Tails, a portable operating system that protects against snooping and censorship, has released a new version that includes capabilities like file system repair after unlocking persistent storage. Tor Browser has also been updated to version 13.5.6, with enhanced notifications for network interfaces that have been blocked owing to MAC address anonymization failure, an increased waiting period of 8 minutes, hidden password concealment, and improved handling of WhisperBack error messages.

Tails 6.8

New features

File system repair when unlocking the Persistent Storage

When the file system of the Persistent Storage has errors, Tails now offers you to repair the file system when unlocking from the Welcome Screen.

Because not all file system errors can be safely recovered this way, we wrote comprehensive documentation on how to  recover data from the Persistent Storage using complementary techniques.

Changes and updates

• Update Tor Browser to  13.5.6.

• Improve the notification when a network interface is disabled because MAC address anonymization failed.

Fixed problems

• Increase the maximum waiting time to 8 minutes when unlocking the Persistent Storage before returning an error. ( #20475)

• Hide shown password while unlocking Persistent Storage. ( #20498)

• Better handle failures in when sending WhisperBack error messages:

  • Fix input fields when Tails is not connected to Tor. ( #19731)
  • Fix accessibility of input fields with screen reader. ( #19903)

For more details, read our  changelog.  Tails 6.8