Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6070 15 Jan 2026, 17:18

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 11:28.882 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
1:9.909
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.057
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.017
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.975
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 50.898
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.178
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.278
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.040
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.058
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.237
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
1:24.869
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 54.026
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.444
And I create a persistent partition 24.912
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.758
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.628
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:28.168
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.500
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.247
And all tps features are active 1.211
When I write some files expected to persist 1.441
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.195
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.320
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.835
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.172
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.429
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 11.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:12.068
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.953
And I log in to a new session 9.951
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.838
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.356
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:33.387
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.290
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.149
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.859
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.240
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.361
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.248
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.847
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.103
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:41.832
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.108
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.046
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.255
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.042
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.263
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.316
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.502
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.045
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.575
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.997
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.156
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.056
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.188
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.036
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.146
# 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 0.191
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.501
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.060
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.509
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.906
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.843
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.327
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.380
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.044
# 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 0.199
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.247
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.649
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.553
# 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 4.202
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.174
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.478
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.234
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.050
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.052
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.435
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000