Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 5 06 Jun 2026, 07:59

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 11:1.472 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
1:2.773
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.070
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.013
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.018
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.084
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 45.510
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.435
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.226
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.048
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.059
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.177
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005
Tags: @product
1:19.619
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 50.766
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.248
And I create a persistent partition 23.531
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.302
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.533
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
1:22.445
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.735
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.273
And all tps features are active 1.135
When I write some files expected to persist 1.227
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.159
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.291
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.754
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.173
# 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" 11.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
2:9.049
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.753
And I log in to a new session 11.129
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.727
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.239
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.684
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 15.253
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.129
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 2.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.050
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.670
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.886
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.220
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.314
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.013
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:42.109
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 20.466
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.053
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.208
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 0.225
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.310
When the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.936
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.625
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.182
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.529
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.645
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.138
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.191
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.043
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.133
# 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 0.212
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.746
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.414
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.266
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.138
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.267
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.043
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.305
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.047
# 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 0.184
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.960
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.474
# 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 3.750
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.425
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.431
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.216
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.071
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 0.015
And Tor is ready 8.509
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000