Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21153-zstd-iuks 5 26 Jul 2026, 11:34

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 11:38.707 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
1:15.260
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.047
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.023
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.151
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 57.646
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.684
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.211
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.067
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.056
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.212
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:29.668
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 54.349
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.254
And I create a persistent partition 24.726
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.372
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.511
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:31.271
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.816
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.258
And all tps features are active 4.718
When I write some files expected to persist 1.270
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.204
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.305
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.775
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.622
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.405
# 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" 11.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:11.489
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 8.280
And I log in to a new session 13.249
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.824
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.246
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.381
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 15.203
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.136
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.183
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.559
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.976
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.210
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.378
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.137
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:40.742
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 7.714
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.056
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.225
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.049
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.252
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.324
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.150
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.704
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.243
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.593
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.859
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.466
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.228
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.047
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.140
# 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 0.190
When the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 9.671
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.115
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.982
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.954
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.151
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 5.016
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.314
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.047
# 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 0.131
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.250
When the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.722
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.598
# 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 4.073
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.092
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 7.219
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.256
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.050
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.036
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.079
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000