Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware 4 27 Jul 2026, 02:33

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 11:29.999 Passed
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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
1:7.731
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.056
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.014
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.077
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 50.415
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.517
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.228
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.046
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.054
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.188
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:24.695
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 52.717
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.277
And I create a persistent partition 23.372
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.782
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.528
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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1:32.533
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.782
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.241
And all tps features are active 5.082
When I write some files expected to persist 1.296
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.197
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.289
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.972
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.619
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.986
# 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" 12.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:8.785
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 8.067
And I log in to a new session 12.578
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.733
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.221
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.851
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.063
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.130
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:11.071
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.655
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.902
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.269
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.303
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.082
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
3:45.304
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.761
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.101
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.249
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.036
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.227
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.347
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.288
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.426
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.481
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.671
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.872
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.838
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.240
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.165
# 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 0.229
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.138
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.596
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.193
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.020
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.725
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 4.847
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.313
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
# 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 0.132
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.197
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.039
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.475
# 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 4.166
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
19.876
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 7.565
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.278
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.045
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.048
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.866
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000