Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 1 18 Aug 2026, 20:00

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 11:59.668 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
1:22.634
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.083
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.985
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:4.757
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.150
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.234
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.035
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.040
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.198
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
1:26.596
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 50.628
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.213
And I create a persistent partition 24.624
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.587
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.549
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:36.717
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given a computer 0.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.017
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.246
And all tps features are active 7.473
When I write some files expected to persist 1.494
# 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 0.288
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.860
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.843
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.553
# 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" 11.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:16.577
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 8.689
And I log in to a new session 11.946
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.710
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.250
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:33.742
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.946
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.159
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.733
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.330
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.051
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.220
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.487
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.976
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:46.757
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 8.215
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.052
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.230
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.039
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.316
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.393
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 13.214
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.653
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.447
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.452
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.389
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.013
And all tps features are active 8.524
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.246
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.047
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.110
# 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 0.208
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.432
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.304
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.794
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.898
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.601
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.161
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.471
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.053
# 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 0.128
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.216
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 9.699
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.438
# 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 3.516
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.650
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 8.302
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.192
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.055
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.063
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.135
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000