A new version of Tails, a portable operating system that offers security from snooping and censorship, has been released.
Tails - Tails 5.16
Changes and updates
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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.
Get Tails 5.16
To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your persistent storage
Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.16.
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.
