Tails - NewsThe Amnesic Incognito Live Systemhttps://tails.net/news/index.en.htmlThe Amnesic Incognito Live Systemikiwiki2024-03-27T10:42:03ZTails 6.1https://tails.net/news/version_6.1/index.en.html2024-03-27T10:42:03Z2024-03-27T12:34:56Z
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Update <em>Tor Browser</em> to <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-13013/">13.0.13</a>.
This includes the changes brought by <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-13012/">13.0.12</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Update <em>Thunderbird</em> to <a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.9.0/releasenotes/">115.9.0</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Fix Onion Circuits. <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20233">#20233</a></p></li>
<li><p>Fix Welcome Screen frequently showing a <strong>"Welcome to Tails!" is not responding</strong> error.
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20236">#20236</a></p></li>
<li><p>Fix <em>Videos</em> showing an error message during playback. <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20243">#20243</a></p></li>
<li><p>Fix problems with changing the passphrase of the Persistent Storage.
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20217">#20217</a></p></li>
<li><p><em>Tails Cloner</em> can now install and upgrade to devices with multiple mounted partitions.
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20149">#20149</a></p></li>
<li><p>The Persistent Storage settings now display
all enabled custom Persistent Storage features. <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19267">#19267</a></p></li>
<li><p>Mitigate the RFDS Intel CPU vulnerabilities. <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20274">#20274</a></p></li>
</ul>
<p>For more details, read our <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1 id="get">Get Tails 6.1</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 6.0 to 6.1.</p>
<p>You can <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#reduce">reduce the size of the download</a> of future
automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.</p></li>
<li><p>If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an
automatic upgrade, please try to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails 6.1 on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></p></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
<h2>To download only</h2>
<p>If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download
Tails 6.1 directly:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/index.en.html">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></p></li>
</ul>
Tails 6.0https://tails.net/news/version_6.0/index.en.html2024-02-29T11:22:37Z2024-02-27T12:34:56Z
<p>We are very excited to present you Tails 6.0, the first version of Tails based
on Debian 12 (Bookworm) and GNOME 43. Tails 6.0 brings new versions of most of
the software included in Tails as well as several important security and
usability improvements.</p>
<h1 id="features">New features</h1>
<h2>Error detection on the Persistent Storage</h2>
<p>Tails 6.0 warns you about <a href="https://tails.net/ioerror/index.en.html">errors when reading or writing</a> from
your Tails USB stick.</p>
<p>These alerts can help you diagnose hardware failures on your USB stick and
backup your Persistent Storage before it's too late.</p>
<h2>Mount external devices automatically</h2>
<p>When you plug in an external storage device, a USB stick or an external hard
disk, Tails 6.0 mounts it automatically. If the storage device contains an
encrypted partition, Tails 6.0 offers you to unlock the encryption
automatically.</p>
<p><img alt="Authentication Required. A
passphrase is needed to access encrypted data." class="screenshot" height="395" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/unlock.png" width="485" /></p>
<p>This feature also simplifies how to unlock <a href="https://tails.net/doc/encryption_and_privacy/veracrypt/index.en.html"><em>VeraCrypt</em> encrypted
volumes</a>.</p>
<h2>Protection against malicious USB devices</h2>
<p>If an attacker manages to plug a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BadUSB">malicious USB
device</a> in your computer, they could run software that breaks the security
built in Tails without your knowledge.</p>
<p>To protect from such attacks while you are away from your computer, Tails
6.0 ignores any USB device that is plugged in while your screen is locked.</p>
<p>You can only use new USB devices if they are plugged in while the screen is
unlocked.</p>
<p><img alt="Notification: Reconnect
USB device. New device has been detected while you were away. Please disconnect
and reconnect the device to start using it." class="screenshot" height="168" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/usbguard.png" width="571" /></p>
<h2>Dark Mode and Night Light</h2>
<p>From the system menu of Tails 6.0, you can now switch between:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>The default <em>light</em> mode with colder colors and more brightness</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/light.png" width="353" /></p></li>
<li><p>A <em>dark</em> mode</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/dark.png" width="353" /></p></li>
<li><p>A <em>night light</em> mode with warmer colors and less brightness</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/night.png" width="353" /></p></li>
<li><p>A combination of both the <em>dark</em> mode and <em>night light</em> mode</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/dark_night.png" width="353" /></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Easier screenshots and screencasts</h2>
<p>GNOME 43 introduces a new <img alt="Take Screenshot" class="symbolic" height="16" src="https://tails.net/lib/camera-photo.png" width="16" /> shortcut in the system menu that makes it easier
to take a screenshot or record a screencast.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="245" src="https://tails.net/doc/sensitive_documents/screenshot_and_screencast/camera.png" width="389" /></p>
<h2>Easier Gmail in Thunderbird</h2>
<p>Thanks to changes in both Thunderbird and Gmail, it's much easier to configure
a Gmail account in Thunderbird in Tails 6.0.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>You don't have to configure anything special in your Gmail account, other
than the usual 2-Step Verification.</p></li>
<li><p>You can sign in to your Gmail account directly when configuring it in
<em>Thunderbird</em>.</p></li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="Gmail: Sign in to continue
to Mozilla Thunderbird" class="screenshot" height="621" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/gmail.png" width="522" /></p>
<h2>Diceware passphrases in 5 more languages</h2>
<p>When creating a Persistent Storage, suggested passphrases are now also
generated in Catalan, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.</p>
<p>Thanks to <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/jawlensky">jawlensky</a> who created the word lists for Catalan,
Italian, and Spanish for Tails, but also made them available to all users of
<code>diceware</code>.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="530" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/diceware.png" width="837" /></p>
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<h2>Included software</h2>
<p>Tails 6.0 updates most of the applications included in Tails, among others:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><em>Tor Browser</em> to <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-13010/">13.0.10</a>.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Electrum</em> from 4.0.9 to 4.3.4</p>
<ul>
<li>Improve support for the Lightning protocol and hardware wallets.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>KeePassXC</em> from 2.6.2 to 2.7.4</p>
<ul>
<li>Add entry tags.</li>
<li>Support dark mode.</li>
<li>Redesign history view.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>Metadata Cleaner</em> from 1.0.2 to 2.4.0</p>
<ul>
<li>Redesign the whole user interface.</li>
<li>Support dark mode.</li>
<li>Add support for AIFF and HEIC files.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>Text Editor</em> from <code>gedit</code> to <code>gnome-text-editor</code></p>
<ul>
<li>Support dark mode.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>Inkscape</em> from 1.0.2 to 1.2.2</p></li>
<li><p><em>Audacity</em> from 2.4.2 to 3.2.4</p></li>
<li><p><em>Gimp</em> from 2.10.22 to 2.10.34</p></li>
<li><p><em>Kleopatra</em> from 4:20.08 to 4:22.12</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Removed features</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Remove the icons on the desktop.</p>
<p>The extension of GNOME Shell that we used to provide this feature is not well
integrated into GNOME and created other problems. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19920">#19920</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Remove the item <strong>Wipe</strong> and <strong>Wipe available disk space</strong> from the shortcut
menu of the <em>Files</em> browser.</p>
<p>Secure deletion is not reliable enough on USB sticks and Solid-State Drives
(SSDs) for us to keep advertising this feature.</p>
<p>We updated our documentation on <a href="https://tails.net/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion/index.en.html">secure
deletion</a> to new recommendations:
use encrypted volumes, overwrite the entire device, or disintegrate it
physically.</p></li>
<li><p>Remove the item <strong>Remove metadata</strong> from the shortcut menu of the <em>Files</em>
browser.</p>
<p>The developers of MAT2, the metadata removal library used by <em>Metadata
Cleaner</em> are not providing this option anymore.</p></li>
<li><p>Remove <em>GtkHash</em></p>
<p>You can still install <em>GtkHash</em> as <a href="https://tails.net/doc/persistent_storage/additional_software/index.en.html">Additional
Software</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<ul>
<li>Fix several issues with special characters and non-Latin scripts in the
screen keyboard. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18076">#18076</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p>For more details, read our <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1 id="issues">Known issues</h1>
<ul>
<li><p><em>Onion Circuits</em> incorrectly claims Tor is not connected. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20233">#20233</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>The Welcome Screen sometimes displays a warning: <strong>"Welcome to Tails!" is not responding</strong>.
(<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20236">#20236</a>)</p>
<p>If you see this warning, click on the <strong>Wait</strong> button.</p></li>
<li><p>Playing a video displays an error: <strong>Failed to query: In service
'dbus:org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files': Unit tracker-miner-fs-3-service
is masked.</strong> (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20237">#20237</a>)</p>
<p>If you see this warning, click on the <strong>OK</strong> button.</p></li>
<li><p><em>OnionShare</em> is still included as version 2.2.</p>
<p>We tried to include <em>OnionShare</em> 2.6 in Tails 6.0, but it has several issues
that had security implications. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20135">#20135</a> and <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20140">#20140</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Mounting external devices automatically interferes with
the <em>Back Up Persistent Storage</em> utility. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20143">#20143</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="get">Get Tails 6.0</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Automatic upgrades are only available from Tails 6.0~rc1 to 6.0.</p>
<p>All other users have to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails 6.0 on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></p></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
<h2>To download only</h2>
<p>If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download
Tails 6.0 directly:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/index.en.html">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></p></li>
</ul>
Test Tails 6.0~rc1https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/2024-02-03T11:02:46Z2024-02-02T13:00:00Z
<p>We are very excited to present you a release candidate of the upcoming Tails
6.0.</p>
<p>We plan to release Tails 6.0 officially on February 27. You can help us by
testing already a release candidate of Tails 6.0 before February 18.</p>
<p>Tails 6.0 will be the first version of Tails based on Debian 12 (Bookworm) and
GNOME 43. It will bring new versions of most of the software included in Tails
as well as several important security and usability improvements.</p>
<p>We will provide security upgrades for Tails 6.0~rc1 like we do for
regular versions of Tails.</p>
<h1 id="features">New features</h1>
<h2>Mount external devices automatically</h2>
<p>When you plug in an external storage device, a USB stick or an external hard
disk, Tails 6.0~rc1 mounts it automatically. If the storage device contains an
encrypted partition, Tails 6.0~rc1 offers you to unlock the encryption
automatically.</p>
<p><img alt="Authentication Required. A
passphrase is needed to access encrypted data." class="screenshot" height="395" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/unlock.png" width="485" /></p>
<h2>Protection against malicious USB devices</h2>
<p>If an attacker manages to plug a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BadUSB">malicious USB
device</a> in your computer, they could run software that breaks the security
built in Tails without your knowledge.</p>
<p>To protect from such attacks while you are away from your computer, Tails
6.0~rc1 ignores any USB device that is plugged in while your screen is locked.</p>
<p>You can only use new USB devices if they are plugged in while the screen is
unlocked.</p>
<p><img alt="Notification: Reconnect
USB device. New device has been detected while you were away. Please disconnect
and reconnect the device to start using it." class="screenshot" height="168" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/usbguard.png" width="571" /></p>
<h2>Dark Mode and Night Light</h2>
<p>From the system menu of Tails 6.0~rc1, you can now switch between:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>The default <em>light</em> mode with colder colors and more brightness</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/light.png" width="353" /></p></li>
<li><p>A <em>dark</em> mode</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/dark.png" width="353" /></p></li>
<li><p>A <em>night light</em> mode with warmer colors and less brightness</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/night.png" width="353" /></p></li>
<li><p>A combination of both the <em>dark</em> mode and <em>night light</em> mode</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/dark_night.png" width="353" /></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Easier screenshots and screencasts</h2>
<p>GNOME 43 introduces a new <img alt="Take Screenshot" class="symbolic" height="16" src="https://tails.net/lib/camera-photo.png" width="16" /> shortcut in the system menu that makes it easier
to take a screenshot or record a screencast.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="245" src="https://tails.net/doc/sensitive_documents/screenshot_and_screencast/camera.png" width="389" /></p>
<h2>Easier Gmail in Thunderbird</h2>
<p>Thanks to changes in both Thunderbird and Gmail, it's much easier to configure
a Gmail account in Thunderbird in Tails 6.0~rc1.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>You don't have to configure anything special in your Gmail account, other
than the usual 2-Step Verification.</p></li>
<li><p>You can sign in to your Gmail account directly when configuring it in
<em>Thunderbird</em>.</p></li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="Gmail: Sign in to continue
to Mozilla Thunderbird" class="screenshot" height="621" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/gmail.png" width="522" /></p>
<h2>Diceware passphrases in 5 more languages</h2>
<p>When creating a Persistent Storage, suggested passphrases are now also
generated in Catalan, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.</p>
<p>Thanks to <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/jawlensky">jawlensky</a> who created the word lists for Catalan,
Italian, and Spanish for Tails, but also made them available to all users of
<code>diceware</code>.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="530" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/diceware.png" width="837" /></p>
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<h2>Included software</h2>
<p>Tails 6.0~rc1 updates many of the applications included in Tails, among others:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><em>Electrum</em> from 4.0.9 to 4.3.4</p>
<ul>
<li>Improve support for the Lightning protocol and hardware wallets.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>KeePassXC</em> from 2.6.2 to 2.7.4</p>
<ul>
<li>Add entry tags.</li>
<li>Support dark mode.</li>
<li>Redesign history view.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>Metadata Cleaner</em> from 1.0.2 to 2.4.0</p>
<ul>
<li>Redesign the whole user interface.</li>
<li>Support dark mode.</li>
<li>Add support for AIFF and HEIC files.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>OnionShare</em> from 2.2-3 to 2.6-5</p>
<ul>
<li>Redesign the whole user interface.</li>
<li>Allow creating chat rooms.</li>
<li>Allow hosting static websites.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>Text Editor</em> from <code>gedit</code> to <code>gnome-text-editor</code></p>
<ul>
<li>Support dark mode.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>Inkscape</em> from 1.0.2 to 1.2.2</p></li>
<li><p><em>Audacity</em> from 2.4.2 to 3.2.4</p></li>
<li><p><em>Gimp</em> from 2.10.22 to 2.10.34</p></li>
<li><p><em>Kleopatra</em> from 4:20.08 to 4:22.12</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Removed features</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Remove the item <strong>Remove metadata</strong> from the shortcut menu of the <em>Files</em>
browser.</p>
<p>The developers of MAT2, the metadata removal library used by <em>Metadata
Cleaner</em> are not providing this option anymore.</p></li>
<li><p>Remove the item <strong>Wipe</strong> and <strong>Wipe available disk space</strong> from the shortcut
menu of the <em>Files</em> browser.</p>
<p>Secure deletion is not reliable enough on USB sticks and SSDs for us to keep
advertising this feature. We are still discussing which alternatives to
explain in our documentation on <a href="https://tails.net/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion/index.en.html">secure
deletion</a>. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19121">#19121</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Remove <em>GtkHash</em></p>
<p>You can still install <em>GtkHash</em> as <a href="https://tails.net/doc/persistent_storage/additional_software/index.en.html">Additional
Software</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<ul>
<li>Fix several issues with special characters and non-Latin scripts in the
screen keyboard. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18076">#18076</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h1>Changelog</h1>
<p>For more details about what has changed in Tails 6.0~rc1, read our
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/raw/{{tag}}/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1>Known issues</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Tails 6.0~rc1 is not reliably reproducible (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20165">#20165</a>, <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20166">#20166</a>).</p></li>
<li><p><em>OnionShare</em> 2.6 has several issues in Tails and Debian 12 (Bookworm) in
general that have security implications:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>OnionShare stays open in the background and fails to reopen. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20135">#20135</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>OnionShare crashes when stopping and restarting file shares in OnionShare. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20140">#20140</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Despite the very interesting new features in <em>OnionShare</em> 2.6, we are
considering keeping <em>OnionShare</em> 2.2 in Tails 6.0 because of these issues.</p></li>
<li><p>Mounting external devices automatically interferes badly with some other
features:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>The <em>Back Up Persistent Storage</em> utility (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20143">#20143</a>)</p></li>
<li><p><em>Tails Cloner</em> (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20154">#20154</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>The pointer doesn't change into a spinner anymore in some cases when
launching applications. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19920">#19920</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
<h1>Send us feedback</h1>
<p>Keep in mind that this is a test image. We tested that it is not broken in
obvious ways, but it might still contain undiscovered issues.</p>
<p>Please, report any new problem before February 18 to either:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="mailto:tails-testers@boum.org">tails-testers@boum.org</a> (public mailing list)</p></li>
<li><p><a href="mailto:tails-support-private@boum.org">tails-support-private@boum.org</a> (private email)</p></li>
</ul>
<h1>Get Tails 6.0~rc1</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<p>Automatic upgrades are not available to 6.0~rc1.</p>
<p>You have to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p>
<p>You will be able to automatically upgrade from 6.0~rc1 to 6.0 when it
is released.</p>
<h2>To download 6.0~rc1</h2>
<h3>Direct download</h3>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://download.tails.net/tails/alpha/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1.img">For USB sticks (USB image)</a>
(<a href="https://tails.net/torrents/files/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1.img.sig">OpenPGP signature</a>)</p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://download.tails.net/tails/alpha/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1.iso">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a>
(<a href="https://tails.net/torrents/files/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1.iso.sig">OpenPGP signature</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
<h3>BitTorrent download</h3>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/torrents/files/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1.img.torrent">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/torrents/files/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1.iso.torrent">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails 6.0~rc1 on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></p></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
Tails 5.22https://tails.net/news/version_5.22/index.en.html2024-01-30T10:46:50Z2024-01-30T12:34:56Z
<h1 id="features">New features</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>In <em>Tor Browser</em>, you can now save files to more folders: Documents, Downloads,
Music, Pictures, and Videos. You can also upload files from these folders.</p></li>
<li><p>When your Persistent Storage is broken, Tails now tries to repair its
file system when you unlock it in the Welcome Screen.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Report the write speed after cloning a Persistent Storage from <em>Tails Cloner</em>.</p></li>
<li><p>Do not try to unlock or delete a Persistent Storage on a read-only USB stick.</p></li>
<li><p>Update <em>Tor Browser</em> to <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1309/">13.0.9</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Update <em>Thunderbird</em> to <a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.7.0/releasenotes/">115.7</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Stop leaking the first-level domain of visited websites in <em>WhisperBack</em> reports.
The problem was first introduced in Tails 5.15.1 (July 2023). (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/merge_requests/1344">!1344</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Make installing Tails with <em>Tails Cloner</em> more robust by fixing occasional
errors <code>AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'props'</code>.
Thanks to Ben Westgate! (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/merge_requests/1312">!1312</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Fix saving the Additional Software configuration when creating
a Persistent Storage. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/merge_requests/1350">!1350</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Fix help link when resizing the system partition fails the first time
Tails is started. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/merge_requests/1341">!1341</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>For more details, read our <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1 id="get">Get Tails 5.22</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.22.</p></li>
<li><p>If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an
automatic upgrade, please try to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></p></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
<h2>To download only</h2>
<p>If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download
Tails 5.22 directly:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/index.en.html">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></p></li>
</ul>
Tails 5.21https://tails.net/news/version_5.21/index.en.html2023-12-22T08:58:40Z2023-12-22T12:00:00Z
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Help troubleshoot when resizing the system partition fails the first time
Tails is started.</p>
<p><img alt="Error message: Resizing System Partition Failed - It will be impossible to create a Persistent Storage or apply automatic upgrades." class="img" height="207" src="https://tails.net/news/version_5.21/resizing.png" width="518" /></p></li>
<li><p>Translate the date displayed in the top navigation bar.</p>
<p><img alt="Clock showing date in Spanish" class="img" height="77" src="https://tails.net/news/version_5.21/clock.png" width="683" /></p></li>
<li><p>Update <em>Tor Browser</em> to <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1307">13.0.7</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Update the <em>Tor</em> client to 0.4.8.10.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Fix <em>Tor Browser</em> crashing when clicking on the <em>UBlock</em> icon. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20061">#20061</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Make time synchronization more reliable. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19923">#19923</a>)</p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/@BenWestgate">@BenWestgate</a> fixed several issues in the backup feature of <em>Tails Cloner</em>:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Remove message about doing a backup when no USB stick is plugged in. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20063">#20063</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Update available options when plugging in another USB stick. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20042">#20042</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Point to backup instructions when choosing to clone the Persistent Storage.
(<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/merge_requests/1305">!1305</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>For more details, read our <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1 id="get">Get Tails 5.21</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.21.</p>
<p>You can <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#reduce">reduce the size of the download</a> of future
automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.</p></li>
<li><p>If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an
automatic upgrade, please try to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
<h2>To download only</h2>
<p>If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download
Tails 5.21 directly:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/index.en.html">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></li>
</ul>
2023 at Tails: a new home, small steps, and giant leapshttps://tails.net/news/achievements_in_2023/index.en.html2024-02-08T01:28:03Z2023-12-20T19:00:00Z
<p><strong>Malicious actors upped the ante in 2023.</strong></p>
<p>So-called artificial intelligence systems soared in popularity, supercharging
political
<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/slovakias-election-deepfakes-show-ai-is-a-danger-to-democracy/">disinformation</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/19/ai-generated-disinformation-us-elections">programs</a>.
Internet shutdowns and slowdowns became <a href="https://www.accessnow.org/publication/internet-shutdowns-in-2023-mid-year-update/">firmly
entrenched</a>
in authoritarian toolkits to censor progressive speech. And the <a href="https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2023/11/serbia-civil-society-threatened-by-spyware/">continuing
revelations</a>
of zero-click attacks drove home the perilous omnipotence of the
military-digital complex.</p>
<p><strong>But, we also made plans to call their ante.</strong></p>
<p>We built a state-of-the-art 3-year strategy to make Tails a formidable
adversary to these powerful, repressive forces. We made plans to better
understand the use of Tails by journalists and activists, and understand and
improve the use of Tails in the <a href="https://www.harvarddesignmagazine.org/articles/shahidul-alam-on-the-majority-world/">majority
world</a>.
All this while introducing new features and improvements to existing features
that make Tails even more relevant.</p>
<p>Here's the progress we made in the first year of the plan.</p>
<h2>Product development</h2>
<p><strong>The Persistent Storage got even better at storing encrypted data.</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.8/index.en.html">Tails 5.8</a> was one of the most important Tails releases in
years. In Tails 5.8, we unveiled a brand new Persistent Storage. The new
Persistent Storage doesn't require restarting after creation or any time after
you activate a new feature. It also made it easier to persist more settings.
The icing on the cake: a dashing makeover for the Persistent Storage!</p>
<p>But the new Persistent Storage wasn't all fun and games for Tails users. It was
buggy and we worked extra hard to fix the issues our users faced.</p>
<p>We didn't stop there. We also continued to add functionality to the Persistent
Storage. Now, it is easier to both do <a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.14/index.en.html">backups of the whole Persistent
Storage</a> and <a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.12/index.en.html">delete the data of a each
feature</a>.</p>
<table class="img"><caption>New button to delete the data of a Persistent Storage feature</caption><tr><td><a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.12/delete-data.png"><img alt="" class="img" height="367" src="https://tails.net/news/version_5.12/delete-data.png" width="547" /></a></td></tr></table>
<table class="img"><caption>Option to clone the current Persistent Storage in Tails Installer</caption><tr><td><a href="https://tails.net/doc/persistent_storage/backup/clone.png"><img alt="" class="img" height="599" src="https://tails.net/doc/persistent_storage/backup/clone.png" width="608" /></a></td></tr></table>
<p>We also introduced better password practices for securing the Persistent
Storage. Randomly generated <a href="https://diceware.dmuth.org/">diceware</a> passphrases
and an upgraded encryption format make the Persistent Storage <a href="https://tails.net/security/argon2id/index.en.html">exponentially
more secure</a>.</p>
<div class="center"><img alt="" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.png" style="width: 66%" /></div>
<p><strong>Improvements to the <a href="https://tails.net/news/version_4.20/">Tor Connection</a> make it easier to
circumvent censorship.</strong></p>
<p>The Tor Connection Assistant is slicker. We improved the error messaging when
connecting automatically to the Tor network and the handling of captive
portals.</p>
<p>Connecting to Tor is only part of the story. At times, Tails users may find
themselves on slow Tor circuits. And worse, unable to troubleshoot issues. So,
we've made it easier to close pesky Tor circuits that we can sometimes land on.</p>
<table class="img"><caption>Option to close a circuit in Onion Circuits</caption><tr><td><a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.19/close_circuit.png"><img alt="" class="img" height="289" src="https://tails.net/news/version_5.19/close_circuit.png" width="563" /></a></td></tr></table>
<p><strong>Tails remains one of the most secure operating systems in the world.</strong></p>
<p>This year, we released 15 versions of Tails, ensuring users had the latest Tor
Browser and Thunderbird. Yes, FIFTEEN!</p>
<p>We also asked <a href="https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/">Radically Open Security</a>
to do a security audit of Tails. Their <a href="https://tails.net/news/audit_by_ROS/index.en.html">findings</a> affirmed
our cutting-edge security.</p>
<p>PS: Keeping Tails updated is your best defense against online surveillance and
censorship!</p>
<p><strong>And we started moving to our new home!</strong></p>
<p>🎉 ✨ tails.net ✨ 🎉</p>
<p>We completed a bunch of home improvement projects. So our new home is even more
welcoming to folks speaking different languages, we overhauled the language
switcher. We just added Catalan translations too. <em>Gràcies per ser aquí!</em></p>
<div class="center"><a href="https://tails.net/news/achievements_in_2023/language_switcher.png"><img alt="" class="img" height="238" src="https://tails.net/news/achievements_in_2023/language_switcher.png" width="171" /></a></div>
<p>High footfall areas of the website got a new carpet too. Check out our new
<a href="https://tails.net/contribute/index.en.html">Contribute</a>, <a href="https://tails.net/support/index.en.html">Support</a>, and <a href="https://tails.net/about/contact/index.en.html">Contact
us</a> pages.</p>
<p>A huge shout-out to the volunteers who made these possible:
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/jawlensky">@jawlensky</a> for the website redesign
and to our <a href="https://tails.net/contribute/how/translate/team/ca/">Catalan translations team</a>!</p>
<h2>Community and organizational health</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><strong>Sprints.</strong> Our core team organized 2 sprints this year. Around Easter, we
bunkered up in Paris. The agenda was budgeting the year ahead and building a
roadmap to financial health. Also on the agenda: French cheese, spicy Indian
snacks, and <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39856/dixit">Dixit</a>. Later in
the year, we met again in a mix of online and in-person participation. We
reflected on our efforts this year and hatched plans for a more sustainable
future of the project.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>Reflections.</strong> Aspiring to reach and encourage more diverse populations of
Tails users, we also embarked on a path to improving the project's diversity.
Our core team started meeting fortnightly to reflect on our workplace norms.
We are using <a href="https://coco-net.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Coco-WhiteSupCulture-ENG4.pdf">this text by the Centre for Community
Organizations</a>
as our guide to reflection and improvement.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Financial health</h2>
<p>Malicious actors are not going to buckle down, but neither are we. This year,
Tails was instrumental in several high-risk investigations and struggles for
progressive change. Like this <a href="https://nocallaronlasolas.serendipia.digital/">damning
indictment</a> of the Mexican
army's systematic surveillance of feminists in the country.</p>
<p>I, (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/bokonon">@bokonon</a>), joined our small team at
Tails this year, to lead our fundraising activities. I have been obsessing over
how a free software project like ours can continue improving Tails while
keeping it free. And one thing is already clear: we will need your help. Often.</p>
<p>While we don't know how many Tails users donate to Tails, our
guess is ~1%. Tails is designed for use by people living vulnerable, high-risk
lives. Many of whom are likely to not be in a position to contribute. Your
donations keep Tails free for everybody else!</p>
<p>We are near the end of our campaign to fund Tails in 2024, but quite a way off
our goals.</p>
<p>We might never have the resources that powerful, malicious actors do, but we
know one thing: together, we can punch much above our weight. As we go into the
holidays, join us in ensuring that the Internet does not become synonymous with
surveillance and censorship. Give the gift of privacy today!</p>
<p><a href="https://tails.net/donate/index.en.html">Donate</a></p>
Tails 5.20https://tails.net/news/version_5.20/index.en.html2023-11-28T09:22:45Z2023-11-28T17:00:00Z
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Update <em>Tor Browser</em> to <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1304">13.0.4</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Update <em>Thunderbird</em> to <a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.5.0/releasenotes/">115.5.0</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Stop downloading the <em>AdGuard</em> filter list for <em>uBlock Origin</em> in the
language of the session.</p>
<p>This prevents some advanced browser fingerprinting. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20022">#20022</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<p>Since many of you are still reporting issues with the new Persistent Storage,
we are releasing several improvements to the Persistent Storage and the
<em>WhisperBack</em> error reporting tool:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Fix an error when activating the Persistent Storage. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20011">#20011</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Fix the translation of the <em>WhisperBack</em> interface. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20040">#20040</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Improve the interface of <em>WhisperBack</em> to make it easier to report the
information we need to troubleshoot issues. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19351">#19351</a>)</p>
<p><img alt="" class="img" height="512" src="https://tails.net/news/version_5.20/whisperback.png" width="449" /></p></li>
</ul>
<p>For more details, read our <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1 id="issues">Known issues</h1>
<p>None specific to this release.</p>
<p>See the list of <a href="https://tails.net/support/known_issues/index.en.html">long-standing issues</a>.</p>
<h1 id="get">Get Tails 5.20</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.20.</p>
<p>You can <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#reduce">reduce the size of the download</a> of future
automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.</p></li>
<li><p>If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an
automatic upgrade, please try to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
<h2>To download only</h2>
<p>If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download
Tails 5.20 directly:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/index.en.html">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></li>
</ul>
Tails 5.19.1https://tails.net/news/version_5.19.1/index.en.html2023-11-15T14:32:03Z2023-11-15T14:00:00Z
<p>This release is an emergency release to fix an important security vulnerability
in Tor.</p>
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Update the <em>Tor</em> client to 0.4.8.9, which fixes the TROVE-2023-006 vulnerability.</p>
<p>The details of TROVE-2023-006 haven't been disclosed by the Tor Project to
leave time for users to upgrade before revealing more. We only know that the
Tor Project describes TROVE-2023-006 as a "<a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/team/-/wikis/NetworkTeam/TROVE"><em>remote triggerable assert on
onion
services</em></a>".</p>
<p>Our team thinks that this vulnerability could affect Tails users who are
creating onion services from their Tails, for example when sharing files or
publishing a website using <em>OnionShare</em>.</p>
<p>This vulnerability might allow an attacker who already knows your
<em>OnionShare</em> address to make your Tor client crash. A powerful attacker might
be able to further exploit this crash to reveal your IP address.</p>
<p>This analysis is only a hypothesis because our team doesn't have access to
more details about this vulnerability. Still, we are releasing this emergency
release as a precaution.</p>
<p><em>OnionShare</em> is the only application included in Tails that creates onion
services. You are not affected by this vulnerability if you don't use
<em>OnionShare</em> in Tails and only use Tails to connect to onion services and
don't create onion services using Additional Software.</p>
<p>More details about TROVE-2023-006 will be available on the
<a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40883">Tor issue #40883</a>
sometime after the release.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<p>For more details, read our <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1 id="issues">Known issues</h1>
<p>None specific to this release.</p>
<p>See the list of <a href="https://tails.net/support/known_issues/index.en.html">long-standing issues</a>.</p>
<h1 id="get">Get Tails 5.19.1</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.19.1.</p>
<p>You can <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#reduce">reduce the size of the download</a> of future
automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.</p></li>
<li><p>If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an
automatic upgrade, please try to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
<h2>To download only</h2>
<p>If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download
Tails 5.19.1 directly:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/index.en.html">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></li>
</ul>
Security audit of Persistent Storage and Tor integrationhttps://tails.net/news/audit_by_ROS/index.en.html2023-11-14T09:26:08Z2023-11-10T17:00:00Z
<p>In March 2023, <a href="https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/">Radically Open
Security</a> conducted a security audit on
the major improvements that we released in <a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.8/index.en.html">Tails 5.8</a> (December
2022) on the Persistent Storage, the Unsafe Browser, and the Wayland
integration.</p>
<p>To better protect our users, we addressed most of the security vulnerabilities
as soon as they were discovered and reported to us, without waiting for the
audit to be complete and public. We can now share with your the <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/uploads/df935595f41faa687805136a6bfa2910/tails-ros-penetration-test-report-1-2.pdf">final
report</a>.</p>
<p>We are proud of the conclusion of the auditors:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>Overall, the Tails operating system left a solid impression and addressed
most of the concerns of an average user in need of anonymity.</em></strong></p>
<p><em>This is particularly evident in the isolation of various components by the
developers. For example, the configured AppArmor rules often prevented a
significant impact of the found vulnerabilities. Shifting to Wayland was a
good decision, as it provides more security by isolating individual GUI
applications.</em></p>
<p><em>All in all, no serious vulnerabilities were found through the integration
into Wayland. Unsafe Browser and Persistent Storage should now be less
vulnerable to attack, as all vulnerabilities have been fixed.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>The auditors found 6 <em>High</em>, 1 <em>Moderate</em>, 3 <em>Low</em>-severity issues. Another
issue was fixed before the actual impact was assessed and so marked as having
<em>Unknown</em> severity.</p>
<p>We fixed all these issues as soon as possible and before making them public on
our GitLab. The last issue was fixed in 5.14, 3 weeks after it was reported to
us.</p>
<p>As good as the results of this audit are, they also serve as a reminder that no
software is ever 100% secure and that every release of Tails can fix critical
security vulnerabilities. Your best protection against all kinds of attack is
to keep your Tails up-to-date.</p>
<p>Because at Tails we believe that transparency is key to building trust, all the
code of our software is public and the results of this audit as well. You can
find below a summary of all the issues and their fixes.</p>
<h1>Detailed findings</h1>
<h2>Tor integration</h2>
<table>
<tr><th>ID</th><th>Issue</th><th>Description</th><th>Impact</th><th>Status</th><th>Release</th></tr>
<tr><td>TLS-012</td><td><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19585">#19585</a></td><td>Leak clear IP as low-privileged user amnesia</td><td>High</td><td>Fixed</td><td>5.12</td></tr>
<tr><td>TLS-013</td><td><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19594">#19594</a></td><td>Local privilege escalation to Tor Connection sandbox</td><td>High</td><td>Fixed</td><td>5.12</td></tr>
<tr><td>TLS-014</td><td><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19595">#19595</a></td><td>Local privilege escalation to Tor Browser sandbox</td><td>Moderate</td><td>Fixed</td><td>5.13</td></tr>
<tr><td>TLS-017</td><td><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19610">#19610</a></td><td>Insecure permissions of chroot overlay</td><td>Unknown</td><td>Fixed</td><td>5.13</td></tr>
</table>
<h2>Persistent Storage</h2>
<table>
<tr><th>ID</th><th>Issue</th><th>Description</th><th>Impact</th><th>Status</th><th>Release</th></tr>
<tr><td>TLS-003</td><td><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19546">#19546</a></td><td>Local privilege escalation in Persistent folder activation hook</td><td>High</td><td>Fixed</td><td>5.11</td></tr>
<tr><td>TLS-004</td><td><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19547">#19547</a></td><td>Symlink attack in Persistent folder deactivation hook</td><td>Low</td><td>Fixed</td><td>5.11</td></tr>
<tr><td>TLS-005</td><td><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19548">#19548</a></td><td>Local privilege escalation in GnuPG feature activation hook</td><td>High</td><td>Fixed</td><td>5.11</td></tr>
</table>
<h2>Core</h2>
<table>
<tr><th>ID</th><th>Issue</th><th>Description</th><th>Impact</th><th>Status</th><th>Release</th></tr>
<tr><td>TLS-001</td><td><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19464">#19464</a></td><td>Local privilege escalation in tails-shell-library</td><td>High</td><td>Fixed</td><td>5.11</td></tr>
<tr><td>TLS-009</td><td><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19599">#19599</a></td><td>Man-in-the-middle attack on onion-grater service</td><td>Low</td><td>Fixed</td><td>5.13</td></tr>
<tr><td>TLS-011</td><td><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19576">#19576</a></td><td>Limited path traversal in tails-documentation</td><td>Low</td><td>Fixed</td><td>5.13</td></tr>
<tr><td>TLS-019</td><td><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19677">#19677</a></td><td>Local privilege escalation in tailslib leads to arbitrary file read</td><td>High</td><td>Fixed</td><td>5.14</td></tr>
</table>
Tails 5.19https://tails.net/news/version_5.19/index.en.html2023-10-31T10:40:02Z2023-10-31T12:34:56Z
<h1 id="features">New features</h1>
<h2>Closing a Tor circuit from <i>Onion Circuits</i></h2>
<p>You can now close a given Tor circuit from the <em>Onion Circuits</em> interface. This
can help replace a particularly slow Tor circuit or troubleshoot issues on the
Tor network.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="img" height="289" src="https://tails.net/news/version_5.19/close_circuit.png" width="563" /></p>
<p>To close a Tor circuit:</p>
<ol>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/doc/anonymous_internet/tor/index.en.html">Connect to the Tor network.</a></p></li>
<li><p>Choose <img alt="Tor status menu" class="symbolic" height="16" src="https://tails.net/lib/symbolic/tor-connected.png" width="14" /> ▸ <strong>Open Onion Circuits</strong> in the top
navigation bar.</p></li>
<li><p>Right-click (on Mac, click with two fingers) on the circuit that you want
to close.</p></li>
<li><p>Choose <strong>Close this circuit</strong> in the shortcut menu.</p>
<p>When you close a circuit that is being used by an application, your
application gets disconnected from this destination service.</p>
<p>For example, when you close a circuit while <i>Tor Browser</i> is
downloading a file, the download fails.</p></li>
<li><p>If you connect to the same destination server again, Tor uses a different
circuit to replace the circuit that you closed.</p>
<p>For example, if you download the same file again, Tor uses a new circuit.</p></li>
</ol>
<h2>Addition of <span class="code">sq-keyring-linter</span></h2>
<p>At the request of people who use <a href="https://securedrop.org/">SecureDrop</a> to
provide secure whistleblowing platforms across the world, we added the
<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rust-sequoia-keyring-linter"><code>sq-keyring-linter</code></a>
package. <code>sq-keyring-linter</code> improves the cryptographic parameters of PGP keys
stored in their airgapped machines.</p>
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Update <em>Tor Browser</em> to <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1301">13.0.1</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Update the <em>Tor</em> client to 0.4.8.7.</p></li>
<li><p>Update <em>Thunderbird</em> to <a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.4.1/releasenotes/">115.4.1</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Update the <em>Linux</em> kernel to 6.1.55.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<p>For more details, read our <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1 id="issues">Known issues</h1>
<p>None specific to this release.</p>
<p>See the list of <a href="https://tails.net/support/known_issues/index.en.html">long-standing issues</a>.</p>
<h1 id="get">Get Tails 5.19</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.19.</p>
<p>You can <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#reduce">reduce the size of the download</a> of future
automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.</p></li>
<li><p>If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an
automatic upgrade, please try to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
<h2>To download only</h2>
<p>If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download
Tails 5.19 directly:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/index.en.html">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></li>
</ul>