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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!):

  • KTLO
    • Upgrade to Tor Browser based on Firefox 128: wrap up, release (OTF FOSS) (tails#20533)
    • Upgrade to Thunderbird 128 (tails#20449) (OTF FOSS)
  • Wrap up work on Persistent Storage robustness so we can focus on something else in 2025
    • Improve handling of corrupted Persistent Storage filesystem: release, after-sales service (follow-up to tails#15451 (closed))
    • 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)
  • 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)
    • Clarify interactions between the Tails and UX teams (tails#20615)

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:

2025 Q1

  • Signal support? (EWMI? ICANN?)
  • Converge workflows and tooling towards Tor's
  • Other OTF FOSS Sustainability Fund work
    • A.2 Research, prototype, and collaborate with Tor 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

2025 Q2

  • Upgrade to Debian 13 and release 7.0: do the bulk of the porting work (OTF FOSS?)
  • Signal support? (EWMI? ICANN?)
  • Help get grant proposals for 2026 ready: research, prototype, define deliverables, estimate costs, etc.
  • Converge workflows and tooling towards Tor's
  • Other OTF FOSS Sustainability Fund work
    • A.2 Research, prototype, and collaborate with Tor on using Arti
    • B.1 Release management and smaller OS migrations
    • 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

2025 Q3 & Q4

  • Upgrade to Debian 13 and release 7.0: get it ready, update doc, release, post-release feedback & fixes (OTF FOSS?)
  • Signal support? (EWMI? ICANN?)
  • Integrated backup system for the Persistent Storage? (crowdfunding?)
  • KTLO
    • Upgrade Tor Browser to new ESR (OTF FOSS?)
    • Upgrade Thunderbird to new ESR (OTF FOSS?)
  • Converge workflows and tooling towards Tor's (OTF FOSS?)
  • Other OTF FOSS Sustainability Fund work
    • A.2 Research, prototype, and collaborate with Tor on using Arti
    • B.1 Release management and smaller OS migrations
    • 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