Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 3 30 May 2026, 19:47

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 11:6.816 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
1:19.578
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.046
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" 13.470
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:2.137
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.272
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.196
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.052
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.053
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.198
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
1:23.829
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 51.341
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.311
And I create a persistent partition 23.392
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.314
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.508
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
1:20.383
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.331
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.288
And all tps features are active 1.283
When I write some files expected to persist 1.284
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.148
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.309
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.797
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.196
# 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" 11.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
2:8.527
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 8.250
And I log in to a new session 11.317
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.852
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.218
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.988
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.607
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.135
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 2.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.617
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.180
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.847
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.221
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.323
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.070
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:27.963
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 8.231
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.081
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.232
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 0.220
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.293
When the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.285
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.669
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.366
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.734
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.690
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 1.092
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.231
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.044
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.144
# 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 0.228
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.981
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.043
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.734
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.996
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.678
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 1.039
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.618
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 0.140
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.208
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.635
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.566
# 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 4.223
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.918
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 7.327
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.222
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 0.036
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.761
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000