Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 35 08 Jul 2026, 08:03

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 11:26.990 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
1:4.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given a computer 0.050
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.017
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.219
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 46.647
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.515
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.232
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.049
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.055
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.204
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:23.487
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 51.129
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.281
And I create a persistent partition 23.472
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.779
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.564
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:34.682
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.204
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.256
And all tps features are active 4.917
When I write some files expected to persist 1.280
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.153
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.307
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.945
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.904
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.849
# 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" 11.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:8.527
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.678
And I log in to a new session 12.122
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.727
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.215
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.805
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.713
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.134
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.332
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.629
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.004
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.246
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.410
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.155
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:45.577
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 7.926
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.084
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.210
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 0.217
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.381
When the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.176
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.338
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.519
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.397
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.239
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.008
And all tps features are active 4.871
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.279
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.041
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.143
# 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 0.293
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.804
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.962
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.734
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.186
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.539
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 4.982
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.361
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.042
# 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 0.138
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.211
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.675
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.525
# 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 3.798
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.251
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 7.150
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.203
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.041
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.042
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.748
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000