Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 54 26 Jul 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 11:33.978 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
1:10.623
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.059
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.015
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.868
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 52.424
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.605
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.191
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.045
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.053
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.206
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:26.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 52.617
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.401
And I create a persistent partition 24.753
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.072
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:32.834
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 1:3.560
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.248
And all tps features are active 5.100
When I write some files expected to persist 1.244
# 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 0.286
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.931
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.935
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.196
# 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" 12.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:9.177
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 7.880
And I log in to a new session 11.524
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.747
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.231
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.543
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.996
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.130
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.878
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.039
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.904
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.229
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.577
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.169
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:43.732
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 7.878
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.068
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.239
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.053
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.186
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.358
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 14.044
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.450
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.208
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.776
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.596
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.647
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.258
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.042
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.153
# 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 0.214
When the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 9.784
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.078
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.926
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.352
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.319
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.744
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.308
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.048
# 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 0.218
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.553
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.501
# 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 4.130
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.291
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 7.521
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.251
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.039
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.044
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.334
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000