Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 15 16 Jun 2026, 08:12

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 11:32.810 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
57.715
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given a computer 0.134
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.017
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.039
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.926
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 40.465
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.490
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.214
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.040
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.054
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.197
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
1:27.658
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given a computer 0.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 51.164
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.267
And I create a persistent partition 23.435
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.685
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.518
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
1:31.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given a computer 0.151
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.315
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.220
And all tps features are active 4.790
When I write some files expected to persist 1.236
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.179
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.287
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.868
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.663
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.105
# 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" 11.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
2:8.573
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.103
And I log in to a new session 11.553
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.825
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.198
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.171
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.436
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.149
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.572
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given a computer 0.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.751
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.916
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.239
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.457
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.121
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:54.398
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.638
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.056
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.197
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.041
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.258
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.397
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.423
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.065
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.346
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.659
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.058
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.760
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.205
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.145
# 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 0.206
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.540
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.907
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.825
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.035
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.678
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 5.171
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.408
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.043
# 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 0.126
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.193
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.141
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.542
# 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 3.851
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.737
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.194
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.046
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.053
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.247
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000