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Roadmap
This is the big picture. For details about what's happening on the short term, see https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/groups/tails/-/boards?label_name=Core%20Work%3AFoundations%20Team&milestone_title=Upcoming.
Strategic Goals
See 3-year strategy.
2024 Q4
Priorities (it's almost an ordered-list, but not really!):
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KTLO -
Upgrade to Tor Browser based on Firefox 128: wrap up, release (OTF FOSS) (tails#20533 (closed)) -
Upgrade to Thunderbird 128 (tails#20449 (closed)) (OTF FOSS)
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Wrap up work on Persistent Storage robustness so we can focus on something else in 2025 -
Improve handling of corrupted Persistent Storage filesystem (tails#15451 (closed)) -
release -
after-sales service → on boyska's plate -
evaluate impact on users (tails#20650)
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Warn about the danger of unplugging the USB stick before shutting down: design, implement, release (tails#20524) -
Report earlier errors about the partition table, partition header, and resizing: design, implement, release (tails#20531)
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Research alternatives to Etcher and if there's a good enough candidate, switch to it (tails#20423) -
Follow-ups on the merge: tooling, communication, website, etc. -
Migrate from Mural to Figma -
Minimal updates to the website (tails#20600 (closed)) -
Clarify interactions between the Tails and UX teams (tails#20615)
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Other ongoing OTF FOSS Sustainability Fund work:
- Facilitate security audit (tails/summit#191)
- Research, prototype, and collaborate with Tor on using Arti (tails#20508)
- Remediate vulnerabilities identified by security audit
- Make the Tails development process more efficient
- Release management and smaller OS migrations
- Fix long-lasting usability issues
- Act on feedback received by email and in-app tool
- Monthly and quarterly reports
Boards:
- https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/groups/tails/-/boards?label_name\[\]=Core%20Work%3AFoundations%20Team&label_name\[\]=Roadmap%3A2024Q4&milestone_title=None
- https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/groups/tails/-/boards?label_name\[\]=Core%20Work%3AUser%20experience&label_name\[\]=Roadmap%3A2024Q4&milestone_title=None
- UX Team Roadmap
2025 Q1
- Signal support? (ICANN?)
- Converge workflows and tooling towards Tor's
- Recurring P165 (OTF FOSS Sustainability Fund) work
- A.2 Prototype and collaborate on using Arti
- B.1 Release management and smaller OS migrations
- B.4 Remediate vulnerabilities identified by security audit
- C.1 Fix long-lasting usability issues
- C.2 Act on feedback received by email and in-app tool
- D.1 Make the Tails development process more efficient (test suite)
2025 Q2
- Upgrade to Debian 13 and release 7.0: do the bulk of the porting work (P165?)
- Signal support? (ICANN?)
- Help get grant proposals for 2026 ready: research, prototype, define deliverables, estimate costs, etc.
- Converge workflows and tooling towards Tor's
- Recurring P165 (OTF FOSS Sustainability Fund) work
- A.2 Prototype and collaborate on using Arti
- B.1 Release management and smaller OS migrations
- B.4 Remediate vulnerabilities identified by security audit
- C.1 Fix long-lasting usability issues
- C.2 Act on feedback received by email and in-app tool
- D.1 Make the Tails development process more efficient (test suite)
2025 Q3 & Q4
- Upgrade to Debian 13 and release 7.0: get it ready, update doc, release, post-release feedback & fixes (P165?)
- Signal support? (ICANN?)
- Integrated backup system for the Persistent Storage? (crowdfunding?)
- KTLO
- Upgrade Tor Browser to new ESR (P165?)
- Upgrade Thunderbird to new ESR (P165?)
- Converge workflows and tooling towards Tor's (P165?)
- Recurring P165 (OTF FOSS Sustainability Fund) work
- A.2 Prototype and collaborate on using Arti
- B.1 Release management and smaller OS migrations
- B.4 Remediate vulnerabilities identified by security audit
- C.1 Fix long-lasting usability issues
- C.2 Act on feedback received by email and in-app tool
- D.1 Make the Tails development process more efficient (test suite)