New Release: Tails 7.6.1

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by tails | April 8, 2026

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This release is an emergency release to fix important security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser.

Changes and updates

We are not aware of these vulnerabilities being exploited in practice.

  • Update the Tor client to 0.4.9.6.

  • Update Thunderbird to 140.9.0.

  • Update some firmware packages. This improves support for newer hardware: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on.

For more details, read our changelog.

Get Tails 7.6.1

To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage

  • Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 7.0 or later to 7.6.1.

  • 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 7.6.1 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 7.6.1 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_6_1
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First of all, hands down to one of the most impressive operation systems for an average person to use without knowing debian since early childhood.

I’ve really used KeePassXC on a regular basis, and worked out a flow. With the new software Secrets, that flow has completely lost. It will perhaps pass with time. But one thing, for ex. is that I liked the many options and tools that KeePassXC had. One was to generate a password without having to start a new "thread”.

I would like to install KeePassXC, and it is possible, though that will challenge my security structure.

I guess its two questions I am asking:

  1. Secrets seems extremely skinned down to almost the basic things, missing many tools and workabouts. Am I right here, or do I miss something?
  2. Is there any way to access KeePassXC without having to issue an admin password?

And 3. Am I the only one who thinks this shift is deep down, not up.

Thanks in advance,

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