Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 112 30 Oct 2026, 03:50

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 11:0.894 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
1:10.597
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.084
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.099
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 53.758
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.033
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.238
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.042
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.029
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.162
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:18.814
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 46.291
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.223
And I create a persistent partition 22.755
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.382
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.491
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:27.512
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.114
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.190
And all tps features are active 6.594
When I write some files expected to persist 0.980
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.159
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.290
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.495
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.964
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.533
# 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" 11.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:11.038
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 8.320
And I log in to a new session 11.177
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.669
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.249
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.433
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.925
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.118
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.565
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.225
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.984
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.191
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.866
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.821
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:29.400
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 7.884
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.053
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.187
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.051
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.224
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.368
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.831
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.445
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.201
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.451
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.367
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 6.966
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.207
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.035
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.077
# 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 0.150
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.967
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.878
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.505
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.525
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.093
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.157
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 0.039
# 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 0.153
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.207
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.094
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.367
# 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 3.139
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.964
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 7.713
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.202
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.031
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.051
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.388
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000