Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4542 11 Aug 2026, 12:08

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 11:14.472 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
57.871
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given a computer 0.110
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.504
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 40.578
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.084
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.186
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.045
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.041
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.156
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:24.878
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 49.642
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.232
And I create a persistent partition 23.869
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.597
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.496
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:36.045
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.927
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.189
And all tps features are active 7.311
When I write some files expected to persist 1.230
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.157
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.313
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.631
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.559
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.955
# 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" 11.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:14.544
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.529
And I log in to a new session 12.957
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.708
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.201
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.933
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.977
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.121
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.171
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.901
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.148
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.179
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.310
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.015
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:36.126
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 7.888
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.086
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.236
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.060
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.294
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.440
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 13.192
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.856
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.297
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.417
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.573
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.126
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.269
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.091
# 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 0.186
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.654
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.947
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.782
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.554
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.023
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.309
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.252
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 0.101
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.186
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.185
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.369
# 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 3.219
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.834
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 7.868
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.255
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.042
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.085
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.671
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000