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test_Tails_ISO_tails-circumvention-settings-developers-doc 2 25 Aug 2026, 21:23

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 10:59.715 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
1:7.711
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.072
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.645
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 51.491
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.934
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.186
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.031
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.027
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.147
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
1:18.974
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.144
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.212
And I create a persistent partition 22.580
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.978
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.460
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:26.774
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.548
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.219
And all tps features are active 6.665
When I write some files expected to persist 1.029
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.113
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.206
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.503
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.786
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.541
# 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" 11.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:8.826
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 8.292
And I log in to a new session 10.567
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.537
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.172
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.313
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.710
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.115
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.876
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.260
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.912
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.201
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.942
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.824
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:34.092
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 8.158
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.095
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.234
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.037
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.202
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.437
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.848
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.312
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.025
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.474
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.771
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.722
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.173
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.082
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.124
# 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 0.196
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.277
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.376
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.557
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.605
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.588
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 8.115
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.285
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.041
# 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 0.097
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.186
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.118
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.393
# 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 3.155
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.460
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 7.871
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 0.031
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.043
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.884
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000