[Tails-testers] [Tails-news] Call for testing: 4.11~rc1

Tails 4.11, scheduled for September 22, will be the first version of Tails to
include Tor Browser 10.0 and to support persistent settings on the Welcome
Screen!

You can help Tails by testing the release candidate for Tails 4.11 now.

# Persistent settings on the Welcome Screen

If you enable this persistence feature your Welcome Screen settings, like
language selection and any administration password, will be automatically
saved between sessions. While at the Welcome Screen the settings are restored
as soon as you unlock your persistent encrypted volume. Please let us know if
there are any problems!

# Tor Browser 10.0 (alpha 6)

This new major release of Tor Browser is based on a brand new Firefox ESR
series, version 78, which contains tons of changes, most under the hood.
There's a risk that some of these changes break some expected feature in
Tails, so please pay close attention and report any such issues to us!

# Changelog

For more details about what has changed in Tails 4.11~rc1, read our
[changelog](https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/raw/4.11-rc1/debian/changelog).

# Known issues

* In Tor Browser, opening `file://` URLs has a problem: opening any such local file will result in an infinite refresh loop like if you kept the F5 key pressed, so it will likely not display anything. At the moment this makes it impossible to read the offline documentation inside Tails, for instance. This will be fixed in Tails 4.11.

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

# How to test Tails 4.11~rc1?

Keep in mind that this is a test image. We tested that it is not broken in
obvious ways, but it might still contain undiscovered issues.

Please, report any new problem to [tails-testers@???](mailto:tails-
testers@???) (public mailing list).

# Get Tails 4.11~rc1

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

* Automatic upgrades are available from 4.2 or later to 4.11~rc1.

To do an automatic upgrade to Tails 4.11~rc1:

    1. Start Tails 4.2 or later and [set an administration password](https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password/index.en.html).

    2. Run this command in a _Terminal_:

                echo TAILS_CHANNEL=\"alpha\" | sudo tee -a /etc/os-release && \
             tails-upgrade-frontend-wrapper

Enter the administration password when asked for the "password for amnesia".

    3. After the upgrade is applied, restart Tails and choose **Applications ▸ Tails ▸ About Tails** to verify that you are running Tails 4.11~rc1.

* 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 download 4.11~rc1

### Direct download

* [For USB sticks (USB image)](http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/alpha/tails-amd64-4.11~rc1/tails-amd64-4.11~rc1.img) ([OpenPGP signature](https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-amd64-4.11~rc1.img.sig))

* [For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)](http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/alpha/tails-amd64-4.11~rc1/tails-amd64-4.11~rc1.iso) ([OpenPGP signature](https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-amd64-4.11~rc1.iso.sig))

### BitTorrent download

* [For USB sticks (USB image)](https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-amd64-4.11~rc1.img.torrent)

* [For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)](https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-amd64-4.11~rc1.iso.torrent)

## To install Tails on a new USB stick

Follow our installation instructions:

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

All the data on this USB stick will be lost.

# What's coming up?

Tails 4.11 is [scheduled](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/calendar/) for
September 22.

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=4.11-rc1) is only one of them).
Come [talk to us](https://tails.boum.org/about/contact/index.en.html#tails-
dev)!



URL: https://tails.boum.org/news/test_4.11-rc1/
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