Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 82 05 Jun 2025, 18:21

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 15:26.217 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
1:27.190
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 0.175
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.041
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.049
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 30.159
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 55.763
FileNotFoundError: 
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 4.829 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing an old version of Tails to a pristine USB drive' (at time 02:15:17)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:15:17_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/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:15:17_Installing_an_old_version_of_Tails_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:15:17_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/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:15:17_Installing_an_old_version_of_Tails_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
37.819
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 0.005
Steps
Given a computer 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 37.657
FileNotFoundError: 
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 4.723 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation' (at time 02:15:59)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:15:59_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/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:15:59_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:15:59_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:15:59_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
37.171
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 0.005
Steps
Given a computer 0.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 36.994
FileNotFoundError: 
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 4.744 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation' (at time 02:16:41)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:16:41_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/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:16:41_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/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:16:41_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/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:16:41_Writing_files_to_a_read_write-enabled_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:44.327
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 9.458
And I log in to a new session 20.433
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.040
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.469
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:42.683
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 26.821
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.219
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.060
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 0.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.896
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 5.051 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive upgraded from USB with persistence enabled' (at time 02:20:48)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:20:48_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/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:20:48_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/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:20:48_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/82/artifact/build-artifacts/02:20:48_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_upgraded_from_USB_with_persistence_enabled.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
8:6.962
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 14.671
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.375
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.560
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.079
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.308
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.415
When the network is plugged 0.207
And Tor is ready 49.920
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.592
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 10.350
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 1:22.285
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:57.875
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.012
And all tps features are active 1.983
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.291
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 0.314
# 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 0.265
When the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 24.723
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.378
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 10.215
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.388
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:1.962
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.017
And all tps features are active 1.788
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.522
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.057
# 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 0.526
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.256
When the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 19.450
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.275
# 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 14.945
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 1.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
37.684
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 9.969
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.551
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.054
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.120
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 19.281
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 7.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000