Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 1 27 Mar 2026, 18:13

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 14:6.295 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
1:46.504
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.049
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.008
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.015
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.768
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:27.055
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.926
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.241
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.045
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.062
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.188
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:34.456
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 1:2.215
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.268
And I create a persistent partition 23.877
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.792
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.558
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:27.186
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.277
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.318
And all tps features are active 1.243
When I write some files expected to persist 1.367
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.169
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.420
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.917
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.177
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.322
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 12.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
2:29.451
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.441
And I log in to a new session 20.743
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.777
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.244
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:40.313
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.530
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.165
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.520
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.988
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.301
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.843
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.141
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:43.154
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.666
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.108
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.474
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.049
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.359
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.368
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 23.569
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.393
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.523
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.585
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.175
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 1.086
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.240
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.141
# 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 0.194
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.163
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.376
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.382
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.243
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.703
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.095
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.338
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 0.156
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.197
When the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 20.738
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 4.180
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
50.728
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.127
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.241
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 0.074
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 41.777
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000