Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 16 07 Jun 2026, 19:46

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 10:50.675 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
1:5.302
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.058
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.015
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.988
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 47.928
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.626
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.239
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.067
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.047
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.187
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
1:26.499
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 53.235
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.270
And I create a persistent partition 24.167
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.331
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.604
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
1:23.072
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.553
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.247
And all tps features are active 1.056
When I write some files expected to persist 1.207
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.153
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.242
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.952
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.855
# 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" 11.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
2:10.981
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.663
And I log in to a new session 12.494
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.806
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.208
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.707
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.827
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.138
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 2.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.811
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.128
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.896
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.313
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.526
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.021
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:18.579
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.127
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.088
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.214
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.034
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.212
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.324
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.724
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.046
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.306
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.708
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.390
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 1.062
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.304
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 0.151
# 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 0.202
When the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 10.584
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.898
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.712
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.104
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.639
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.073
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.323
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.069
# 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 0.126
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.185
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.489
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.108
# 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 3.824
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.409
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.258
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 0.049
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.192
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000