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<!doctype html> <html> <head> <title>New Release: Tails 6.9 | The Tor Project</title> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <meta name="monetization" content="$ilp.uphold.com/pYfXb92JBQN4"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/style.css?h=f806c0b1"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/fonts/fontawesome/css/all.min.css?h=3c73ff1c"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/pygments.css"> <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/static/images/favicon/favicon.ico"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/static/images/favicon/favicon.png"> <meta property="og:title" content="New Release: Tails 6.9 | Tor Project"> <meta property="og:description" content="Tails 6.9 is out."> <meta property="og:image" content="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6-9/lead.jpg"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6-9/"> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"> </head> <body> <header> <nav> <a class="navbar-brand" href="/"><img alt="Tor Blog" src="/static/images/logo.png" /></a> <ul class="navbar-nav"> <li><a href="https://www.torproject.org/about/history/">About</a></li> <li><a href="https://support.torproject.org/">Support</a></li> <li><a href="https://community.torproject.org/">Community</a></li> <li><a href="https://forum.torproject.org/">Forum</a></li> <li><a href="https://donate.torproject.org/">Donate</a></li></ul> </nav> </header> <section class="content"> <main> <article class="blog-post"> <h1 class="title"> New Release: Tails 6.9 </h1> <p class="meta">by <a href="/author/tails">tails</a> | October 31, 2024</p> <picture> <source media="(min-width:415px)" srcset="/new-release-tails-6-9/lead.webp" type="image/webp"> <source srcset="/new-release-tails-6-9/lead_small.webp" type="image/webp"> <img class="lead" src="/new-release-tails-6-9/lead.jpg"> </picture> <div class="body"><h2>Changes and updates</h2> <ul> <li><p>Update <em>Tor Browser</em> to <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1401/">14.0.1</a>.</p> </li> <li><p>Update the <em>Tor</em> client to 0.4.8.13.</p> </li> <li><p>Update <em>Thunderbird</em> to <a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.16.0esr/releasenotes/">115.16.0</a>.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Fixed problems</h2> <ul> <li>Fix automatic upgrades aborting with the error message "<code>The upgrade could not be downloaded</code>" even after a successful download. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20593">#20593</a>)</li> </ul> <p>For more details, read our <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p> <h2>Get Tails 6.9</h2> <h3>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h3> <ul> <li><p>Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 6.0 or later to 6.9.</p> </li> <li><p>If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an automatic upgrade, please try to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>To install Tails 6.9 on a new USB stick</h3> <p>Follow our installation instructions:</p> <ul> <li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/">Install from Windows</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/">Install from macOS</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/">Install from Linux</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if you install instead of upgrading.</p> <h3>To download only</h3> <p>If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download Tails 6.9 directly:</p> <ul> <li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download/">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2>Support and feedback</h2> <p>For support and feedback, visit the <a href="https://tails.net/support/">Support section</a> on the Tails website.</p> </div> <div class="categories"> <ul><li> <a href="/category/partners"> partners </a> </li><li> <a href="/category/releases"> releases </a> </li></ul> </div> </article> <div class="share-links"> <strong>Share this post:</strong><br /> <a class="copy-link" href="#"><i class="fas fa-link"></i><span>Copy link</span></a> <a target="blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A//blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6-9/"><i class="fab fa-facebook"></i><span>Facebook</span></a> <a target="blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A//blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6-9/&text=Tails%206.9%20is%20out."><i class="fab fa-x-twitter"></i><span>Twitter/X</span></a> <a class="mastodon-share" target="blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://mastodonshare.com/?url=https%3A//blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6-9/&text=Tails%206.9%20is%20out."><i class="fab fa-mastodon"></i><span>Mastodon</span></a> <a target="blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=Tails%206.9%20is%20out.%0Ahttps%3A//blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6-9/"><i class="fab fa-bluesky"></i><span>Bluesky</span></a> </div> <div class="comments"> <h2>Comments</h2> <p>We encourage respectful, on-topic comments. 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