Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21322-change-domain-deb.tails.boum.org 6 22 May 2026, 07:45

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 11:4.536 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
1:7.174
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.051
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.015
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.932
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 49.946
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.604
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.201
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.046
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.050
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.183
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005
Tags: @product
1:24.719
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 51.711
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.263
And I create a persistent partition 24.031
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.305
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.505
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
1:24.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.947
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.220
And all tps features are active 1.248
When I write some files expected to persist 1.284
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.193
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.301
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.785
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.206
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.908
# 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" 11.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product
2:9.870
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.162
And I log in to a new session 12.174
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.745
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.210
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.285
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 15.013
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.139
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 2.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.023
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.458
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.879
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.240
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.366
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.214
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:31.301
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.220
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.083
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 0.049
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.205
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.344
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.118
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.959
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.653
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.492
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.391
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.011
And all tps features are active 1.162
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.226
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.042
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.136
# 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 0.196
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.635
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.624
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.305
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.360
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.844
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.087
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.339
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.048
# 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 0.181
When the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.505
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.518
# 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 3.747
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.536
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 7.329
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.245
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 0.050
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.496
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000