Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6350 04 May 2026, 18:15

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 12:43.713 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
1:14.048
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.062
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.771
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 55.669
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.806
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.248
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.044
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.055
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.222
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:27.042
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 55.013
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.351
And I create a persistent partition 25.610
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.884
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.760
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:34.339
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.352
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.245
And all tps features are active 1.316
When I write some files expected to persist 1.379
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.148
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.627
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.283
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.184
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.513
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 13.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:14.258
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.131
And I log in to a new session 14.007
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.020
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.232
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.618
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.969
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.138
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.257
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given a computer 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.772
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.988
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.292
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.786
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.278
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:33.866
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.733
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.141
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.272
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.059
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.256
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.366
When the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 22.690
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.428
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.990
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.232
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.443
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 1.264
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.255
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.073
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.159
# 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 0.202
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 21.899
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.463
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 5.289
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.636
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.875
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.011
And all tps features are active 1.463
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.341
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.069
# 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 0.152
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.238
When the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 20.446
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.106
# 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 4.833
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
25.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.325
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.242
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.053
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.048
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.765
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000