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test_Tails_ISO_21769-gather-chutney-configure-backtrace 1 08 Sep 2026, 11:57

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 12:7.761 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
1:16.717
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.113
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.025
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.023
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.964
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 58.380
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.576
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.191
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.052
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.047
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.219
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
1:29.599
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.137
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 52.174
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.286
And I create a persistent partition 24.566
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.609
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.574
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:41.962
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.138
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.792
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.270
And all tps features are active 7.788
When I write some files expected to persist 1.129
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.196
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.322
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.714
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.977
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.405
# 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" 12.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:17.964
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.938
And I log in to a new session 13.610
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.715
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.212
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.500
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 19.728
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.114
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.922
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given a computer 0.127
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.849
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.302
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.223
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.607
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.095
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:46.684
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.689
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.069
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.371
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.043
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.323
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.374
When the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 11.896
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.971
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.666
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.401
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.856
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.016
And all tps features are active 8.451
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.315
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.132
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.150
# 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 0.210
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.550
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.664
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.988
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.571
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.155
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 9.871
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.402
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 0.140
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.206
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.597
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.110
# 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 3.800
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.908
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 8.637
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.227
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.049
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 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.161
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000