Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 4 05 Jun 2026, 08:11

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 11:31.055 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
1:1.679
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.056
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.008
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.017
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.831
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 42.864
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.140
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.241
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.039
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.064
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.253
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.018
Tags: @product
1:27.869
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 53.839
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.282
And I create a persistent partition 24.472
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.364
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.516
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
1:29.599
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.738
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.328
And all tps features are active 1.294
When I write some files expected to persist 1.359
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.165
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.379
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.112
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.052
# 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" 12.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
2:13.545
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.781
And I log in to a new session 13.511
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.701
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.250
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:32.338
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.643
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.153
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 2.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.511
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given a computer 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.857
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.929
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.251
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.321
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.225
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:48.036
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.543
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.110
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.237
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.065
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.254
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.388
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.989
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.509
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 6.360
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.130
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.832
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.229
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.217
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.041
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.170
# 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 0.220
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.929
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.335
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.455
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.110
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.564
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.008
And all tps features are active 1.323
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.421
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.077
# 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 0.212
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.314
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.236
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.573
# 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 4.679
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.020
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.813
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.356
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.220
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.047
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.053
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.033
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000