Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 41 13 Jul 2026, 18:35

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 11:24.481 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
57.208
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.044
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.018
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.511
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 39.563
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.404
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.203
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.046
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.048
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.224
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.908
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 51.907
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.259
And I create a persistent partition 23.521
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.722
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.522
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:30.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.622
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.240
And all tps features are active 4.620
When I write some files expected to persist 1.169
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.151
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.306
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.812
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.644
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.739
# 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" 11.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:7.789
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 7.529
And I log in to a new session 11.543
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.722
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.195
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.067
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.436
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.144
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.494
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.128
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.921
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.210
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.364
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.071
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:51.305
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.232
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.090
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.217
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 0.347
When the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.312
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.389
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.640
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.731
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.379
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 5.012
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.211
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.035
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.152
# 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 0.182
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.976
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.020
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.381
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.905
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.514
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.486
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.335
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# 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 0.140
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.196
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.931
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.544
# 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 4.237
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.671
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 7.528
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 0.062
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.045
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.044
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000