Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 33 06 Jul 2026, 08:06

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 11:31.251 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
1:0.895
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.053
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.041
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.998
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 43.973
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.147
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.264
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.053
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.054
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.182
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:28.136
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 50.885
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.254
And I create a persistent partition 24.456
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.908
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.550
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:34.360
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.579
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.215
And all tps features are active 4.763
When I write some files expected to persist 1.194
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.166
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.305
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.897
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.583
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.827
# 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" 11.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:8.631
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.789
And I log in to a new session 11.323
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.696
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.233
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.238
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 15.091
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.123
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.415
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.027
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.004
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.203
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.355
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.036
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:50.420
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.088
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.080
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.283
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.042
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.207
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.365
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.898
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.055
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 9.337
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.876
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.933
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.234
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.040
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.134
# 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 0.191
When the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.435
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.737
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.898
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.968
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.314
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 4.470
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.406
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.045
# 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 0.136
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.219
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.574
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.435
# 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 4.268
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.391
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.169
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 0.038
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.038
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.837
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000