This release is an emergency release to fix critical security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser and Thunderbird.

You should upgrade as soon as possible.

Changes

Upgrades and changes

• Update Tor Browser to 8.0.2.

  This fixes 2 critical security vulnerabilities in JavaScript in Firefox.

• Update Thunderbird to fix these same vulnerabilities.

Fixed problems

• Fix the update of Additional Software. (#15978)

• Fix opening VeraCrypt file containers using the Open With Unlock VeraCrypt Volumes of GNOME Files. (#15954)

• Fix the display of the General tab in the preferences of Tor Browser. (#15917)

• Fix displaying the help of GNOME Videos. (#15841)

• Uninstall mutt. (#15904)

For more details, read our changelog.

Known issues

None specific to this release.

See the list of long-standing issues.

Get Tails 3.9.1

• To install, follow our installation instructions.

• To upgrade, automatic upgrades are available from 3.8 and 3.9 to 3.9.1.

  If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an automatic upgrade, please try to do a manual upgrade.

• Download Tails 3.9.1.

What's coming up?

Tails 3.10 is scheduled for October 23.

We need your help and there are many ways to contribute to Tails (donating is only one of them). Come talk to us!