Changes and updates

  • Update Tor Browser to 13.5.2.

  • Update Thunderbird to 115.14.0.

  • Update many firmware packages. This improves the support for newer hardware: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on.

  • Detect new types of errors when resizing the system partition fails (the first time Tails is started) and report the following error message.

    Something went wrong when starting your Tails USB stick for the first time:
    resizing the system partition failed

    It will be impossible to create a Persistent Storage or apply automatic upgrades.

    Affected users can try to install Tails again or use a different USB stick.

Fixed problems

Persistent Storage

  • Increase the maximum waiting time to 4 minutes when unlocking the Persistent Storage before returning an error. (#20475)

  • Made the creation of the Persistent Storage more robust after starting a Tails USB stick for the first time. (#20451)

  • Prevent the Persistent Storage settings from freezing after opening a link to the documentation. (#20438)

  • Prevent Additional Software from crashing when installing virtual packages. (#20477)

Networking

  • Fix connecting to the Tor network using default bridges. (#20467)

  • Allow enabling multiple network interfaces again. (#20128)

Tails Cloner

  • Remove 30 seconds of waiting time when installing by cloning. (#20131)

For more details, read our changelog.

Get Tails 6.6

To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage

  • Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 6.0 or later to 6.6.

  • If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an automatic upgrade, please try to do a manual upgrade.

To install Tails 6.6 on a new USB stick

Follow our installation instructions:

The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if you install instead of upgrading.

To download only

If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download Tails 6.6 directly: