Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21721-less-verbose-release-process 1 29 Aug 2026, 20:55

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 11:19.368 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
1:8.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.087
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.909
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 50.603
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.598
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.239
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.049
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.052
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.160
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
1:27.293
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 50.160
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.240
And I create a persistent partition 24.331
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.816
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.549
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:33.764
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.662
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.210
And all tps features are active 7.526
When I write some files expected to persist 1.208
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.153
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.249
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.570
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.692
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.571
# 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" 11.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.690
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 8.454
And I log in to a new session 12.120
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.556
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.285
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.640
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.391
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.111
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.971
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 1:2.017
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.197
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.214
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.033
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.876
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:30.300
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.291
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.110
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.277
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.073
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.231
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.464
When the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 13.406
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.898
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.662
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.447
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.530
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.675
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.265
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.056
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.199
# 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 0.216
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.275
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.903
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.525
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.591
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.926
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.876
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.426
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.057
# 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 0.095
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.201
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.442
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.124
# 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 3.586
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.482
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 7.695
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.259
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.046
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.045
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.902
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000