Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21170-upgrade-trixie-13.5 1 18 May 2026, 13:46

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Upgrading an old Tails USB installation 87 0 0 0 0 87 7 0 7 11:56.343 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Upgrading an old Tails USB installation
As a Tails user If I have an old version of Tails installed on a USB device and the USB device has a Persistent Storage I want to upgrade Tails on it and keep my Persistent Storage in the process
Tags: @product
1:15.345
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.063
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.008
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.117
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 55.990
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.204
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.367
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.071
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.067
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.275
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
1:31.163
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 56.385
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.276
And I create a persistent partition 24.963
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.426
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
1:35.178
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.230
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.319
And all tps features are active 1.299
When I write some files expected to persist 1.374
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.180
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.369
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.208
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.195
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.581
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 13.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
2:14.266
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.975
And I log in to a new session 13.000
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.018
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.276
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:32.543
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.029
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.172
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.469
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.840
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.096
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.254
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.909
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.279
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:45.979
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.273
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.070
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.221
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.052
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.231
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.398
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.591
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.340
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.251
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.604
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.965
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.109
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.229
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.053
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.141
# We'll really install Tails_amd64_6.0~testoverlayfs_to_6.3~testoverlayfs.iuk
# but we need some way to force upgrading a second time in a row
# even if only the initially installed version is considered
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.188
When the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.066
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.443
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.824
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.988
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.526
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 1.232
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.413
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.053
# Regression test for #17425 (i.e. the Upgrader would propose
# upgrading to the version that's already running)
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.147
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.255
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.845
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.607
# Regression test on #8158 (i.e. the IUK's filesystem is not part of the Unsafe Browser's chroot)
And I successfully start the Unsafe Browser 4.363
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.030
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.940
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.489
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.277
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.063
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.055
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.541
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000