Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6549 30 Jul 2026, 19:38

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 11:34.076 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
59.646
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given a computer 0.049
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.014
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.581
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 41.629
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.701
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.233
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.045
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.056
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.198
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:26.480
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 53.719
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.230
And I create a persistent partition 23.823
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.950
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.513
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:31.630
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.726
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.233
And all tps features are active 4.930
When I write some files expected to persist 1.453
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.193
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.268
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.943
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.858
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.079
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 11.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:8.670
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.702
And I log in to a new session 12.079
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.707
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.236
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.322
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.351
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.141
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.087
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.919
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.265
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.785
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.143
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:54.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.103
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.063
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.199
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.057
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.189
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.334
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 18.564
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.086
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.567
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.928
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.899
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.984
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.277
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 0.176
# 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 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.316
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.181
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 5.088
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.098
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.428
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.693
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.328
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 0.153
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.176
When the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 10.344
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.536
# 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 4.331
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
21.566
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.684
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.235
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.043
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.068
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.624
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000