Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 54 10 May 2025, 16:37

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Upgrading an old Tails USB installation 58 4 25 0 0 87 3 4 7 14:42.051 Failed
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
1:40.830
Scenario Installing an old version of Tails to a pristine USB drive
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Steps
Given a computer 0.188
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.062
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.057
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 31.746
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:7.775
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/arti/arti.toml' (RemoteShell::ServerFailure)
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:71:in `block (2 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `block in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:37:in `communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:234:in `open'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:261:in `append'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:737:in `block in file_append'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:617:in `file_open'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:737:in `file_append'
./features/step_definitions/chutney.rb:260:in `configure_simulated_Tor_network'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:464:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:295:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/usb_upgrade.feature:25:in `When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged'
Then the boot device has safe access rights 0.000
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.000
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.000
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.000
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.000
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.770

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing an old version of Tails to a pristine USB drive' (at time 02:24:20)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:20_Installing_an_old_version_of_Tails_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:20_Installing_an_old_version_of_Tails_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:20_Installing_an_old_version_of_Tails_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:20_Installing_an_old_version_of_Tails_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
43.741
Scenario Creating a persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Steps
Given a computer 0.210
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 43.530
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/arti/arti.toml' (RemoteShell::ServerFailure)
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:71:in `block (2 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `block in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:37:in `communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:234:in `open'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:261:in `append'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:737:in `block in file_append'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:617:in `file_open'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:737:in `file_append'
./features/step_definitions/chutney.rb:260:in `configure_simulated_Tor_network'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:464:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:295:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/usb_upgrade.feature:36:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login'
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.000
And I create a persistent partition 0.000
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.000
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.797

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation' (at time 02:25:09)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:09_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:09_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:09_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:09_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
38.992
Scenario Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Steps
Given a computer 0.207
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 38.785
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/arti/arti.toml' (RemoteShell::ServerFailure)
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:71:in `block (2 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `block in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:37:in `communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:234:in `open'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:261:in `append'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:737:in `block in file_append'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:617:in `file_open'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:737:in `file_append'
./features/step_definitions/chutney.rb:260:in `configure_simulated_Tor_network'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:464:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:295:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/usb_upgrade.feature:46:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.000
And all tps features are active 0.000
When I write some files expected to persist 0.000
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.000
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.000
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 0.000
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.807

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation' (at time 02:25:53)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:53_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:53_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:53_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:53_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:35.819
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.950
And I log in to a new session 20.954
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.476
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.439
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:34.625
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 23.934
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.207
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.930
Scenario Booting Tails from a USB drive upgraded from USB with persistence enabled
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Steps
Given a computer 0.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.737
The
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendent of [application | Welcome to Tails!]: child with roleName='password text'
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:339:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `call_tree_api_method'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:276:in `child'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:671:in `/^I try to enable persistence( with the changed passphrase)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:703:in `/^I enable persistence( with the changed passphrase)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:302:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/usb_upgrade.feature:73:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled'
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.000
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.000
And the boot device has safe access rights 0.000
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.000
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.151

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive upgraded from USB with persistence enabled' (at time 02:29:57)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:29:57_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_upgraded_from_USB_with_persistence_enabled.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:29:57_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_upgraded_from_USB_with_persistence_enabled.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:29:57_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_upgraded_from_USB_with_persistence_enabled.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/54/artifact/build-artifacts/02:29:57_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_upgraded_from_USB_with_persistence_enabled.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
7:2.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.831
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.110
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.299
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 0.310
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.584
When the network is plugged 0.123
And Tor is ready 21.876
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 8.551
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 11.918
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.145
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:11.052
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.013
And all tps features are active 2.264
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.371
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.082
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.320
# 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 0.294
When the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 46.653
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.608
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 8.441
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.300
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:59.444
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.013
And all tps features are active 2.284
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.548
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.098
# 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 0.325
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.334
When the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 19.058
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.381
# 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 16.307
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 1.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
38.825
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.903
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.443
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.051
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.133
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.125
And Tor is ready 19.373
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 8.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000