Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 15 06 Aug 2026, 22:09

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 10:30.415 Passed
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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
54.394
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.085
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.082
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 37.720
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.904
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.221
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.036
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.046
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.137
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:17.409
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 45.229
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.179
And I create a persistent partition 22.775
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.135
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.463
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:28.172
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.079
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.208
And all tps features are active 6.499
When I write some files expected to persist 0.963
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.124
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.268
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.389
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.990
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.675
# 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" 10.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
2:7.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.267
And I log in to a new session 9.948
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.546
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.271
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.073
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.069
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.158
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.437
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.444
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.006
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.209
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.096
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.955
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
3:20.881
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 7.988
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.046
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.239
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.042
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.291
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.251
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.851
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.872
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.073
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.283
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.622
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.318
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.212
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.038
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.088
# 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 0.168
When the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 10.199
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.857
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.050
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.581
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.926
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 6.996
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.395
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.034
# 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 0.099
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.173
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.323
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.072
# 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 3.359
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
18.657
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 7.610
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.224
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 0.041
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.879
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000