Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6567 09 Aug 2026, 11:33

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 11:17.081 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
1:9.275
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.100
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.717
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 51.750
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.032
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.228
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.060
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.056
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.173
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
1:22.276
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.930
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.229
And I create a persistent partition 23.681
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.729
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:33.146
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.926
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.212
And all tps features are active 6.745
When I write some files expected to persist 1.414
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.146
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.289
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.709
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.991
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
# 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" 11.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:12.688
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 8.518
And I log in to a new session 11.980
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.685
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.199
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.684
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.353
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.142
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.344
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.296
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.255
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.227
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.934
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:31.546
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 8.198
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.061
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.217
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.056
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.169
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.269
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.881
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.888
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.215
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.585
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.314
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 8.251
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.222
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.053
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.107
# 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 0.152
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.537
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.965
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.637
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.544
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.424
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.888
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.390
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.038
# 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 0.094
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.162
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.256
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.120
# 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 3.305
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.333
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 8.014
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.253
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.026
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.056
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.985
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000