Download Tails 5.21

Tails stands for The amnesic incognito live system and is a live Linux distribution that focuses on privacy and anonymity. It uses Debian GNU/Linux as a base and adds a Gnome environment with Tor, Tor Browser, Pidgin, Thunderbird, Electrum, LibreOffice, GPG and KeePassXC. For more information please refer to this page. Version 5 is based on Debian 11 and, among other things, OpenPGP has been replaced by Kleopatra. The following changes and improvements have been made in version 5.21:

Changes and updates

• Help troubleshoot when resizing the system partition fails the first time Tails is started.
• Translate the date displayed in the top navigation bar.
• Update Tor Browser to 13.0.7.
• Update the Tor client to 0.4.8.10.

Fixed problems

• Fix Tor Browser crashing when clicking on the UBlock icon. (#20061)
• Make time synchronization more reliable. (#19923)
• @BenWestgate fixed several issues in the backup feature of Tails Cloner:
  • Remove message about doing a backup when no USB stick is plugged in. (#20063)
  • Update available options when plugging in another USB stick. (#20042)
  • Point to backup instructions when choosing to clone the Persistent Storage. (!1305)

For more details, read our changelog.