[[!meta date="2013-01-19 23:45:60 +0200"]] [[!meta title="Call for testing: 0.17~rc1"]]

You can help Tails! The first release candidate for the upcoming version 0.17 is out. Please test it and see if all works for you.

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# How to test Tails 0.17~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 0.17~rc1 ISO image

   Tails 0.17~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 0.16?

- New features
  - Install the KeePassX password manager.
- Iceweasel
  - Ugrade to Iceweasel 17.0.2esr-1+tails2~bpo60+1.
  - Install xul-ext-adblock-plus from squeeze-backports.
  - Do not allow listing all available fonts.
  - Fix default spellchecker.
  - Disable the add-ons automatic update feature.
  - Remove NoScript click-to-play confirmation.
  - Sync some prefs set by Torbutton, to be ready when it stops setting these.
  - Disable navigation timing.
  - Disable SPDY.
  - More aggressive iceweasel HTTP pipelining settings.
  - Enable WebGL (as click-to-play only).
  - Disable network.http.connection-retry-timeout.
  - Disable full path information for plugins.
  - Remove NoScript blocks of WebFonts.
  - Disable DOM storage in Torbutton.
  - Synchronize iceweasel's general.useragent.override with TBB based on FF17.
  - Explicitly disable AdBlock Plus "correct typos" feature.
- Minor improvements
  - Upgrade to live-boot 3.0~b11-1 and live-config 3.0.12-1.
  - Check for errors when sourcing live-boot files, e.g. to detect when they have been renamed upstream.
  - Avoid doubled "quiet" kernel command-line parameter.
- Bugfixes
  - Use the regular GnuPG agent + pinentry-gtk2 instead of Seahorse as a GnuPG agent. This fixes usage of OpenPGP in Claws Mail, and brings support for OpenPGP smartcards.
  - Enable I2P hidden mode. Else, killing I2P ungracefully is bad for the I2P network.
  - live-persist: move error() function before the first potential usecase.
- Hardware support
  - Install recent Intel and AMD microcode.
  - Install firmware loader for Qualcomm Gobi USB chipsets.
  - Upgrade barry to 0.18.3-5~bpo60+1.
- Build system
  - Remove APT local cache.

# Known issues in 0.17~rc1

- Disabling DOM storage in the Tails web browser makes is appear slightly differently from the alpha Torbrowser (based on Firefox 17). This will be fixed in a future version once we [[use the same DOM storage patches and settings|todo/iceweasel_DOM_storage_isolation]] as the Torbrowser.