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-title: Cwtch 1.11
-description: "Cwtch 1.11 is now available for download"
+title: Cwtch Beta 1.11
+description: "Cwtch Beta 1.11 is now available for download"
 slug: cwtch-nightly-1-11
 tags: [cwtch, cwtch-stable, release]
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blog/2023-06-16-cwtch-1.12.md

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+title: Cwtch Beta 1.12
+description: "Cwtch Beta 1.12 is now available for download"
+slug: cwtch-nightly-1-12
+tags: [cwtch, cwtch-stable, release]
+image: /img/devlog13_small.png
+hide_table_of_contents: false
+toc_max_heading_level: 4
+authors:
+- name: Sarah Jamie Lewis
+  title: Executive Director, Open Privacy Research Society
+  image_url: /img/sarah.jpg
+---
+
+[Cwtch 1.12 is now available for download](https://cwtch.im/download)!
+
+Cwtch 1.12 is the culmination of the last few months of effort by the Cwtch team, and includes many foundational changes that pave the way for [Cwtch Stable](/blog/path-to-cwtch-stable) including new features like [profile attributes](https://docs.cwtch.im/docs/profiles/profile-info), support for new platforms like [Tails](https://docs.cwtch.im/docs/platforms/tails), and multiple improvements to performance and stability.
+
+![](/img/devlog13.png)
+ 
+<!--truncate-->
+
+## In This Release
+
+<figure>
+
+[![](/img/picnic1.12.png)](/img/picnic1.12.png)
+
+<figcaption>A screenshot of Cwtch 1.12</figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+A special thanks to the [amazing volunteer translators](https://docs.cwtch.im/docs/contribute/translate) and [testers](https://docs.cwtch.im/docs/contribute/testing) who made this release possible.
+
+- **New Features:**
+  - **Profile Attributes** - profiles can now be augmented with [additional public information](https://docs.cwtch.im/docs/profiles/profile-info)
+  - **Availability Status** - you can now notify contacts that you [are **away** or **busy**](https://docs.cwtch.im/docs/profiles/availability-status)
+  - **Five New Supported Localizations**: **Japanese**, **Korean**, **Slovak**, **Swahili** and **Swedish**
+  - **Support for Tails** - adds an [OnionGrater](https://docs.cwtch.im/docs/platforms/tails) configuration and a new `CWTCH_TAILS` environment variable that enables special Tor behaviour.
+- **Bug Fixes  / Improvements:**
+  - Based on Flutter 3.10
+  - Inter is now the main UI font
+  - New Font Scaling setting
+  - New Network Management code to better manage Tor on unstable networks
+  - File Sharing Experiment Fixes
+  	- Fix performance issues for file bubble
+  	- Allow restarting of file shares that have timed out
+  	- Fix NPE in FileBubble caused by deleting the underlying file
+  	- Move from RetVal to UpdateConversationAttributes to minimze UI thread issues
+  - Updates to Linux install scripts to support more distributions
+  - Add a Retry Peer connection to prioritize connection attempts for certain conversations
+  - Updates to `_FlDartProject` to allow custom setting of Flutter asset paths
+- **Accessibility / UX:**
+  - Full translations for **Brazilian Portuguese**, **Dutch**, **French**, **German**, **Italian**, **Russian**, **Polish**, **Slovak**, **Spanish**, **Swahili**, **Swedish**, **Turkish**, and **Welsh**
+  - Core translations for **Danish** (75%), **Norwegian** (76%), and  **Romanian** (75%)
+  - Partial translations for **Japanese** (29%), **Korean** (23%), **Luxembourgish** (22%), **Greek** (16%), and **Portuguese** (6%)
+
+## Reproducible Bindings
+
+Cwtch 1.12 is based on libCwtch version `libCwtch-autobindings-2023-06-13-10-50-v0.0.5`. The [repliqate scripts](https://docs.cwtch.im/blog/cwtch-bindings-reproducible#introducing-repliqate) to reproduce these bindings from source can be found at [https://git.openprivacy.ca/cwtch.im/repliqate-scripts/src/branch/main/cwtch-autobindings-v0.0.5](https://git.openprivacy.ca/cwtch.im/repliqate-scripts/src/branch/main/cwtch-autobindings-v0.0.5)
+
+## Download the New Version 
+
+You can download Cwtch from [https://cwtch.im/download](https://cwtch.im/download).
+
+Subscribe to our [RSS feed](/blog/rss.xml), [Atom feed](/blog/atom.xml), or [JSON feed](/blog/feed.json) to stay up to date, and get the latest on, all aspects of Cwtch development.
+
+Alternatively we also provide a [releases-only RSS feed](https://cwtch.im/releases/index.xml).
+
+## Help us go further!
+
+We couldn't do what we do without all the wonderful community support we get, from [one-off donations](https://openprivacy.ca/donate) to [recurring support via Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/openprivacy).
+
+If you want to see us move faster on some of these goals and are in a position to, please [donate](https://openprivacy.ca/donate). If you happen to be at a company that wants to do more for the community and this aligns, please consider donating or sponsoring a developer.
+
+Donations of **$5 or more** can opt to receive stickers as a thank-you gift!
+
+For more information about donating to Open Privacy and claiming a thank you gift [please visit the Open Privacy Donate page](https://openprivacy.ca/donate/).
+
+![A Photo of Cwtch Stickers](/img/stickers-new.jpg)
+