Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 5 01 Jun 2026, 19:53

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 11:8.166 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
1:11.432
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.068
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.012
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.017
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.112
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 52.622
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.831
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.287
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.040
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.059
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.197
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
1:26.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 54.722
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.265
And I create a persistent partition 25.649
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.346
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.565
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
1:25.262
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.864
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.220
And all tps features are active 1.038
When I write some files expected to persist 1.085
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.165
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.317
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.733
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.893
# 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" 11.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
2:12.046
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 8.459
And I log in to a new session 13.559
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.792
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.256
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.412
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 15.290
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.136
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.367
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.980
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.878
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.213
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.384
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.088
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:29.112
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.183
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.082
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.212
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.061
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.211
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.360
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.154
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.440
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 6.745
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.928
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 1.065
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.204
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.047
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.147
# 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 0.179
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.025
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.998
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.615
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.981
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.554
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.018
And all tps features are active 1.245
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.356
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
# 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 0.136
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.184
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.554
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.503
# 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 4.159
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.934
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 7.219
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.201
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.032
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.044
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 8.352
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000