Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 9 09 Jun 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 11:9.064 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
1:10.976
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.054
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.016
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.146
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 53.593
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.495
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.240
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.049
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.069
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.173
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
1:25.216
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 52.316
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.245
And I create a persistent partition 23.963
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.325
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.483
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
1:24.282
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.655
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.236
And all tps features are active 1.122
When I write some files expected to persist 1.190
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.237
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.238
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.906
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.210
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.912
# 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" 11.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
2:8.279
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.177
And I log in to a new session 11.564
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.730
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.295
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.835
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.352
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.141
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 2.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.595
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.122
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.008
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.205
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.248
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.085
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:34.280
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.441
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.061
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.241
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.046
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.209
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.283
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.074
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.910
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.328
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.392
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.861
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 1.261
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.267
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 0.139
# 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 0.217
When the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.030
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.061
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.253
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.846
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.642
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 1.089
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.430
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.047
# 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 0.135
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.199
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.969
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.549
# 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 3.804
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.534
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.225
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.044
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.049
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 8.567
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000