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Tails 5.12 (Stable) has been released. (19-April-2023)

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tails (5.12) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Test suite: Try to catch another case of "Display output is not active"
    (tails/tails!1106)

    Closes issues:
      - Test suite breakage when restoring an old Bullseye snapshot: "Guest disabled
        display", "Display output is not active" (tails/tails#18953)

    Commits:
      - Test suite: Try to catch another case of "Display output is not active"

  * Test suite: Press escape to wake up the display (tails/tails!1089)

    Closes issues:
      - Test suite breakage when restoring an old Bullseye snapshot: "Guest disabled
        display", "Display output is not active" (tails/tails#18953)

    Commits:
      - Test suite: Retry restoring snapshot 3 times
      - Test suite: Press escape up wake up the display

  * Upgrade to Linux 6.1.20-1 (stable branch) (tails/tails!1080)

    Closes issues:
      - Upgrade to Linux 6.1.15 (tails/tails#19484)
      - Upgrade to Linux 6.1.20+ (tails/tails#19556)

    Commits:
      - Upgrade to Linux 6.1.20-1 from sid

  * Upgrade to Linux 6.1.20-1 from sid (devel branch) (tails/tails!1079)

    Commits:
      - Upgrade to Linux 6.1.20-1 from sid

  * Add icon for tails-backup (tails/tails!1111)

    Closes issues:
      - Have an icon for the backup utility (tails/tails#19363)

    Commits:
      - Update icon for Persistent Storage settings
      - Add icon for tails-backup

  * Additional Software: Fix launched apps not accessible via Dogtail
    (tails/tails!1092)

    Closes issues:
      - tca-portal, tails-additional-software: don't run apps as amnesia under the
        scope of the (root) systemd service (tails/tails#19131)
      - Additional Software is in English when launched from a notification
        (tails/tails#17365)
      - tails-additional-software-config and gedit started from a notification are not
        accessible ⇒ breaks test suite (tails/tails#19233)

    Commits:
      - Additional Software: Make tails-additional-software-config D-Bus activatable
      - Additional Software: Launch apps with gtk-launch

  * Resolve "myspace.com has become incompatible with our htpdate setup"
    (tails/tails!1085)

    Closes issues:
      - myspace.com has become incompatible with our htpdate setup (tails/tails#19561)

    Commits:
      - test-iuk: list 1 package per line, for nicer future diffs
      - test-iuk: make it breathe
      - test-iuk: refuse running unless in a throw-away container
      - convert shell script to set -eu
      - move test-iuk to its own file
      - refactor: put in its own file
      - retry on failures
      - replace myspace.com with facebook.com

  * Test suite: Fix step "persistent Greeter options were restored"
    (tails/tails!1084)

    Closes issues:
      - "Persistent Greeter options" test suite scenario always fails
        (tails/tails#19558)

    Commits:
      - Test suite: Avoid an unnecessary reboot
      - Test suite: Make clicking "Connect to Tor" button more robust
      - Test suite: Add alternative persian comma image
      - Test suite: Fix step "persistent Greeter options were restored"
      - Test suite: Translate Dogtail args to $lang_code
      - Remote shell: Support setting environment variables in remote commands
      - Test suite: Support configuring chutney start time

  * tps: Fix hook execution with --profiling option (tails/tails!1112)

    Commits:
      - tps: Fix hook execution with --profiling option

  * Shell library: Validate LANG before using it (tails/tails!1110)

    Closes issues:
      - Validate LANG in localization.sh (tails/tails#19576)

    Commits:
      - Shell library: Validate LANG before using it

  * Remove obsolete disabling of nf_conntrack_helper (tails/tails!1109)

    Closes issues:
      - Update disabling of netfilter's automatic conntrack helper assignment
        (tails/tails#19557)

    Commits:
      - Remove obsolete disabling of nf_conntrack_helper

  * Test suite: Fix Electrum test (tails/tails!1105)

    Closes issues:
      - Electrum test suite broken by !1010 (tails/tails#19589)

    Commits:
      - Test suite: Fix Electrum test

  * Test suite: Fix additional software scenario (tails/tails!1102)

    Closes issues:
      - Test suite: Scenario "Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software
        previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online" fails
        (tails/tails#19574)

    Commits:
      - Remove @fragile tags that were only justified by #19233, which was solved via
        !1092
      - Test suite: Fix additional software scenario

  * Additional Software: Use valid D-Bus name as app name (tails/tails!1099)

    Closes issues:
      - `gtk-launch org.boum.tails.additional-software-config.desktop` is broken
        (tails/tails#19584)

    Commits:
      - Design doc: update path
      - Additional Software: Use valid D-Bus name as app name

  * Test suite: allow the pattern to cover slightly less of the write cache
    (tails/tails!1098)

    Closes issues:
      - Test Suite: Feature "System memory erasure on shutdown" is fragile
        (tails/tails#19583)

    Commits:
      - Test suite: allow the pattern to cover even less of the write cache
      - Test suite: allow the pattern to cover slightly less of the write cache

  * Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.0.5 (tails/tails!1097)

    Closes issues:
      - Upgrade to Tor Browser 12.0.5, based on Firefox 102.10 (tails/tails#19559)

    Commits:
      - Fetch Tor Browser from our own archive
      - Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.0.5-build2
      - Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.0.5-build1

  * tps: Fix "python.UnknownError" returned for builtin errors (tails/tails!1095)

    Closes issues:
      - Buggy error handling in tps: OSError is not a valid D-Bus name
        (tails/tails#19578)

    Commits:
      - tps: Fix "python.UnknownError" returned for builtin errors

  * Welcome Screen: Support login kernel command-line option (tails/tails!1093)

    Commits:
      - Welcome Screen: Support login kernel command-line option

  * Welcome Screen: Don't allow unlocking with empty passphrase by pressing Enter
    (tails/tails!1091)

    Closes issues:
      - Welcome Screen: Don't allow unlocking with empty passphrase by pressing Enter
        (tails/tails#19570)

    Commits:
      - Welcome Screen: Don't allow unlocking with empty passphrase by pressing Enter

  * systemd: Use name in unit status messages (tails/tails!1088)

    Closes issues:
      - systemd: Use name instead of description in unit status messages
        (tails/tails#19568)

    Commits:
      - systemd: Use both name and description in unit status messages

  * Display a diceware suggestion when creating the Persistent Storage
    (tails/tails!1087)

    Closes issues:
      - Display a diceware suggestion when creating the Persistent Storage
        (tails/tails#18148)

    Commits:
      - tps-frontend: Move passphrase suggestion code to passphrase_view.py
      - tps-frontend: Fix local variable 'passphrase' might be referenced before
        assignment
      - tps-frontend: Increase spacing between suggested passphrase and refresh button
      - tps-frontend: Add missing space to error message
      - tps-frontend: Fix indentation
      - tps-frontend: hide relevant UI elements when diceware fails
      - tps-frontend: give attribute an expressive name
      - Wait Bookworm to use the non-English wordlists
      - Determine passphrase suggestion width automatically
      - tps-frontend: Remove default passphrase suggestion
      - tps-frontend: refactoring
      - tps-frontend: hide 'for example' label when diceware suggestion fails
      - tps-frontend: don't break when wordlist directory doesn't exist
      - tps-frontend: Use a method to set a new passphrase hint
      - tps-frontend: Log the exceptions caused by diceware suggestion
      - tps-frontend: print stderr when diceware fails
      - tps-frontend: use a wordlist in the currently configured language when
        available
      - tps-frontend: adjust passphrase view UI
      - Display a diceware suggestion when creating the Persistent Storage

  * Fix race when starting tails-ibus-proxy.service (tails/tails!1086)

    Commits:
      - tails-dbus-proxy: Add missing PIDFile= property to systemd services
      - tails-ibus-proxy: Busy wait on ibus-daemon
      - tails-ibus-proxy: Fix missing whitespace (PEP-8)
      - Fix race when starting tails-ibus-proxy.service

  * Don't translate "known security vulnerabilities" (tails/tails!1081)

    Commits:
      - Don't translate "known security vulnerabilities"

  * Fix progress information inconsistencies when resuming an automatic upgrade
    download (tails/tails!1071)

    Closes issues:
      - Upgrader sometimes fails: Negative number not allowed in format_bytes at
        /usr/local/share/perl/5.32.1/Tails/IUK/Role/FormatByte.pm line 45 (Fix progress
        information inconsistencies when resuming an automatic upgrade download)
        (tails/tails#18435)

    Commits:
      - Revert "Upgrader: Avoid display the progress dialog initial text"
      - Untabify
      - Make code style more consistent
      - Add comment
      - Upgrader: Avoid display the progress dialog initial text
      - Tails::IUK::LWP::UserAgent::WithProgress: check if the temp file exists
      - Tails::IUK::LWP::UserAgent::WithProgress: always display the total amount of
        data downloaded

  * Persistent Storage design docs (tails/tails!1035)

    Closes issues:
      - Persistent Storage: Update design doc (tails/tails#19223)

    Commits:
      - Remove XXX comments
      - Remove glossary entry for tails-persistence-setup
      - Link to contribute/Persistent_Storage in contribute.mdwn
      - Persistent Storage design doc: Don't link to line numbers
      - Revert "Rename persistence.mdwn -> Persistent_Storage.mdwn"
      - Follow style guide
      - Fix sentence
      - Fix typo
      - Improve Persistent Storage contribute doc
      - Rename persistence.mdwn -> Persistent_Storage.mdwn
      - Move persistent-storage/HACKING.md to website
      - Update Additional Software design doc
      - Persistent Storage design doc: Add section on symlink attacks
      - Improve Persistent Storage design doc
      - better draft of Persistent Storage design docs

  * tps: Fix activation of feature in inconsistent state (tails/tails!1010)

    Closes issues:
      - Consider sync'ing data to disk after copying it to Persistent Storage when
        activating a feature (tails/tails#19368)
      - Seemingly spurious tps.configuration.mount.IsActiveException when deactivating
        a Persistent Storage feature (tails/tails#19331)
      - Delete corresponding data when a feature of the Persistent Storage is turned
        off in the settings (tails/tails#8447)
      - Switches of the new Persistent Storage are too slow to respond on some USB
        sticks (tails/tails#19291)
      - tps: Fix activation failing when in inconsistent state (tails/tails#19376)

    Commits:
      - Test suite: Update string
      - less ambiguous variable name
      - libtps.sh: Print JSON output
      - Apply 1 suggestion(s) to 1 file(s)
      - libtps.sh: Describe format returned by tps_get_features()
      - Apply 1 suggestion(s) to 1 file(s)
      - Make code easier to review
      - tps-frontend: Check if action row is defined
      - Fix comment
      - Explain stacklevel option
      - Use normal string instead of f-string
      - Fix comment
      - Update PO files.
      - Update to !1010
      - tps: Delete feature data via `rm -rf`
      - tps: Set HasData to True if we can't figure it out
      - tps-frontend: Ensure that the delete data button has the correct visibility
      - tps-frontend: Fix feature deactivated when IsActive changes to False
      - tps: Ensure that all feature properties are refreshed
      - Welcome Screen: Improve error message
      - Test suite: Use tpscli instead of parsing persistence.conf
      - Test suite: Fix "Given" used instead of "Then"
      - Test suite: Improve scenario "Feature activation fails"
      - Test suite: Use consistent wording
      - tps: Support reloading the service
      - Test suite: Improve comment and variable names
      - Test suite: Add another check that tps feature is deactivated immediately
      - Test suite: Use "active" instead of "enabled" for Persistent Storage
      - Test suite: Add scenario "Feature activation fails"
      - Welcome Screen: Show unlocked message when features failed to activate
      - Integrate tps-frontend Python files into our l10n framework
      - tps: Don't return an error in Unlock when features have unexpected state
      - Improve strings
      - tps-frontend: Don't insert hyphens when breaking lines in the error message
      - Test suite: Add scenario "Deleting data of a Persistent Storage feature"
      - tps-frontend: Remove unused imports
      - tps-frontend: Add accessible name to delete data button
      - tps-frontend: Make title of error dialogs bold
      - tps: Print stderr of failed commands in error messages
      - Test suite: Improve Gherkin of "Activating and deactivating Persistent Storage
        features" scenario
      - tps: Strip the "GDBus.Error:" prefix from errors displayed to users
      - tps: Check that enabling/disabling feature worked
      - tps: Fix ActivationFailedError raised instead of DeactivationFailedError
      - tps: Fix incorrect PropertiesChanged signal
      - tps: Add behave test for deleting feature
      - tps: Fix behave tests failing
      - tps: Fix no PropertiesChanged emitted for HasData
      - tps: Remove Error property
      - tps-frontend: Use IsEnabled property
      - tps: Don't raise AlreadyActivatedError and NotActivatedError
      - tps: Fix race condition when adding/removing features from config file
      - tps: Add new property Feature.IsEnabled
      - Welcome Screen: Mention which features failed to activate
      - tps-frontend: Move delete data button into first row
      - tps-frontend: Remove separator between first and second row
      - Welcome Screen: Document GtkInspector
      - Fix terminology
      - tps: Sync data copied to Persistent Storage
      - tps: Improve error in Welcome Screen when features failed to activate
      - tps-frontend: Show warning for features which failed to activate
      - tps: Remove features which failed to activate
      - tps: Store errors during service activation
      - tps: Make error message label selectable
      - tps-frontend: Use … instead of ... in button labels
      - tps-frontend: Confirm data deletion
      - tps: Treat Persistent directory with empty "Tor Browser" directory as empty
      - tps: Fix "return" used instead of "raise"
      - Add expander
      - tps: Support deleting data
      - tps-frontend: Show a spinner while activating/deactivating features
      - tps-frontend: Hide persistent folder button when feature is inactive
      - Also make on-deactived hooks work when run twice
      - tps behave-tests: Test deactivating feature with inconsistent state
      - tps: Make on-activated hooks work when run twice
      - Fix shellcheck source comments
      - tps: Fix deactivation of feature in inconsistent state
      - tps behave-tests: Test activating feature with inconsistent state
      - Revert "Don't try (and fail) to refresh features' IsActive when unlocking"
      - tps: Fix activation of feature in inconsistent state
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Tails 5.13 (Stable) was released. (16-May-2023) 

tails (5.13) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Resolve "Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.0.6, based on Firefox 102.11"
    (tails/tails!1134)

    Closes issues:
      - Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.0.6, based on Firefox 102.11 (tails/tails#19621)

    Commits:
      - Fetch Tor Browser from our own archive
      - Upgrade Tor Browser to 12.0.6-build1

  * unsafe-browser: Explain why our use of flock is not vulnerable
    (tails/tails!1113)

    Closes issues:
      - Unsafe Browser - Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) via symlink - Arbitrary File
        Content Delete (tails/tails#19616)

    Commits:
      - Use /run/lock instead of /var/lock
      - unsafe-browser: Explain why our use of flock is not vulnerable

  * Make curl use Tor (tails/tails!1123)

    Closes issues:
      - Make curl work out of the box (tails/tails#19488)

    Commits:
      - test that curl works out of the box
      - Make curl use Tor

  * udisks2: Use LUKS2 by default (tails/tails!1115)

    Closes issues:
      - Persistent Storage: Use LUKS2 (tails/tails#15450)

    Commits:
      - Test suite: Increase timeout for changing the LUKS passphrase
      - Test suite: Check that Persistent Storage uses LUKS2
      - Test suite: record old version when installing one to disk
      - Test suite: move step definition to a more suitable place
      - udisks2: Use LUKS2 by default

  * tails-documentation: Check that joined path is below website path
    (tails/tails!1132)

    Closes issues:
      - tails-documentation - Limited Path Traversal (tails/tails#19576)

    Commits:
      - tails-documentation: Check that joined path is below website path

  * Test suite: Don't check for "Display output is not active" screen
    (tails/tails!1126)

    Closes issues:
      - Tests sometimes fail with "Display output is not active" after clicking login
        button in Welcome Screen (tails/tails#19639)

    Commits:
      - Test suite: Don't check for "Display output is not active" screen
      - Test suite: Print step status
      - Welcome Screen: Make error message more useful

  * Remove our public calendar (tails/tails!1125)

    Commits:
      - Add missing word
      - Fix broken links
      - Remove our public calendar

  * tps: Use argon2id (tails/tails!1120)

    Closes issues:
      - Persistent Storage: Use argon2id (tails/tails#19633)

    Commits:
      - Test suite: Check that Persistent Storage uses argon2id
      - tps: Reduce the number of triggered udev events
      - tps: Fix creation sometimes failing because udisks object is not ready
      - tps: Fix `udevadm trigger --settle` sometimes blocking forever
      - tps-frontend: Fix first job update sometimes ignored
      - tps: Send only one PropertiesChanged signal per job update
      - tps: Don't restrict CPU usage during Persistent Storage creation
      - tps: Keep the system responsive while creating Persistent Storage
      - tps: Use argon2id

  * tps: Fix stderr of failed commands not printed (tails/tails!1118)

    Commits:
      - tps: Fix stderr of failed commands not printed

  * Test suite: Avoid TCA scenario failing if the error panel is briefly shown
    (tails/tails!1114)

    Closes issues:
      - Fix "Scenario: The same Tor configuration is applied when the network is
        reconnected" failing (tails/tails#19591)

    Commits:
      - Test suite: Avoid TCA scenario failing if the error panel is briefly shown

  * tps: Fix InvalidBootDeviceError raised in finally block (tails/tails!1103)

    Closes issues:
      - "Persistent Greeter options" test suite scenario always fails
        (tails/tails#19558)
      - tps reports the need for "USB stick installed with a USB image or Tails
        Installer" in unrelated failure modes (tails/tails#19588)

    Commits:
      - tps: Fix InvalidBootDeviceError raised in finally block
      - tps: Remove unused exception

 -- Tails developers <tails@boum.org>  Mon, 15 May 2023 12:22:05 +0200

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