1 [[!meta date="Sat, 19 Dec 2015 16:33:34 +0000"]]
2 [[!pagetemplate template="news.tmpl"]]
3 [[!meta title="Tails 1.8.1 is out"]]
6 This release fixes [[numerous security
7 issues|security/Numerous_security_holes_in_1.8]]. All users must
8 upgrade as soon as possible.
14 ## Upgrades and changes
16 - Tor Browser to [5.0.6](https://gitweb.torproject.org/builders/tor-browser-bundle.git/tree/Bundle-Data/Docs/ChangeLog.txt?h=maint-5.0&id=tbb-5.0.6-build1)
20 - Fix time synchronization in bridge mode.
24 * Automatic upgrades are much slower to apply than before.
25 Expect the upgrade to take around an hour *after* the download is
26 finished. See [[!tails_ticket 10757]] for details.
28 See the current list of [[known issues|support/known_issues]].
32 Go to the [[install]] or [[upgrade|doc/upgrade/]] page.
34 If your Tails does not
35 boot after an automatic upgrade, please [[upgrade your Tails
36 manually|doc/upgrade#manual]].
38 # For users of a persistent Electrum Bitcoin client
40 If you have enabled the <span class="guilabel">Bitcoin client</span>
41 (<span class="application">Electrum</span>) persistence feature and
42 have *upgraded* a Tails USB stick installation to Tails 1.8.1, then
43 please follow these steps in order to make Electrum able to connect
46 1. Make sure <span class="application">Electrum</span> is not running.
48 1. Choose <span class="menuchoice"><span class="guimenu">Applications</span> ▸
49 <span class="guisubmenu">Accessories</span> ▸
50 <span class="guimenuitem">Terminal</span></span> to open a terminal.
52 1. Execute the following command to migrate the configuration:
54 echo '{"auto_connect": true, "proxy": "socks5:localhost:9050"}' > ~/.electrum/config
58 The next Tails release is [[scheduled|contribute/calendar]] for January 26.
60 Have a look at our [[!tails_roadmap]] to see where we are heading to.
62 We need your help and there are many ways to [[contribute to
63 Tails|contribute]] ([[donating|donate]] is only one of
64 them). Come [[talk to us|about/contact#tails-dev]]!