Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5583 18 Apr 2025, 12:36

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 19:19.930 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
1:59.065
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.186
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.052
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.049
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 29.859
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:23.734
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.107
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.342
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.074
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.133
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.322
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
2:14.482
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 1:32.707
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.330
And I create a persistent partition 30.637
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.647
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.753
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:48.928
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:10.597
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 1.352
And all tps features are active 2.295
When I write some files expected to persist 2.185
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.231
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.373
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.932
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.423
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.333
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 24.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:30.458
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.903
And I log in to a new session 18.232
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.409
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.427
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:32.502
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 25.545
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.204
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:19.346
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:9.793
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.654
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.352
And the boot device has safe access rights 3.496
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.402
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
6:45.216
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 11.993
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.125
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.379
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.052
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.260
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.463
When the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 23.941
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 7.880
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 12.349
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.387
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.207
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.026
And all tps features are active 2.214
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.285
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.068
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.293
# 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 0.266
When the network is plugged 0.108
And Tor is ready 19.412
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 7.805
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 8.970
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.417
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:3.238
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.013
And all tps features are active 2.212
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.485
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.071
# 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 0.311
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.298
When the network is plugged 0.076
And Tor is ready 19.629
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.330
# 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 15.133
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 1.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
42.432
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 10.620
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.398
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.057
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.088
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 24.588
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 6.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000