Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6108 30 Jan 2026, 14:44

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 13:33.229 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
1:45.105
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.079
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.015
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 15.275
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:24.720
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.194
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.274
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.044
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.053
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.232
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
1:35.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 59.606
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.356
And I create a persistent partition 25.521
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.812
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.552
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product
1:36.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given a computer 0.142
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.668
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.315
And all tps features are active 1.538
When I write some files expected to persist 1.748
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.242
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.395
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.072
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.206
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 13.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product
2:29.478
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.581
And I log in to a new session 18.096
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.347
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.417
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:37.970
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 19.719
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.161
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.963
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given a computer 0.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.971
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.089
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.331
And the boot device has safe access rights 3.464
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.472
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:26.660
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.679
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.079
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.248
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.049
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.203
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.362
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.805
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.613
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 6.321
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.372
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.751
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.021
And all tps features are active 1.501
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.282
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.062
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.222
# 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 0.234
When the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.585
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.065
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 5.714
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.246
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.317
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.008
And all tps features are active 1.410
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.470
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.066
# 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 0.162
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.207
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 41.559
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.119
# 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 4.357
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
22.818
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 8.493
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.312
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.074
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.086
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.251
And Tor is ready 10.833
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000