Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.12 5 02 Sep 2026, 20:11

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 12:3.540 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
1:19.484
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.099
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.023
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.445
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 59.953
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.282
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.243
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.062
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.045
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.185
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:28.054
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 52.134
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.289
And I create a persistent partition 23.658
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.907
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.694
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:36.742
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.211
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.795
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.319
And all tps features are active 7.659
When I write some files expected to persist 1.179
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.180
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.242
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.841
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.027
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.721
# 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" 11.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:15.810
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 8.808
And I log in to a new session 12.613
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.988
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.399
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.146
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 19.577
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.134
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.734
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.878
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.546
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.265
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.839
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.083
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:50.222
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 8.230
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.065
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.231
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 0.210
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.373
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.582
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.440
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.305
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.354
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.643
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 8.167
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.211
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.045
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.123
# 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 0.247
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.687
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.161
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.619
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.440
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.614
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.577
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.342
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.059
# 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 0.124
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.173
When the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.537
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.431
# 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 3.711
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
21.490
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.087
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.327
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.036
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 0.051
And Tor is ready 11.146
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000