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7 August
We are very excited to present you with a release candidate of the upcoming Tails 7.0. We plan to release Tails 7.0 officially on October 16. You can help us by testing this release candidate already. Tails 7.0 will be the first version of Tails based on Debian 13 (Trixie) (…)
25 July
New features WebTunnel bridges You can now use WebTunnel bridges to connect to the Tor network from Tails. WebTunnel is a bridge technology that is particularly good at circumventing censorship and might work from places where obfs4 bridges are blocked. WebTunnel disguises (…)
26 June
Changes and updates Add a Show Password option when setting the screen locking password. Update the uBlock Origin extension for Tor Browser to 1.62.0. Update Tor Browser to 14.5.4. Fixed problems Display an empty page instead of the homepage of Tor Browser when opening (…)
28 May
Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 14.5.3. Update the Linux kernel to 6.1.140. For more details, read our changelog. Get Tails 6.16 To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 6.0 or later to 6.16. (…)
28 May
Stronger together: What we've accomplished since the Tails-Tor merger
Nine months ago Tails and Tor set out to unite forces for Internet Freedom. The goal was to integrate Tails into the organizational structure of the Tor Project to pool resources instead of duplicating them, and deliver a more robust shield against censorship and (…)
20 May
This release is an emergency release to fix important security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser. Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 14.5.2, which fixes Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2025-37. These vulnerabilities allow an attacker to perform an out-of-bounds read (…)
16 May
Security audit of automatic upgrades and recent changes
Late 2024, Radically Open Security conducted another security audit of critical parts of Tails. To better protect our users, we addressed the security vulnerabilities as soon as they were discovered and reported to us, without waiting for the audit to be complete and public. (…)
12 May
Fighting against a nuclear project in France
Robin is an activist in struggle against a nuclear project in France. He has been using Tails as his default operating system for all his activism since 5 years, creating a clear separation between his activism (using Tails) and personal life (using encrypted Debian). At his (…)
1 May
Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 14.5.1. Update the Linux kernel to 6.1.135. Fixed problems Make sure Tails cannot store data in UEFI variables or ACPI tables when crashing. (#20813) Fix the appearance of the GRUB Boot Loader with Secure Boot. (#20899) For more (…)
15 April
This release is an emergency release to fix security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and the implementation of the Perl programming language. Changes and updates Update Linux to 6.1.133, which fixes multiple security vulnerabilities that may lead to a privilege (…)
