Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21711-tor-browser-140.14.0esr 1 13 Aug 2026, 18:11

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 12:6.537 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
58.168
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.092
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.023
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.384
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 40.887
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.136
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.211
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.058
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.040
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.189
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
1:24.270
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 49.189
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.283
And I create a persistent partition 23.187
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.986
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.590
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:37.320
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.832
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.255
And all tps features are active 7.309
When I write some files expected to persist 1.368
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.205
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.315
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.034
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.893
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.078
# 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" 11.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
2:13.998
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.177
And I log in to a new session 11.472
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.775
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.333
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:32.081
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.931
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.107
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.459
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given a computer 0.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.752
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.043
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.216
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.383
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.186
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:9.153
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 35.662
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.113
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.274
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.066
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.246
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.458
When the network is plugged 0.725
And Tor is ready 12.061
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.881
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.764
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.351
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.282
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.010
And all tps features are active 12.861
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.184
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.039
# 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 0.207
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.245
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.452
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.705
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.945
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.642
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.008
And all tps features are active 8.782
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 0.043
# 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 0.100
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.157
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.312
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.095
# 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 3.585
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
33.166
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 21.357
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.295
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.093
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.053
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 9.774
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000