Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4543 12 Aug 2026, 07:40

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 10:59.906 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
55.694
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.089
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" 13.807
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 38.104
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.096
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.212
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.049
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.030
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.154
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:20.487
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.759
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.194
And I create a persistent partition 23.417
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.636
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.723
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:33.218
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.171
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.229
And all tps features are active 7.363
When I write some files expected to persist 1.209
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.198
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.290
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.875
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.792
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.508
# 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" 11.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:13.159
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 8.514
And I log in to a new session 12.398
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.712
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.322
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.664
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.276
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.140
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 6.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.660
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.096
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.026
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.200
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.962
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.843
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:28.623
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 8.281
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.081
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.339
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.069
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.235
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.385
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.204
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.429
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.191
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.554
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.879
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.504
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.149
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.051
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.102
# 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 0.202
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.480
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.889
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.433
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.090
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.512
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.018
And all tps features are active 7.588
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.332
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.065
# 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 0.181
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.150
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.102
# 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 3.515
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.063
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 8.024
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.180
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.038
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.042
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.145
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000