browsers: add new locales supported by Tor Browser 12.5 (refs: tails/tails#19724) - Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.5a7 (refs: tails/tails#19724) - onion-grater: fix the stream ownership check (refs: tails/tails#19741)
Tails domain changed to tails.net. Spoiler Welcome to tails.net! Today, we finished migrating our website to a new domain: tails.net. After 14 years using a subdomain of boum.org, we finally found a new home that will be easier for everybody to remember and type. Tails will become easier to find by the people who need it the most. The new domain also provides us more autonomy and possibilities for some technical work. The former tails.boum.org domain will continue working until further notice, to avoid breaking upgrades and security notifications on older versions of Tails and external links on the Internet. Please make sure to update any important pointers you might have or know about. We want to thank boum.org for supporting the project for all these years. Their support was and continues to be very valuable! URL: https://tails.boum.org/news/new_domain/index.en.html
Tails 5.16 (stable) has been released. (06-August-2023) Download: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/tails/stable/ Spoiler Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 12.5.2. Update Thunderbird to 102.14.0. Display the passphrase recommendation for the Persistent Storage in small caps only. Capitalizing each word is more cumbersome and not more secure. Fixed problems Fix some failures while unlocking the Persistent Storage. (#19728) Sometimes, upgrading the cryptographic parameters of the Persistent Storage was taking too long and made unlocking the Persistent Storage fail. We allowed the upgrade to take more time before reporting a failure. Please keep reporting errors using WhisperBack if you have problems unlocking your Persistent Storage. Fix the circuit view of Tor Browser that was sometimes not displayed. (#19897) For more details, read our changelog. Known issues See the list of long-standing issues.
