Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6669 15 Sep 2026, 13:51

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 12:3.531 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
1:5.542
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.079
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.023
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.987
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 47.477
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.299
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.233
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.060
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.048
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.186
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
1:23.623
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 48.474
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.196
And I create a persistent partition 23.962
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.269
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.567
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:38.307
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.490
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.186
And all tps features are active 8.755
When I write some files expected to persist 0.981
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.116
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.259
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.638
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.835
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.533
# 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" 11.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:26.463
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 21.808
And I log in to a new session 11.587
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.655
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.243
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.182
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.737
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.124
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.465
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.802
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.080
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.175
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.350
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.227
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:58.243
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.677
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.073
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.278
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.054
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.320
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.301
When the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 18.425
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.331
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.263
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.341
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.525
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.009
And all tps features are active 8.768
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.204
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.133
# 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 0.167
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.296
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.690
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.546
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.849
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.347
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.011
And all tps features are active 7.568
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.312
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 0.106
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.149
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.303
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.395
# 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 3.163
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.885
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 8.385
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.236
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.049
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 0.048
And Tor is ready 9.940
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000