[[!meta title="Tails 5.6 is out"]]

[[!meta date="Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:34:56 +0000"]]

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<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>

- Update *Tor Browser* to [11.5.5](https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1155).

Update the *Linux* kernel to 5.10.149. This should improve the support for newer hardware: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on.

<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>

When a manual upgrade is required, Tails now always points to the release notes of the latest version, instead of pointing sometimes to a deprecated version. ([[!tails_ticket 17069]])

For more details, read our [[!tails_gitweb debian/changelog desc="changelog"]].

<h1 id="issues">Known issues</h1>

None specific to this release.

See the list of [[long-standing issues|support/known_issues]].

<h1 id="get">Get Tails 5.6</h1>

To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage

- Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.6.

You can [[reduce the size of the download|doc/upgrade#reduce]] of future
automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.

If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an automatic upgrade, please try to do a [[manual upgrade|doc/upgrade/#manual]].

To install Tails on a new USB stick

Follow our installation instructions: