New features

File system repair when unlocking the Persistent Storage

When the file system of the Persistent Storage has errors, Tails now offers you to repair the file system when unlocking from the Welcome Screen.

Because not all file system errors can be safely recovered this way, we wrote comprehensive documentation on how to recover data from the Persistent Storage using complementary techniques.

Changes and updates

  • Update Tor Browser to 13.5.6.

  • Improve the notification when a network interface is disabled because MAC address anonymization failed.

    Wi-Fi Disabled. MAC address anonymization failed for your Wi-Fi interface, so it is temporarily disabled. You might prefer to restart Tails and disable MAC address anonymization. Learn about MAC address anonymization.

Fixed problems

  • Increase the maximum waiting time to 8 minutes when unlocking the Persistent Storage before returning an error. (#20475)

  • Hide shown password while unlocking Persistent Storage. (#20498)

  • Better handle failures in when sending WhisperBack error messages:

    • Fix input fields when Tails is not connected to Tor. (#19731)
    • Fix accessibility of input fields with screen reader. (#19903)

For more details, read our changelog.

Get Tails 6.8

To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage

  • Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 6.0 or later to 6.8.

  • 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 6.8 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 6.8 directly: