Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21319-thunderbird-153 2 26 Oct 2026, 22:01

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 11:44.146 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
1:12.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.075
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.025
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 15.658
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 52.232
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.507
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.207
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.038
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.057
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.160
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
Tags: @product
1:24.662
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 49.410
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.243
And I create a persistent partition 24.196
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.150
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.531
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:35.613
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.142
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.245
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.304
And all tps features are active 7.691
When I write some files expected to persist 1.222
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.176
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.306
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.616
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.432
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.003
# 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" 11.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:14.924
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.642
And I log in to a new session 12.064
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.673
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.218
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.573
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 19.508
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.115
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.997
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.303
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.210
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.528
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.039
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:44.787
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 8.158
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.103
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.199
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 0.211
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.315
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.277
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.307
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.303
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.312
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.854
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.620
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.203
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.066
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.107
# 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 0.181
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.495
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.308
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.854
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.099
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.219
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 8.028
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.382
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.042
# 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 0.101
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.293
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.386
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.434
# 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 3.489
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.262
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 8.002
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.258
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.048
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.032
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.596
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000