Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6128 09 Feb 2026, 11:34

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 12:24.613 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
1:32.195
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given a computer 0.090
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.010
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.804
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:12.453
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.043
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.263
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.039
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.075
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.258
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product
1:27.248
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 57.223
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.326
And I create a persistent partition 24.297
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.720
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.551
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:30.542
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.062
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.266
And all tps features are active 1.152
When I write some files expected to persist 1.390
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.177
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.284
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.147
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.407
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 13.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
2:18.746
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.638
And I log in to a new session 13.799
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.899
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.244
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:35.456
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.361
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.141
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.361
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.488
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.132
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.244
And the boot device has safe access rights 3.028
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.277
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:55.350
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.970
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.121
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.383
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.076
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.219
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.394
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 14.418
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.676
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.742
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.543
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.453
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.136
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.270
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.052
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.142
# 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 0.218
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.452
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.792
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.553
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.171
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.402
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.275
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 0.056
# 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 0.142
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.219
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.010
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.104
# 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 4.451
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
23.168
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.764
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.232
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.081
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.053
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.990
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000