Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21655-firmware-nonfree-20260519 1 15 Jun 2026, 14:10

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 12:54.457 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
1:24.925
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given a computer 0.118
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.029
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.225
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:5.624
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.113
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.238
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.080
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.072
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.258
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
1:38.125
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given a computer 0.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 55.816
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.407
And I create a persistent partition 27.088
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.390
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
1:45.808
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given a computer 0.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.550
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.233
And all tps features are active 6.032
When I write some files expected to persist 1.522
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.172
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.330
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.183
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.428
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.523
# 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" 13.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
2:15.229
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.469
And I log in to a new session 15.028
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.897
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.234
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:32.369
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 15.811
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.171
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.945
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given a computer 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.326
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.026
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.387
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.717
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.182
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:9.812
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.820
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.069
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.219
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.058
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.297
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.372
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.561
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.762
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 6.669
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.075
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.557
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.032
And all tps features are active 5.458
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.231
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.042
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.169
# 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 0.209
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.202
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.496
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 5.429
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.121
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.782
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 5.427
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.371
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 0.148
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.226
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.421
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.645
# 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 4.389
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.084
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
21.610
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.114
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.257
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.056
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.108
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.037
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000