Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 84 07 Jun 2025, 16:28

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 14:34.010 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
1:25.742
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 0.173
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.050
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.053
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 28.555
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 55.909
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 4.803 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing an old version of Tails to a pristine USB drive' (at time 02:19:45)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:19:45_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/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:19:45_Installing_an_old_version_of_Tails_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:19:45_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/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:19:45_Installing_an_old_version_of_Tails_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
37.645
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 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 37.467
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 4.787 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Creating a persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation' (at time 02:20:28)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:20:28_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/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:20:28_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:20:28_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:20:28_Creating_a_persistent_partition_with_the_old_Tails_USB_installation.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
36.987
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 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 36.813
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 4.741 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Writing files to a read/write-enabled persistent partition with the old Tails USB installation' (at time 02:21:09)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:21:09_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/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:21:09_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/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:21:09_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/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:21:09_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
2:29.422
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 9.341
And I log in to a new session 20.278
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.272
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.481
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:35.134
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 20.465
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.246
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.232
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 0.005
Steps
Given a computer 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.051
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 4.988 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Booting Tails from a USB drive upgraded from USB with persistence enabled' (at time 02:24:59)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:59_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/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:59_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/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:59_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/84/artifact/build-artifacts/02:24:59_Booting_Tails_from_a_USB_drive_upgraded_from_USB_with_persistence_enabled.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
7:36.294
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 11.272
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.083
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.290
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.086
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.303
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.520
When the network is plugged 0.100
And Tor is ready 22.158
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 7.921
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 10.590
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 1:14.979
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:4.215
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.012
And all tps features are active 2.112
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.330
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.063
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.315
# 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 0.367
When the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 21.789
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.581
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 9.869
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.247
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:1.403
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.013
And all tps features are active 2.122
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.586
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.100
# 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 0.342
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.252
When the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 17.825
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.294
# 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 14.624
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 1.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
34.685
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 9.694
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.316
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 0.075
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 18.022
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 6.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000