# [Tails 5.12 is out](
https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.12/index.en.html)
# New features
## Data deletion when deactivating a feature of the Persistent Storage
After you turn off a feature of the Persistent Storage, you can now click the
**Delete Data** button to delete the data stored for this feature.
## Passphrase suggestion when creating the Persistent Storage
When creating the Persistent Storage, a random and very secure passphrase is
now displayed as a suggestion:
This passphrase uses the diceware method to give very strong security
guarantees while being possible to memorize.
For example, a six-word passphrase like we suggest would take 3 505 years to
crack at a trillion guesses a second.
Learn more about the maths in [The Intercept: Passphrases That You Can
Memorize -- But That Even the NSA Can't
Guess](
https://theintercept.com/2015/03/26/passphrases-can-memorize-attackers-
cant-guess/).
# Changes and updates
* Update _Tor Browser_ to [12.0.5](
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1205/).
* Update the _Linux_ kernel to 6.1.20. This improves the support for newer hardware: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on.
* Use a new icon for the backup utility for the Persistent Storage.
# Fixed problems
We fixed several reliability issues with the Persistent Storage:
* We improved the error message when a feature of the Persistent Storage fails to activate from the Welcome Screen to clarify which feature is affected.
After starting Tails, the feature that failed to activate is marked as such in
the Persistent Storage settings. You can try turning the feature off and on
again or deleting its data to reset it entirely.
* We made the activation of the Persistent Storage more reliable in 2 error cases. ([#19376](
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19376) and [#19331](
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19331))
* We added a progress indicator while turning on a new feature to clarify that it can take some time. ([#19291](
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19291))
* We made sure that all data that is already available in Tails is really copied to the USB stick when turning on a feature. ([#19368](
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19368))
For more details, read our
[changelog](
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog).
# Known issues
None specific to this release.
See the list of [long-standing
issues](
https://tails.boum.org/support/known_issues/index.en.html).
# Get Tails 5.12
## To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your persistent storage
* Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.12.
You can [reduce the size of the
download](
https://tails.boum.org/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#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](
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/windows/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)
* [Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG](
https://tails.boum.org/install/expert/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
5.12 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)
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