Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 11 01 Aug 2026, 22:38

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 10:56.344 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
1:5.723
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.071
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.193
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 49.068
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.777
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.226
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.051
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.043
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.133
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
1:16.510
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 45.842
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.204
And I create a persistent partition 21.436
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.945
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.432
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:28.362
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.521
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.205
And all tps features are active 6.795
When I write some files expected to persist 1.094
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.113
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.267
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.586
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.795
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.933
# 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" 10.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.320
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 8.010
And I log in to a new session 11.405
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.674
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.192
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.679
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.096
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.104
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.393
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.076
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.195
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.079
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.815
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:32.145
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.093
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.080
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.174
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 0.177
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.316
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 13.921
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.303
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.103
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.291
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.428
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.169
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.141
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.103
# 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 0.251
When the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.276
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.840
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.309
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.559
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.985
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.013
And all tps features are active 7.359
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.229
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# 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 0.157
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.167
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.056
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.079
# 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 2.992
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.188
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 8.009
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.175
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.036
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 0.037
And Tor is ready 7.948
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000