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We are sorry that Tails 5.8 affected many of you so badly.

Thanks to your patience and feedback, we were able to solve most of these new issues.

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

Simplify the error screen of the *Tor Connection* assistant when connecting automatically.

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

Update the *Linux* kernel to 6.0.12. This improves the support for newer hardware in general: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on. ([[!tails_ticket 18467]])

Remove from the Troubleshooting Mode 2 boot options that break support for some graphics cards: `nomodeset` and `vga=normal`. ([[!tails_ticket 19321]])

Please let us know if the support for your graphics cards has been fixed or
is still broken.

Fix starting AppImages that use the Qt toolkit like *Feather* and *Bitcoin-Qt*. ([[!tails_ticket 19326]])

When activation takes longer ([[!tails_ticket 19347]])

When the Dotfiles feature includes symbolic links ([[!tails_ticket 19346]])

Please keep reporting issues with the new Persistent Storage. We give them
top priority!

Copying a passphrase to unlock a database ([[!tails_ticket 19237]])

Using the auto-type feature ([[!tails_ticket 19339]])

Clearing passwords automatically from the clipboard after 10 seconds

Fix the display of the applications menu that was broken in some GTK3 applications installed as Additional Software. ([[!tails_ticket 19371]])

Localize the homepage of *Tor Browser* when started from the *Tor Connection* assistant. ([[!tails_ticket 19369]])