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Changes and updates
Use LUKS2 by default for all new Persistent Storage and LUKS encrypted volumes. LUKS2 provide stronger cryptography by default.
We will provide a migration plan from LUKS1 to LUKS2 for existing Persistent Storage in Tails 5.14 (early June).
Update Tor Browser to 12.0.6.
Fixed problems
For more details, read our changelog.
Known issues
None specific to this release.
See the list of long-standing issues.
Get Tails 5.13
To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your persistent storage
Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.13.
You can reduce the size of the download of future automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.
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 on a new USB stick
Follow our installation instructions:
- Install from Windows
- Install from macOS
- Install from Linux
- Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG
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 5.13 directly:
Highlights
Radically Open Security audited the security of the new Persistent Storage, our migration to Wayland, and the Unsafe Browser.
We already started releasing fixes to the issues that they identified. We will publish more about this audit and our mitigation plans in the coming months.
We analyzed the usability tests of the Persistent Storage done in March in Ecuador.
We applied to the Spyware Accountability Initiative to improve Tails for the journalists who use Tails to investigate and report on spyware or protect themselves from spyware in sensitive data.
Our entire team gathered in Paris, France to discuss internal matters, financial and product strategy.
Releases
Tails 5.12 was released on April 19.
It fixes many usability and reliability issues in the new Persistent Storage:
After you turn off a feature of the Persistent Storage, you can now click the Delete Data button to delete the data stored for this feature.
When creating the Persistent Storage, a random and very secure passphrase is now displayed as a suggestion, using the diceware technique.
Use a new icon for the backup utility for the Persistent Storage.
Improve the error message when a feature of the Persistent Storage fails to activate from the Welcome Screen to clarify which feature is affected.
Make the activation of the Persistent Storage more reliable in 2 error cases. (#19376 and #19331)
Add a progress indicator while turning on a new feature to clarify that it can take some time. (#19291)
Make sure that all data that is already available in Tails is really copied to the USB stick when turning on a feature. (#19368)
Metrics
Tails has been started more than 724 299 times this month. This makes 24 143 boots a day on average.
New features
Data deletion when deactivating a feature of the Persistent Storage
After you turn off a feature of the Persistent Storage, you can now click the Delete Data button to delete the data stored for this feature.
Passphrase suggestion when creating the Persistent Storage
When creating the Persistent Storage, a random and very secure passphrase is now displayed as a suggestion:
This passphrase uses the diceware method to give very strong security guarantees while being possible to memorize.
For example, a six-word passphrase like we suggest would take 3 505 years to crack at a trillion guesses a second.
Learn more about the maths in The Intercept: Passphrases That You Can Memorize — But That Even the NSA Can’t Guess.
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.
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.
Known issues
None specific to this release.
See the list of long-standing issues.
Get Tails 5.12
To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your persistent storage
Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.12.
You can reduce the size of the download of future automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.
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 on a new USB stick
Follow our installation instructions:
- Install from Windows
- Install from macOS
- Install from Linux
- Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG
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 5.12 directly:
Highlights
We got in touch with the journalists that reported how feminists in Mexico were spied by the army: https://nocallaronlasolas.serendipia.digital/.
We improved Persistent Storage behavior and UX in corner-cases (!1010).
We have started tests of the new Persistent Storage. As you might remember, there was a big revamp in Tails 5.8. The new implementation has been designed to have a smoother UI.
Releases
Tails 5.11 was released on March 20:
it improves performance on low-memory systems, and improves your ability to record screencasts.
Metrics
Tails has been started more than 740000 times this month. This makes 23884 boots a day on average.
New features
Tails now uses the
zram
Linux kernel module to extend the capacity of the computer's memory.You can run more applications or use your session for longer periods of time. Tails will handle more load before freezing and become slow more progressively.
You can record screencasts using the integrated feature of GNOME. We configured this feature to allow unlimited screencasts. See screenshot and screencast.
Changes and updates
Update Tor Browser to 12.0.4.
Update Thunderbird to 102.9.0.
Redesigned the unlocking section of the Welcome Screen.
For more details, read our changelog.
Known issues
None specific to this release.
See the list of long-standing issues.
Get Tails 5.11
To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your persistent storage
Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.11.
You can reduce the size of the download of future automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.
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 on a new USB stick
Follow our installation instructions:
- Install from Windows
- Install from macOS
- Install from Linux
- Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG
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 5.11 directly:
What's coming up?
Tails 5.12 is scheduled for April 18.
Have a look at our roadmap to see where we are heading to.
Highlights
@bokonon joined our team, as our Fundraising Lead. bokonon will help us develop and grow our fundraising initiatives, to support the work we do to accomplish our mission.
We prepared usability tests planned in Ecuador in March.
Releases
We released Tails 5.10 on February 16.
As part of our focus on polishing user experience, Tails now asks for confirmation when starting without unlocking the Persistent Storage. Because we humans sometimes forget stuff. It's OK :)
Tails 5.10 fixed a few problems introduced in Tails 5.8 in December, and some more:
Fixed another case of Persistent Storage not activating. (#19432)
Avoid opening the Persistent Storage settings each time after login. (#19410)
Solve a possible privilege escalation through a symlink attack.
Metrics
Tails has been started more than 652 918 times this month. This makes 23 318 boots a day on average.
Changes and updates
Update Tor Browser to 12.0.3.
Ask for confirmation when starting without unlocking the Persistent Storage.
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.
Get Tails 5.10
To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your persistent storage
Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.10.
You can reduce the size of the download of future automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.
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 on a new USB stick
Follow our installation instructions:
- Install from Windows
- Install from macOS
- Install from Linux
- Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG
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 5.10 directly:
What's coming up?
Tails 5.11 is scheduled for March 14.
Have a look at our roadmap to see where we are heading to.
Highlights
We agreed internally on strategic goals for the new 3 years.
In terms of product strategy, we will focus on learning about existing users who match our personas and how to serve them better. We will focus less on acquiring new users from our target audience.
In terms of features, we will prioritize better interoperability with tools like mobile messaging apps, online video calls, and social media.
We updated our documentation to the new Persistent Storage and added a page about opening your Persistent Storage from another operating system.
We made Tails Upgrader use our new pool of mirrors at https://download.tails.net/ instead of our previous custom solution.
Releases
Tails 5.9 was released on January 23.
It fixed most of the regressions introduced in Tails 5.8 in December:
Fixed support for some graphics cards.
Fixed starting AppImages that use the Qt toolkit like Feather and Bitcoin-Qt. (#19326)
Fixed clipboard encryption and decryption in Kleopatra. (#19329)
Fixed at least 2 cases of Persistent Storage not activating:
Fixed 3 clipboard operations with KeePassXC.
Metrics
Tails has been started more than 713 228 times this month. This makes 23 007 boots a day on average.
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.
Changes and updates
Update Tor Browser to 102.7.
Update the Tor client to 0.4.7.13.
Simplify the error screen of the Tor Connection assistant when connecting automatically.
Improve the wording of the backup utility for the Persistent Storage.
Remove the confirmation dialog when starting the Unsafe Browser.
Fixed problems
Fix support for some graphics cards:
Update the Linux kernel to 6.0.12. This improves the support for newer hardware in general: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on. (#18467)
Remove from the Troubleshooting Mode 2 boot options that break support for some graphics cards:
nomodeset
andvga=normal
. (#19321)
Please let us know if the support for your graphics cards has been fixed or is still broken.
Fix starting AppImages that use the Qt toolkit like Feather and Bitcoin-Qt. (#19326)
Fix clipboard encryption and decryption in Kleopatra. (#19329)
Fix at least 2 cases of Persistent Storage not activating:
Please keep reporting issues with the new Persistent Storage. We give them top priority!
Fix 3 clipboard operations with KeePassXC:
Fix the display of the applications menu that was broken in some GTK3 applications installed as Additional Software. (#19371)
Localize the homepage of Tor Browser when started from the Tor Connection assistant. (#19369)
For more details, read our changelog.
Known issues
Please keep reporting issues with the new Persistent Storage and when starting on graphics cards that used to work with Tails.
Tor Browser has no minimize and maximize buttons (#19328)
To work around this:
Right-click on the Tor Browser tab in the window list at the bottom of the screen.
Choose Minimize or Maximize.
Welcome Screen and Tor Connection don't fit on 800×600 (#19324)
The top of the Welcome Screen and some button of the Tor Connection assistant are cut out on small displays (800×600), like virtual machines.
You can press Alt+S to start Tails.
Progress bar of Tor Connection gets stuck around 50% (#19173)
When using a custom Tor obfs4
bridge, the progress bar of Tor Connection
sometimes gets stuck halfway through and becomes extremely slow.
To fix this, you can either:
Close and reopen Tor Connection to speed up the initial connection.
Try a different
obfs4
bridge.This issue only affects outdated obfs4 bridges and does not happen with obfs4 bridges that run version 0.0.12 or later.
See the list of long-standing issues.
Get Tails 5.9
To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your persistent storage
Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.9.
You can reduce the size of the download of future automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.
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 on a new USB stick
Follow our installation instructions:
- Install from Windows
- Install from macOS
- Install from Linux
- Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG
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 5.9 directly:
What's coming up?
Tails 5.10 is scheduled for February 21.
Tails 5.8 é a versão mais importante de Tails em anos. Esta versão inclui tanto uma remodelagem de funcionalidades existentes quanto melhorias em usabilidade, e também atualizações de segurança adicionais.
Este trabalho foi possível graças a doações de pessoas como você. Se você gostou dessas novas atualizações e quer mais, doe agora para colaborar com nosso trabalho em 2023.
Doe agora para colaborar com nosso trabalho em 2023.
Novas funcionalidades
Novo Armazenamento Persistente
Depois de 2 anos de trabalho árduo, estamos extremamente contentes em apresentar uma remodelagem completa de nosso Armazenamento Persistente.
A funcionalidade de Armazenamento Persistente não havia mudado muito desde sua primeira versão em 2012 devido ao fato do código responsável por esta funcionalidade ser algo difícil de se modificar e aprimorar. Entretanto, ficamos sabendo através de usuárias(os) que o Armazenamento Persistente poderia fazer muito mais por vocês se tivesse algumas funcionalidades mais, e se fosse mais fácil de usar.
Não é mais necessário reiniciar o Tails após a criação de um Armazenamento Persistente, ou cada vez que você ativa uma nova funcionalidade nele.
Você pode alterar a senha de seu Armazenamento Persistente através dessa nova aplicação.
Você pode criar um Armazenamento Persistente diretamente através da Tela de Boas-vindas, caso você ainda não tenha um.
Wayland and better Unsafe Browser
We replaced the deprecated X.Org display system with Wayland.
Even if you won't notice any visual difference, Wayland brings more security in depth to Tails by making it harder for a compromised application in Tails to compromise or misuse another application.
For example, since Tails 4.8, the Unsafe Browser was disabled by default because a security vulnerability in another application in Tails could start an invisible Unsafe Browser, reveal your IP address, and deanonymize you.
Wayland fixes this vulnerability and makes it safe to reenable the Unsafe Browser by default. You can still disable the Unsafe Browser in the Welcome Screen.
Wayland also brings in other features that were not working yet in the Unsafe Browser:
- Sound - Uploads and downloads - Alternative input methods for Chinese and other non-Latin languages - Accessibility features like the screen reader and virtual keyboard
QR code scanning of Tor bridges
We made it easier to enter new Tor bridges in Tails by scanning a QR code.
To get a QR code, you can either:
Send an empty email to bridges@torproject.org from a Gmail or Riseup email address.
Get bridges from https://bridges.torproject.org/ and print the QR code on paper.
We are aware that the QR codes that are currently provided are too big to be easy to scan. We are working with Tor to make them smaller and easier to scan.
Changes and updates
Update Tor Browser to 12.0.1.
Update Thunderbird to 102.6.0.
Update Tor to 0.4.7.12.
Remoção do sistema de introdução de texto preditivo Dasher da lista de aplicativos.
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)
For more details, read our changelog.
Known issues
If you are facing some of these issues, try downgrading to Tails 5.7. To do so:
- Download Tails 5.7
- Do a manual upgrade to Tails 5.7.
Problemas em aplicativos Qt como Kleopatra e Feather
Aplicativos que usam bibliotecas Qt apresentam problemas ao serem executados em Wayland. Você pode solucionar esse problema de forma temporária executando esses aplicativos usando XWayland.
A criptografia e a descriptografia da área de transferência estão com problemas no Kleopatra (#19329)
Para solucionar isso:
Escolha Aplicativos ▸ Utilitários ▸ Terminal para abrir um terminal.
Execute o seguinte comando no terminal:
unset QT_QPA_PLATFORM & kleopatra &
Isso só funciona se o Kleopatra ainda não tiver sido aberto desde a inicialização do Tails. Caso contrário, execute este comando e tente novamente:
killall kleopatra
AppImages como Feather e Bitcoin-Qt apresentam problemas ao serem inicializados (#19326)
Para solucionar isso:
Navegue até a sua AppImage no navegador de Arquivos.
Clique com o botão direito (no Mac, clique com dois dedos simultaneamente) no diretório e escolha Abrir no Terminal.
Execute o seguinte comando no terminal para iniciar sua AppImage.
Substitua:
- application.AppImage pelo nome do arquivo da sua AppImage.
unset QT_QPA_PLATFORM ; ./application.AppImage
Por exemplo, para iniciar a carteira Feather 2.1.2, execute:
unset QT_QPA_PLATFORM ; ./feather-2.1.2.AppImage
Some graphics cards stopped working in Tails 5.8 (#19353)
People have reported us several graphics cards that used to work in Tails 5.7 and stopped working in Tails 5.8:
- Nvidia
10de:0a70
GeForce 310M10de:1f82
GeForce GTX 1650: this is fixed in Tails 5.910de:220a
RTX 308010de:2482
GA104 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti10de:2486
GA104 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti: this is fixed in Tails 5.910de:2488
RTX 3070: this is fixed in Tails 5.910de:2489
RTX 3060 Ti10de:24dc
GA104M GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile10de:2504
RTX: this is fixed in Tails 5.910de:2560
GA106M GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile- GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition: this is fixed in Tails 5.9
10de:25e0
- Intel
8086:0046
Core Processor Integrated Graphic Controller- This will be fixed in Tails 5.9 with an update of the Linux kernel.
8086:0a16
Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller8086:1916
Skylake GT2- Add the
i915.force_probe=1916
boot option and let us know whether it helps.
- Add the
8086:3185
GeminiLake (UHD Graphics 600)- Add the
i915.force_probe=3185
boot option and let us know whether it helps.
- Add the
8086:4690
- Add the
i915.force_probe=4690
boot option and let us know whether it helps.
- Add the
8086:4692
UHD Graphics 730- Add the
i915.force_probe=4692
boot option and let us know whether it helps.
- Add the
8086:46a6
Alder Lake-P- Add the
i915.force_probe=46a6
boot option and let us know whether it helps.
- Add the
8086:46a8
- Add the
i915.force_probe=46a8
boot option and let us know whether it helps.
- Add the
8086:4e55
- To fix this, add the
i915.force_probe=4e55
boot option.
- To fix this, add the
8086:4e71
- Add the
i915.force_probe=4e71
boot option and let us know whether it helps.
- Add the
8086:5917
- Add the
i915.force_probe=5917
boot option and let us know whether it helps.
- Add the
8086:8a56
- To fix this, add the
i915.force_probe=8a56
boot option.
- To fix this, add the
- AMD
1002:1506
1002:15e7
1002:6605
Radeon R7 M260X1002:6649
Bonaire FirePro W51001002:73df
RX Radeon 6700XT (Navi 22)1002:73ff
Navi 231002:743f
RX 6400
- If the error message lists multiple graphics cards:
- If possible, plug the monitor into the motherboard's Intel graphics card, as opposed to the external Nvidia or AMD/ATI graphics card.
- Explicitly select one of the two graphics adapters in the BIOS instead of letting the system choose one automatically. If this does not solve the problem, try selecting the other graphics adapter.
- Add the
nouveau.modeset=0
boot option. This will force the system to use your other graphics cards, instead of the NVIDIA one.
These graphics card probably don't work as good on Wayland as they used to work on X.Org.
Unfortunately, we have no solution to offer you so far.
We hope that this gets fixed in the next update of the Linux kernel, maybe in Tails 5.9.
Persistent Storage fails to load with symbolic links in Dotfiles (#19346)
If you have symbolic links in the Dotfiles feature of your Persistent Storage, your Persistent Storage fails to load with the error message:
Falha ao ativar o Armazenamento Persistente.
Por favor, inicie o Tails e envie um relatório de erro.
Para solucionar isso, remova ou altere esses links simbólicos.
As seguintes instruções explicam como acessar o conteúdo de seu Armazenamento Persistente.
Quando Tails estiver iniciando:
Não desbloqueie seu Armazenamento Persistente.
Configure uma senha de administração.
No Tails, desbloqueie seu Armazenamento Persistente:
Escolha Aplicativos ▸ Utilitários ▸ Discos.
No utilitário Discos, selecione seu pendrive USB com Tails no painel do lado esquerdo.
Selecione a partição TailsData LUKS no painel do lado direito.
Clique no botão
.
Informe a senha de seu Armazenamento Persistente.
Na segunda entrada de senha, informe sua senha de administração.
Clique em TailsData Ext4 que deve aparecer abaixo de TailsData LUKS.
Clique em
.
Escolha o utilitário Discos.
Navegue através do conteúdo de seu Armazenamento Persistente:
Escolha Aplicativos ▸ Ferramentas de Sistema ▸ Terminal Root para abrir o terminal com privilégios de administrador(a).
Execute o comando a seguir para abrir o navegador de arquivos com privilégios de admistrador(a):
nautilus
No navegador de arquivos Files, abra o diretório /media/amnesia/TailsData/dotfiles.
Remova ou altere todos os links simbólicos no diretório dotfiles.
Links simbólicos tem o seguinte ícone:
Reinicie o Tails e tente desbloquear seu Armazenamento Persistente como de costume.
Tor Browser has no minimize and maximize buttons (#19328)
Para solucionar isso de uma forma temporária:
Clique com o botão direito na aba Navegador Tor na lista de janelas que fica na parte inferior da tela.
Escolha Minimizar ou Maximizar.
Welcome Screen and Tor Connection don't fit on 800×600 (#19324)
The top of the Welcome Screen and some button of the Tor Connection assistant are cut out on small displays (800×600), like virtual machines.
Você pode precionar Alt+S para iniciar o Tails.
As chaves para ligar e desligar funcionalidades do Armazenamento Persistente são muito lentas (#19291)
The switches that turn on and off the different features of the Persistent Storage are very slow to respond on some USB sticks. Please report on #19291 if this happens to you.
Barra de progresso indicando Conexão Tor garrega apenas cerca de 50% (#19173)
Quando estiver utilizando uma bridge Tor com obfs4
, a barra de progresso
indicando Conexão Tor carrega até certo ponto e aparenta uma extrema
lentidão.
Para solucionar isso, você pode:
Close and reopen Tor Connection to speed up the initial connection.
Try a different
obfs4
bridge.This issue only affects outdated obfs4 bridges and does not happen with obfs4 bridges that run version 0.0.12 or later.
See the list of long-standing issues.
Get Tails 5.8
To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your persistent storage
Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.8.
You can reduce the size of the download of future automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.
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 on a new USB stick
Follow our installation instructions:
- Install from Windows
- Install from macOS
- Install from Linux
- Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG
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 5.8 directly: