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A new version of Tails, a portable operating system that offers security from snooping and censorship, has been released.



Tails 5.15.1

Changes and updates

  • Update Tor Browser to  12.5.

    Tor Browser 12.5 has a new circuit view and better information about onion services.

    Circuit_view

  • Support onion service authentication in Tor Browser.

    For example, onion service authentication is used by OnionShare outside of Tails.

    Authentication

  • Display the version of Tails in the Boot Loader

    Version

Fixed problems

  • Fix the search of some languages and keyboard layouts. ( #19200)

    Language

  • Make the upgrade of the Persistent Storage more reliable:

    • On some systems, the message "Upgrading the persistent storage" was displayed every time in Tails 5.14 when Tails failed to upgrade one of the cryptographic parameters. ( #19734)

    • On some USB sticks, upgrading the Persistent Storage was too slow and failed with the error message "Upgrade of persistent storage failed". ( #19728)

  • Fix opening documentation links from Tails Installer. ( #19870)

  • Prevent Tor Browser to access information about other Tor circuits. ( #19740)

  • Make the error when scanning the QR code of a bridge more consistent. ( #19737)

For more details, read our  changelog.

Known issues

#19728 was affecting 5.14, and it might still be present. If you encounter this bug, please  send us a WhisperBack report.

See the list of  long-standing issues.

Tails 5.15.1