The release candidate for Tails 4.22 has been released for testing. Tails is a portable operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux that protects against surveillance and censorship.

Tails - Call for testing 4.22~rc1

Contribute to Tails by testing our release candidate for Tails 4.22 by the end of August!

What's new since 4.21?

• Update Thunderbird to  78.13

• Tor Connection assistant will stop trying to connect to Tor when the error screen is displayed.

• Offline documentation includes the Russian language translation.

For more details, read our  changelog.

Get Tails 4.22~rc1

To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your persistent storage

If you are running Tails 4.19 or later, you can upgrade like this:

1. Start Tails and  set an administration password.

2. Connect to the network and make sure Tor is connected successfully.

3. Run this command in a Terminal:

   echo TAILS_CHANNEL=\"alpha\" | sudo tee -a /etc/os-release && \
        tails-upgrade-frontend-wrapper
   

   Enter the administration password when asked for the "password for amnesia".

4. After the upgrade is applied, restart Tails and choose Applications ▸ Tails ▸ About Tails to verify that you are running Tails 4.22~rc1.

Tails - Call for testing 4.22~rc1