Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 67 23 May 2025, 16:49

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 15:49.729 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
2:9.098
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 0.284
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.090
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.074
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 1:6.295
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:1.354
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 4.807

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing an old version of Tails to a pristine USB drive' (at time 02:18:02)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:18:02_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/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:18:02_Installing_an_old_version_of_Tails_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:18:02_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/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:18:02_Installing_an_old_version_of_Tails_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
40.682
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 0.006
Steps
Given a computer 0.252
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 40.430
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 4.786

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation' (at time 02:18:47)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:18:47_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/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:18:47_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:18:47_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:18:47_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
37.647
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 0.246
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 37.401
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 4.792

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation' (at time 02:19:30)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:19:30_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/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:19:30_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/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:19:30_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/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:19:30_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
2:41.498
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.651
And I log in to a new session 20.147
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.411
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.407
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:37.860
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 27.564
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.249
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.461
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 0.006
Steps
Given a computer 0.261
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.200
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 5.109

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive upgraded from USB with persistence enabled' (at time 02:23:33)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:23:33_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/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:23:33_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/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:23:33_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/67/artifact/build-artifacts/02:23:33_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_upgraded_from_USB_with_persistence_enabled.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
7:43.290
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 41.558
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.081
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.571
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.098
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.403
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.478
When the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 25.393
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 8.573
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 13.578
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.905
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:7.655
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.013
And all tps features are active 2.035
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.384
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.099
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.429
# 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 0.316
When the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 45.294
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.610
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 9.870
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.461
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:7.475
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.012
And all tps features are active 2.122
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.540
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.064
# 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 0.294
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.324
When the network is plugged 0.112
And Tor is ready 19.603
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.326
# 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 15.961
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 1.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
43.049
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.997
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.498
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.116
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.122
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.116
And Tor is ready 23.471
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 7.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000