Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4548 14 Aug 2026, 07:39

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 11:3.594 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
1:3.870
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given a computer 0.078
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.040
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.501
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 46.220
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.469
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.197
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.044
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.032
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.150
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:21.049
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.804
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.201
And I create a persistent partition 22.099
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.387
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.511
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:33.494
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.637
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.208
And all tps features are active 8.825
When I write some files expected to persist 1.144
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.139
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.303
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.752
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.837
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.981
# 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" 11.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:12.489
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 8.340
And I log in to a new session 12.133
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.560
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.176
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.513
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.481
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.155
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.411
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.515
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.011
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.239
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.186
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.928
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:26.707
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 8.174
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.081
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.220
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.048
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.195
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.266
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.960
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.513
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.130
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.426
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.556
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.402
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 0.045
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.098
# 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 0.159
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.183
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.451
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.459
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.556
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.912
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.020
And all tps features are active 7.868
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.303
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.045
# 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 0.131
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.164
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.154
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.097
# 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 3.405
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.572
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 8.116
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.208
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.062
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.045
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 9.840
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000