Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 61 02 Aug 2026, 08:06

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 11:15.498 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
58.557
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.047
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.013
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.239
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 40.979
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.642
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.229
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.037
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.050
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.180
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:24.642
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 52.108
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.222
And I create a persistent partition 23.535
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.887
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.552
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:31.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.237
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.226
And all tps features are active 4.954
When I write some files expected to persist 1.363
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.167
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.283
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.833
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.598
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.352
# 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" 11.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:8.621
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 7.354
And I log in to a new session 12.995
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.669
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.207
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.639
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.482
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.138
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.034
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.531
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.990
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.230
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.443
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.014
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:42.244
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 7.728
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.058
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.240
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.048
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.200
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.332
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.971
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.954
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.143
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.975
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.256
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.454
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.240
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 0.131
# 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 0.219
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.766
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.110
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 5.448
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.043
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.634
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.723
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.291
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.039
# 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 0.113
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.183
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.929
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.535
# 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 4.015
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.391
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 7.098
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 0.048
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 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.083
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000