# Tails 7.12 — Tails 7.12

- Product: Tails (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails)
- Vendor: Tails Project
- Date: 2026-09-03
- Version: 7.12
- Original notes: https://tails.net/news/version_7.12/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/tails/releases/7.12

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Firefox is moving to a 2-week release cadence starting in September, and so Tor Browser and Tails are doing the same. Tails 7.12 is the first release on this new cadence. Changes and updates Update El…

- **changed** — Tails now follows a 2-week release cadence starting with this version