Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 20 11 Aug 2026, 22:18

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 10:57.453 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
1:8.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.018
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.997
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 51.508
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.821
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.170
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.044
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.030
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.161
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:17.917
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.025
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.175
And I create a persistent partition 22.722
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.863
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.458
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.222
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.782
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.219
And all tps features are active 6.860
When I write some files expected to persist 1.048
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.137
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.233
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.403
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.801
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.486
# 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" 11.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:10.576
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 8.018
And I log in to a new session 11.978
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.558
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.208
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.386
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.196
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.110
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.085
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.093
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.012
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.201
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.196
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.984
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:21.491
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 8.052
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.084
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.171
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.045
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.200
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.265
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 13.074
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.914
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.657
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.313
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.674
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.014
And all tps features are active 7.732
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.149
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 0.079
# 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 0.160
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.975
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.416
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.750
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.561
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.242
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.344
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.308
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.052
# 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 0.121
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.166
When the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.259
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.107
# 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 3.168
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
27.158
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 7.773
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.244
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.062
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.042
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 18.713
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000