Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4572 27 Aug 2026, 11:10

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 10:50.113 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
1:7.364
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.117
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.193
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 50.665
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.793
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.206
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.046
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.036
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.117
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:17.481
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 46.202
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.169
And I create a persistent partition 22.281
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.758
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.463
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:28.231
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.952
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.166
And all tps features are active 6.579
When I write some files expected to persist 0.964
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.128
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.285
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.551
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.847
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.516
# 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" 11.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.134
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 8.324
And I log in to a new session 12.220
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.826
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.282
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.212
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.020
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.119
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.456
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.963
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.187
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.092
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.854
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:22.134
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 8.205
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.066
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.199
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.046
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.166
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.270
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 12.517
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.043
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.008
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.179
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.784
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.197
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.202
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.034
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.082
# 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 0.148
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.009
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.302
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.506
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.541
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.725
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.369
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.275
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 0.099
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.146
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.238
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 3.201
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.633
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 7.698
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.193
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.034
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.044
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.167
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000