Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 65 08 Aug 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 11:13.588 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
1:8.995
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.594
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.486
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.504
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 50.610
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.150
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.221
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.042
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.042
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.187
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:19.100
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.214
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.215
And I create a persistent partition 22.207
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.230
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:29.764
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.969
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.197
And all tps features are active 6.948
When I write some files expected to persist 1.090
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.146
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.238
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.575
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.766
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.550
# 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" 11.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:9.145
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 8.155
And I log in to a new session 10.238
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.576
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.264
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.541
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.127
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.122
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.567
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.972
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.935
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.207
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.911
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.919
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:39.385
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 8.068
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.046
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.177
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.033
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.177
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.278
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.653
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.291
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.916
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.191
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.932
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.435
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.286
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.045
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.099
# 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 0.164
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.296
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.505
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.638
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.638
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.873
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.453
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.307
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.033
# 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 0.104
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.186
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.705
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.461
# 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 3.896
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
21.629
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 8.272
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.242
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.055
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 0.070
And Tor is ready 10.622
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000