Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6243 28 Mar 2026, 11:31

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 13:7.019 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
1:26.164
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.077
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.016
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.472
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:7.259
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.632
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.245
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.049
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.054
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.208
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:32.797
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 58.013
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.267
And I create a persistent partition 25.066
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.782
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.619
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:30.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.548
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.251
And all tps features are active 1.233
When I write some files expected to persist 1.227
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.244
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.565
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.179
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.474
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 13.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:24.976
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.940
And I log in to a new session 21.640
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.947
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.246
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:33.598
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.240
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.226
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.140
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.611
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.072
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.276
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.598
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.420
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:30.837
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.631
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.076
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.223
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.036
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.206
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.359
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.250
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.394
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.200
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.466
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.637
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.262
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.265
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.060
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.182
# 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 0.265
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.558
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.643
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.783
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.393
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.017
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.012
And all tps features are active 1.129
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.401
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.042
# 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 0.156
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.247
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 20.181
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.100
# 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 4.220
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
28.855
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.509
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.378
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.061
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.047
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 20.460
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000