Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 106 28 Oct 2026, 03:26

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 10:49.128 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
1:10.272
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.073
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.037
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.036
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.069
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 53.602
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.955
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.164
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.023
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.032
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.168
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
1:20.211
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 48.099
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.231
And I create a persistent partition 22.574
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.212
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.490
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:27.240
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.448
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.210
And all tps features are active 6.722
When I write some files expected to persist 1.089
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.125
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.284
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.599
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.969
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.530
# 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" 11.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.936
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 8.190
And I log in to a new session 11.629
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.607
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.581
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.902
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.780
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.124
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.431
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.866
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.024
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.193
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.874
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.770
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:17.980
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 8.396
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
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 0.053
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 0.290
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.537
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.967
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.577
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.930
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.586
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.209
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.060
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.102
# 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 0.188
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.999
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.300
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.330
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.576
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.483
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.350
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.328
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.033
# 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 0.100
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.139
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.140
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.075
# 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 3.082
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.055
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 7.676
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.255
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 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.167
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000