by tails | October 14, 2025
Changes and updates
- Change the home page of Tor Browser in Tails to an offline page, very similar to the home page of Tor Browser outside of Tails, instead of an online page from our website.
- Improve the message when an administration password is required to open an application but no administration password was set in the Welcome Screen.
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Update Tor Browser to 14.5.8.
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Update the Tor client to 0.4.8.19.
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Update Thunderbird to 140.3.0.
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Remove the package
ifupdown.
Fixed problems
- Hide the message "Your connection to Tor is not being managed by Tor Browser " in new tabs of Tor Browser. (#21215)
For more details, read our changelog.
Get Tails 7.1
To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage
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Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 7.0 or later to 7.1.
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If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an automatic upgrade, please try to do a manual upgrade.
To install Tails 7.1 on a new USB stick
Follow our installation instructions:
The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if you install instead of upgrading.
To download only
If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download Tails 7.1 directly:
Support and feedback
For support and feedback, visit the Support section on the Tails website.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_1