This release fixes [known security
vulnerabilities](https://tails.boum.org/security/known_security_vulnerabilities_in_4.15.1/index.en.html).
You should upgrade as soon as possible.

# New features

# Changes and updates

  * Update _Tor Browser_ to 
[10.0.12](https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-10012).

  * Update _Thunderbird_ to 
[78.7.0](https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.7.0/releasenotes/).

  * Update _Linux_ to 5.10.13. This should improve the support for newer 
hardware (graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on).

  * Update _Tor_ to 0.4.5.5.

# Fixed problems

  * Stop focusing on the **Cancel** button by default when downloading an 
upgrade to prevent canceling the download by mistake. 
([#18072](https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18072))

For more details, read our
[changelog](https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog).

# Known issues

  * Automatic upgrades are broken from Tails 4.14 and earlier.

To upgrade from Tails 4.14 or earlier, you can either:

    * Do a [manual 
upgrade](https://tails.boum.org/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual).

    * Fix the automatic upgrade from a terminal. To do so:

      1. Start Tails and set up an [administration 
password](https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password/index.en.html).

      2. In a terminal, execute the following command:
            
                        torsocks curl --silent 
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/raw/master/config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/tails/certs/lets-encrypt-r3.pem
 \
            | sudo tee --append /usr/local/etc/ssl/certs/tails.boum.org-CA.pem \
            && systemctl --user restart tails-upgrade-frontend
            

This command is a single command that wraps across several lines. Copy and
paste the entire block at once and make sure that it executes as a single
command.

      3. About 30 seconds later, you should be prompted to upgrade to the 
latest version of Tails. If no prompt appear, you might already be running the 
latest version of Tails.

See the list of [long-standing
issues](https://tails.boum.org/support/known_issues/index.en.html).

# Get Tails 4.16

## To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your persistent storage

  * Automatic upgrades are broken from Tails 4.14 and earlier. See the [known 
issue above](https://tails.boum.org/news/index.en.html#broken-upgrades).

  * Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 4.15 or later to 4.16.

  * If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an 
automatic upgrade, please try to do a [manual 
upgrade](https://tails.boum.org/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual).

## To install Tails on a new USB stick

Follow our installation instructions:

  * [Install from Windows](https://tails.boum.org/install/win/index.en.html)
  * [Install from macOS](https://tails.boum.org/install/mac/index.en.html)
  * [Install from Linux](https://tails.boum.org/install/linux/index.en.html)

The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if you install instead of
upgrading.

## To download only

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

  * [For USB sticks (USB 
image)](https://tails.boum.org/install/download/index.en.html)
  * [For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO 
image)](https://tails.boum.org/install/download-iso/index.en.html)

# What's coming up?

Tails 4.17 is [scheduled](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/calendar/) for
March 23.

Have a look at our [roadmap](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/roadmap) to see
where we are heading to.

We need your help and there are many ways to [contribute to
Tails](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/index.en.html)
([donating](https://tails.boum.org/donate/?r=4.16) is only one of them). Come
[talk to us](https://tails.boum.org/about/contact/index.en.html#tails-dev)!



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