Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 103 27 Oct 2026, 03:23

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 10:49.953 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
1:3.695
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.079
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.916
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 47.275
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.874
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.186
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.032
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.038
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.132
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
Tags: @product
1:20.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.512
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.199
And I create a persistent partition 22.987
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.172
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.447
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.761
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.172
And all tps features are active 6.707
When I write some files expected to persist 1.007
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.108
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.227
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.340
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.517
# 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" 11.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:10.184
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 8.478
And I log in to a new session 11.197
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.563
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.201
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.688
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.797
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.128
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.653
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.218
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.064
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.177
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.912
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.816
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:27.602
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 8.004
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.060
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.198
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 0.169
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.225
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.409
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.370
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.039
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.269
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.876
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.176
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.171
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.046
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.091
# 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 0.177
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.198
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.059
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.456
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.543
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.203
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 6.957
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.302
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.045
# 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 0.103
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.154
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.173
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.407
# 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 3.218
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.370
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.647
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.182
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.051
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.067
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 7.936
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000