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You can help Tails! The first (and hopefully only) release candidate for the upcoming version 0.18 is out. Please test it and see if all works for you.

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# How to test Tails 0.18~rc1?

1. Keep in mind that this is a test image. We have made sure that it is not broken in an obvious way, but it might still contain undiscovered issues.

2. Download the ISO image and its signature:

   Tails 0.18~rc1 ISO image

   Tails 0.18~rc1 signature

3. Verify the ISO image.

4. Have a look at the list of known issues of this release and the list of [[longstanding known issues|support/known_issues]].

5. Test wildly!

If you find anything that is not working as it should, please [[report to us|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]! Bonus points if you check that it is not a known issue of this release or a [[longstanding known issue|support/known_issues]].

# What's new since 0.17.2?

- New features

- Support obfs3 bridges.

- Automatically install a custom list of additional packages chosen by the user at the beginning of every working session, and upgrade them once a network connection is established (technology preview).

- Iceweasel

- Update Torbrowser patches to current maint-2.4 branch (567682b).

- Isolate DOM storage to first party URI, and enable DOM storage.

- Isolate the image cache per url bar domain.

- Torbutton 1.5.2, and various prefs hacks to fix breakage.

- HTTPS Everywhere 3.2.

- Update prefs to match the TBB's, fix bugs, and take advantage of the latest Torbrowser patches.

- Make prefs organization closer to the TBB's.

- Cleanup prefs.

- Update unsafe browser prefs mangling accordingly.

- Bugfixes

- Fixed swapped filenames of tails-{reboot,shutdown}.desktop.

- Only add ClientTransportPlugin to torrc when bridge mode is enabled.

- Minor improvements

- Set `kernel.dmesg_restrict=1`, and make `/proc/<pid>/` invisible and restricted for other users.

- Install gnome-screenshot.

- Don't disable IPv6 on all network interfaces anymore.

- Add a "About Tails" launcher in the System menu.

- Install GNOME accessibility themes.

- Use Getting started... as the homepage for Tails documentation button.

- Stop relying on the obsolete `/live/image` compatibility symlink.

- Disable audio preview in Nautilus.

- Localization: many translation updates all over the place.

- Build process

- Make Vagrant's build-tails script support Jenkins too.

- Test suite

- Fix Unsafe Browser test broken by hidepid.

# Known issues in 0.18~rc1

- A number of Iceweasel prefs are not applied. This can result in a more fingerprintable web browsing behaviour than usual.
- The Iceweasel web browser leaks some browser type information via JavaScript.

All these issues should be fixed in Tails 0.18.