# Tails changelog > The portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship. - Vendor: Tails Project - Category: Operating Systems - Official site: https://tails.net - Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails) - Harvested from: Blog (https://tails.net/news/index.en.rss) - Entries below: 10 (newest first) What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. ## Releases ### 7.10.1 — Tails 7.10.1 - Date: 2026-08-05 - Version: 7.10.1 - Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.10.1/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.10.1 This release is an emergency release to fix critical security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and the expat XML library. Changes and updates Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.100, which fixes CVE-20… - **security** — Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.100 to fix critical security vulnerabilities - **security** — Update the expat XML library to fix critical security vulnerabilities ### 7.10 — Tails 7.10 - Date: 2026-07-23 - Version: 7.10 - Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.10/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.10 New features New shutdown procedure Tails now uses the standard shutdown procedure from GNOME. The standard shutdown procedure is a bit slower, but better prevents data loss. For example, the Power Of… - **changed** — Use the standard shutdown procedure from GNOME instead of the previous custom shutdown procedure to better prevent data loss ### 7.9.1 — Tails 7.9.1 - Date: 2026-07-01 - Version: 7.9.1 - Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.9.1/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.9.1 Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 15.0.17 . Update the Tor client to 0.4.9.11. Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.94, which fixes CVE-2026-43503 ( DirtyClone ) and CVE-2026-46331 ( PACKET_EDIT_ME… - **changed** — Update Tor Browser to 15.0.17 - **changed** — Update the Tor client to 0.4.9.11 - **changed** — Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.94 - **security** — Fix CVE-2026-43503 (DirtyClone) - **security** — Fix CVE-2026-46331 (PACKET_EDIT_ME) ### 7.9 — Tails 7.9 - Date: 2026-06-18 - Version: 7.9 - Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.9/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.9 Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 15.0.16 . Update some firmware packages. This improves support for newer hardware: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on. Fixed problems Stop notifying about outdated Se… - **changed** — Update Tor Browser to 15.0.16 - **changed** — Update firmware packages to improve support for newer hardware including graphics and Wi-Fi - **fixed** — Stop notifying about outdated Secure Boot or UEFI settings ### 7.8.1 — Tails 7.8.1 - Date: 2026-06-04 - Version: 7.8.1 - Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.8.1/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.8.1 This release is an emergency release to fix a serious security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, as well as security vulnerabilities in the Tor client. Changes and updates Update the Tor client to 0.… - **security** — Fix a serious security vulnerability in the Linux kernel - **security** — Fix security vulnerabilities in the Tor client - **changed** — Update the Tor client to 0.4.8.12 ### 7.8 — Tails 7.8 - Date: 2026-05-21 - Version: 7.8 - Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.8/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.8 Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 15.0.14 . Remove Thunderbird . You can still install Thunderbird as additional software . If you have both the Thunderbird Email Client and Additional Softwar… - **changed** — Update Tor Browser to 15.0.14 - **removed** — Remove Thunderbird ### 7.7.3 — Tails 7.7.3 - Date: 2026-05-12 - Version: 7.7.3 - Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.7.3/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.7.3 This release is an emergency release to fix a critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, as well as security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser and in the Tor client. Changes and updates Update… - **security** — Fix a critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel - **security** — Fix security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser - **security** — Fix security vulnerabilities in the Tor client ### 7.7.2 — Tails 7.7.2 - Date: 2026-05-04 - Version: 7.7.2 - Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.7.2/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.7.2 This release is an emergency release to fix a critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel. Changes and updates Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.85, which fixes Copy Fail , a vulnerability that… - **security** — Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.85 to fix Copy Fail, a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel ### 7.7.1 — Tails 7.7.1 - Date: 2026-04-30 - Version: 7.7.1 - Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.7.1/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.7.1 This release is an emergency release to fix important security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser . Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 15.0.11 , which fixes several vulnerabilities in Firefox 140.1… - **security** — Update Tor Browser to 15.0.11 to fix several vulnerabilities in Firefox 140.1 ### 7.7 — Tails 7.7 - Date: 2026-04-23 - Version: 7.7 - Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.7/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.7 New feature Detection of outdated Secure Boot certificates Since 2023, Microsoft has started replacing the Secure Boot certificates originally issued in 2011. These older certificates begin expiring i… - **added** — Detect outdated Secure Boot certificates that expired after 2023 when Microsoft began replacing the original certificates issued in 2011