Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21546-release-process-fix-isos-git 1 07 May 2026, 19:05

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 12:40.199 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
1:13.136
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.079
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.013
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.994
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 54.086
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.153
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.281
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.074
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.059
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.210
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:31.308
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 56.545
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.283
And I create a persistent partition 24.674
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.755
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.657
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
1:25.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.468
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.313
And all tps features are active 1.427
When I write some files expected to persist 1.379
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.155
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.471
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.173
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.182
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.382
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 12.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:13.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.263
And I log in to a new session 13.092
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.811
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.279
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.718
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.451
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.156
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.969
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given a computer 0.131
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.757
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.041
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.215
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.638
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.335
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:38.377
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 8.155
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.065
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.355
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.072
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.238
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.414
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 20.725
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.407
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.200
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.347
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.201
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.011
And all tps features are active 1.357
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.252
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.066
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.144
# 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 0.219
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 20.150
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.385
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.566
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.202
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.885
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 1.286
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.401
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# 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 0.174
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.192
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 21.644
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.146
# 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 4.597
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
25.692
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.307
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.338
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.097
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.057
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 17.465
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000