Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 18 09 Aug 2026, 22:19

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 11:19.894 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
1:3.365
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.089
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" 13.170
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 46.632
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.937
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.179
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.034
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.034
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.139
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
1:17.650
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 46.047
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.256
And I create a persistent partition 21.990
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.239
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.511
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:31.372
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.292
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.190
And all tps features are active 8.626
When I write some files expected to persist 1.031
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.158
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.212
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.600
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.916
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.555
# 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" 11.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:13.328
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 8.260
And I log in to a new session 11.255
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.560
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.269
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.780
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 19.865
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.125
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.642
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.983
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.230
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.221
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.185
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.095
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:44.217
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 8.463
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.081
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 0.043
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.243
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.425
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 13.916
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.902
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.413
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.422
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.417
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.775
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 0.094
# 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 0.164
When the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.051
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.425
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.525
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.240
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.398
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 9.396
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.307
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.044
# 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 0.096
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.250
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.378
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.430
# 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 3.427
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.315
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.320
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.236
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.053
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.039
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 8.028
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000