Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 74 17 Aug 2026, 07:51

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 10:57.382 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
1:2.335
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.083
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.021
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.114
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 45.621
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.995
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.140
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.034
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.027
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.148
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:21.927
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.560
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.206
And I create a persistent partition 23.249
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.130
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.495
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:28.122
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.408
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.260
And all tps features are active 6.668
When I write some files expected to persist 0.978
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.198
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.282
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.643
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.223
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.543
# 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" 10.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:9.975
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 8.292
And I log in to a new session 10.732
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.603
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.221
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.375
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.514
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.119
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.236
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.798
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.924
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.179
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.885
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.857
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:32.398
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 8.027
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.063
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.219
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.037
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.275
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.318
When the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 12.667
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.451
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.984
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.768
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.112
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.035
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.149
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.038
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.083
# 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 0.144
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.247
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.354
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.346
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.530
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.247
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.773
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.371
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.046
# 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 0.091
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.162
When the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 9.966
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.361
# 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 3.088
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.386
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.554
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.203
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 0.040
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.026
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000