Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 69 12 Aug 2026, 08:02

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 11:16.220 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
56.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.088
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.021
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.022
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.363
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 38.848
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.155
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.229
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.047
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.069
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.173
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
1:22.076
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.882
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.199
And I create a persistent partition 23.646
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.751
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:30.835
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.866
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.215
And all tps features are active 7.169
When I write some files expected to persist 1.128
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.175
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.266
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.800
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.826
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.538
# 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" 11.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:14.533
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 8.304
And I log in to a new session 12.995
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.653
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.219
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.833
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.212
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.129
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.867
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.347
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.228
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.243
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.339
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.040
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:44.699
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.074
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.084
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.202
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.031
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.196
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.459
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.621
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.070
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.362
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.501
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.013
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.726
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.357
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.093
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.142
# 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 0.198
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.169
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.340
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.658
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.190
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.432
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.038
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.332
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# 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 0.098
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.175
When the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.720
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.400
# 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 3.486
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.076
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 8.278
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.226
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.049
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.041
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 8.409
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000