This release is an emergency release to fix important security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser.
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.
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.
Follow our installation instructions:
The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if you install instead of upgrading.
If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download Tails 7.6.1 directly:
For support and feedback, visit the Support section on the Tails website.