We’re pleased to announce that SecureDrop 2.3.2 has been released. This release adds Tails 5.0 compatibility to your Journalist and Admin Workstations. A complete list of changes can be found on GitHub.

What’s new in SecureDrop 2.3.2?

For journalists and administrators

• Tails 5.0 compatibility: This release adds compatibility code to ensure that Journalist and Admin Workstations can be upgraded to Tails 5.0. (Issue, Pull Requests: 1, 2)

What administrators need to do

SecureDrop Application and Monitor Servers will be updated to SecureDrop 2.3.2 automatically within 24 hours of the release.

You must first upgrade your Journalist and Admin Workstations to the latest version of SecureDrop, and then upgrade them to Tails 5.0. See our upgrade guide for step-by-step instructions.

Please note that the decryption workflow on the Secure Viewing Station has changed under Tails 5.0. We have added updated instructions to our Journalist Guide.

Questions and comments

If you have questions or comments regarding this release, please contact us:

• Via our Support Portal, if you are a member (membership is available to SecureDrop administrators on request);
• Via securedrop@freedom.press (GPG encrypted) for sensitive security issues (please use judiciously);
• Via our community forums.

We also encourage you to file non-sensitive issues you encounter in our GitHub repository (issue report form).

Thank you for using SecureDrop!