Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4490 12 Jul 2026, 11:23

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 11:35.437 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
1:7.556
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.047
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.016
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.437
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 49.759
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.637
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.220
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.083
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.046
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.171
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
1:27.711
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 50.967
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.233
And I create a persistent partition 23.963
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.062
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.504
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:33.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.716
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.225
And all tps features are active 4.696
When I write some files expected to persist 1.233
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.202
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.258
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.853
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.823
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.197
# 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" 11.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:8.904
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 7.918
And I log in to a new session 12.195
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.688
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.352
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.077
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.398
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.137
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.480
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.890
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.357
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.376
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.087
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:46.066
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 7.951
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.067
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.240
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.057
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.210
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.349
When the network is plugged 0.012
And Tor is ready 13.412
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.304
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.585
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.656
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.880
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.571
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.196
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.079
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.164
# 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 0.172
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.136
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.338
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.016
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.857
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.749
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.749
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.283
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.042
# 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 0.133
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.176
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.490
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.498
# 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 4.193
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.174
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 7.279
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.190
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.057
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.047
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.521
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000