This release fixes many security issues and users should upgrade as soon as possible.

Changes

New features

Tor redesigned Tor Launcher, the application to configure a Tor bridge or a local proxy.

Upgrades and changes

Update Tor Browser to 7.5.

Update Linux to 4.14.13 and the microcode firmware for AMD to mitigate Spectre.

Update Thunderbird to 52.5.

Fixed problems

Fix printing to a PDF in Tor Browser. (#13403 and #15024)

Fix the opening of the Applications menu when the time synchronization changed the clock in the past. (#14250)

Fix the opening of the documentation included in Tails for many non-English languages. (#15160)

Fix translations of the time synchronization and "Tor is ready" notifications. (#13437)

Remove the code to migrate from Claws Mail that was preventing Thunderbird to start in some cases. (#12734)

For more details, read our changelog.

Known issues

Debug and error messages appear when starting Tails, including an alarming message about a kernel BUG. These messages do not affect the safety of Tails.

In Tails Installer, it is only possible to select an ISO image when choose Use a downloaded Tails ISO image when running Tails in English. For other language, the file chooser button remains inactive:

The documentation shipped in Tails doesn't open in Tor Browser anymore. The warning page of the Unsafe Browser also lacks graphical design. (#14962 and Tor #24243)

See the list of long-standing issues.

Get Tails 3.5

To install, follow our installation instructions.

To upgrade, automatic upgrades are available from 3.3 and 3.4 to 3.5. If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if you fail to start after an automatic upgrade, please try to do a manual upgrade.

Download Tails 3.5.

What's coming up?

Tails 3.6 is scheduled for March 13.

Have a look at our roadmap to see where we are heading to.

We need your help and there are many ways to contribute to Tails (donating is only one of them). Come talk to us!