Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 22 13 May 2026, 14:15

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 11:5.779 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
1:13.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.054
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.008
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.016
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.130
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 55.556
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.687
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.207
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.034
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.052
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.222
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013
Tags: @product
1:22.421
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 54.201
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.233
And I create a persistent partition 24.320
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.354
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.499
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
1:23.783
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.078
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.222
And all tps features are active 1.045
When I write some files expected to persist 1.159
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.147
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.299
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.891
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.876
# 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" 11.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product
2:8.313
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.475
And I log in to a new session 12.103
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.736
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.212
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.356
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.119
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.145
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.565
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.892
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.950
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.239
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.609
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.034
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:30.154
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.357
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.064
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.239
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.037
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 0.324
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.984
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.374
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.529
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.082
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.854
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 1.015
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.228
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.040
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.136
# 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 0.181
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.737
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.510
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.850
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.964
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.438
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.216
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.403
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 0.154
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.194
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.764
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.539
# 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 4.174
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.438
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.052
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.209
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.036
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.046
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.895
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000