Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21171-trixie-13.6 5 14 Jul 2026, 00:46

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 12:9.034 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
1:7.716
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.062
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.017
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.355
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 48.780
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.817
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.244
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.040
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.049
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.205
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:33.777
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 55.575
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.228
And I create a persistent partition 25.525
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.971
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:41.428
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.530
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.324
And all tps features are active 5.354
When I write some files expected to persist 1.312
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.238
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.302
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.038
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.311
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.059
# 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" 12.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:15.061
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 9.023
And I log in to a new session 13.998
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.095
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.227
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:32.354
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.091
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.134
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 6.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.055
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.279
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.073
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.283
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.450
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.071
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:54.973
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 8.204
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.086
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.241
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.041
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.266
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.378
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.304
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.761
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.056
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.101
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.716
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 5.147
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.260
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.044
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.156
# 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 0.236
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.649
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.348
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.650
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.937
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.446
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 5.801
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.394
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.045
# 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 0.142
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.326
When the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.827
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.569
# 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 4.367
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.083
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.203
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.046
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.050
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.154
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000