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

You should upgrade as soon as possible.

Included software

• Update Tor Browser to 9.0.7, which prevents JavaScript from sometimes being enabled in the Safest security level of Tor Browser.

• Update Tor to 0.4.2.7, which fixes TROVE-2020-002, a major denial-of-service vulnerability that affects both Tor relays and clients. Using this vulnerability, an attacker could cause Tor to consume a huge amount of CPU, disrupting its operations for several seconds or minutes, and create patterns that could aid in traffic analysis.

• Update Thunderbird to 68.6.0.

Known issues

None specific to this release.

See the list of long-standing issues.

Get Tails 4.4.1

To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your persistent storage

• Automatic upgrades are available from 4.2, 4.2.2, 4.3, and 4.4 to 4.4.1.

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

To install Tails on a new USB stick

Follow our installation instructions:

• Install from Windows
• Install from macOS
• Install from Linux

To download only

If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download Tails 4.4.1 directly:

• For USB sticks (USB image)
• For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)

What's coming up?

Tails 4.5 is scheduled for April 7.

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