Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 55 27 Jul 2026, 08:07

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 11:18.644 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
1:4.501
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.105
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.011
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.017
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.926
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 47.310
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.436
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.203
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.047
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.070
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.221
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:24.786
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.043
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 52.021
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.255
And I create a persistent partition 23.851
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.851
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.517
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:29.990
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.655
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.257
And all tps features are active 4.864
When I write some files expected to persist 1.234
# 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 0.341
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.927
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.647
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.934
# 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" 11.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:9.892
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 7.646
And I log in to a new session 12.957
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.815
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.240
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.374
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.590
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.126
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.689
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 1:3.166
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.901
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.235
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.422
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.058
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:40.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.662
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.066
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.186
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.076
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.243
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.387
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.468
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.989
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.504
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.343
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.055
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.757
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 0.042
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.136
# 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 0.201
When the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.933
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.368
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.778
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.968
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.770
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.807
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.315
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.040
# 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 0.175
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.773
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.556
# 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 4.174
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.155
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 7.302
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.247
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.042
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.053
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 9.705
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000