Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6672 16 Sep 2026, 11:39

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 11:6.544 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
1:6.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.105
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.045
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 49.980
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.121
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.178
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.034
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.039
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.159
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
1:22.120
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.712
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.236
And I create a persistent partition 23.104
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.346
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:30.355
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.861
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.176
And all tps features are active 6.917
When I write some files expected to persist 0.940
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.141
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.592
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.798
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.543
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.583
# 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" 11.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
2:10.499
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.142
And I log in to a new session 10.297
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.751
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.226
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.663
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.173
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.119
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.857
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.112
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.059
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.215
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.455
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.197
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:30.071
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 8.474
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.092
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.184
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.042
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.191
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.305
When the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 11.859
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.172
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.248
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.652
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.221
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 8.124
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.178
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.037
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.094
# 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 0.170
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.839
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.382
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.973
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.625
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.764
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.931
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.357
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# 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 0.113
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.157
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.097
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.098
# 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 3.149
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.805
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 7.952
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 0.040
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.034
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.186
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000