Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 17 08 Aug 2026, 22:17

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 11:12.276 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
1:1.401
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.081
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" 13.359
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 44.438
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.902
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.228
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.043
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.049
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.145
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
1:17.220
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 45.488
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.218
And I create a persistent partition 22.471
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.918
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.491
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:27.687
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.299
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.204
And all tps features are active 6.867
When I write some files expected to persist 1.080
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.135
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.232
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.448
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.582
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.505
# 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" 11.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:9.416
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 8.287
And I log in to a new session 9.774
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.597
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.275
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.481
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.724
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.142
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.578
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.986
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.225
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.968
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.879
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:53.945
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 22.176
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.067
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.178
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.075
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.237
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.378
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 13.446
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.959
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.242
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.372
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.763
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 9.040
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.196
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.037
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.109
# 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 0.201
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.230
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.960
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.837
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 59.430
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.010
And all tps features are active 8.557
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.301
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.040
# 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 0.106
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.144
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.380
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.414
# 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 3.089
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.164
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 7.969
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.191
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.042
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 0.024
And Tor is ready 7.906
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000