Releases

• Tails 4.5 was released on April 7.

• Tails 4.6 was released on May 5.

• Tails 4.7 is scheduled for June 2.

The following changes were introduced in Tails 4.5:

• Tails now starts on computers with Secure Boot enabled.

• Update Tor Browser to 9.0.9.

  This update fixes several vulnerabilities in Firefox, including some critical ones.

Documentation and website

Installation instructions

• Updated our installation instructions to the support of Secure Boot: (#17492)

  • On PC
  • On Mac
  • When adding boot options

• Added a link to try downloading from another mirror in case the download fails. (#15754)

  Click on Download USB image and the link below it changes.

• Fixed a buggy content reuse on the cloning instructions for PC and Mac. (#17502)

• Added shortcuts to download for DVDs and virtual machines from install. (#17609)

• Added a Skip download link on the download only pages. (#17549)

Terminology

• Implemented the terminology Persistent Storage consistently in all our documentation. (#8948)

• Renamed Tails Greeter into Welcome Screen. (#15122)

Known issues

• Documented that importing OpenPGP public keys using the Passwords and Keys utility is broken since Tails 4.0 (October 2019). (#17183)

• Documented that opening VeraCrypt volumes fails if the passphrase is more than 64 characters long. (#17474)

• Removed warnings about Electrum not working in Tails (#17581)

User experience

• Andrés Fernández Cordón finished the illustrations for the new Home and About pages.

  sajolida finished writing and testing the written content and most of the responsive web design.

• Changed our sidebar to a top bar. (#15112)

  It has a better contrast for accessibility, prevents right-rail blindess, and is more visible on mobile.

Funding

• Sent 2 grant applications:

  • To the OTF Core Infrastructure Fund to improve the user experience of connecting to Tor and using Tails to circumvent censorship.

  • To Reset to integrate mobile messaging applications (Signal, Telegram, Wire, Matrix, etc.).

• Redesigned our Donate button to fit in the top bar, even on mobile.

• Added ourselves to a list of nonprofits who accept lumens.

Translations

All the website

• fr: 85% (5541) strings translated, 7% strings fuzzy
• es: 49% (3172) strings translated, 7% strings fuzzy
• de: 32% (2087) strings translated, 13% strings fuzzy
• it: 29% (1878) strings translated, 9% strings fuzzy
• fa: 23% (1551) strings translated, 13% strings fuzzy
• pt: 22% (1479) strings translated, 9% strings fuzzy

Core pages of the website

• fr: 85% (1577) strings translated, 10% strings fuzzy
• es: 83% (1538) strings translated, 10% strings fuzzy
• it: 55% (1023) strings translated, 21% strings fuzzy
• de: 55% (1012) strings translated, 22% strings fuzzy
• pt: 41% (772) strings translated, 17% strings fuzzy
• fa: 28% (524) strings translated, 19% strings fuzzy

Core pages of the website for languages not activated on the website yet

• zh_TW: 28% (427) strings translated, 12% strings fuzzy
• zh: 14% (225) strings translated, 6% strings fuzzy
• ru: 10% (160) strings translated, 5% strings fuzzy
• pl: 8% (133) strings translated, 4% strings fuzzy
• tr: 8% (133) strings translated, 4% strings fuzzy
• ar: 7% (119) strings translated, 5% strings fuzzy
• ca: 7% (115) strings translated, 5% strings fuzzy
• id: 5% (91) strings translated, 2% strings fuzzy
• sr_Latn: 4% (62) strings translated, 1% strings fuzzy

Metrics

• Tails has been started more than 936 560 times this month. This makes 31 219 boots a day on average.

  That's 8.7% more than in March and the biggest increase in usage since 2015. It's most likely due to the COVID-19 quarantine and people staying at home but it might also be a good sign from the support of Secure Boot and an easier adoption by new users.