Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 114 01 Nov 2026, 03:40

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 10:53.591 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
1:7.914
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.074
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.017
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.909
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 51.471
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.941
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.168
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.028
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.039
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.129
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
1:19.823
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.247
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.195
And I create a persistent partition 23.154
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.114
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.501
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:29.510
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.098
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.225
And all tps features are active 6.472
When I write some files expected to persist 0.877
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.122
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.287
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.519
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.037
# 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" 11.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:12.238
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.356
And I log in to a new session 12.611
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.650
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.461
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.300
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.635
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.114
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.824
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.610
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.980
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.173
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.855
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.836
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:21.917
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 8.056
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.061
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.205
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.044
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.188
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.354
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.628
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.971
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.138
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.383
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.170
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 7.341
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.227
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.069
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.116
# 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 0.193
When the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 10.077
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.295
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.489
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.562
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.315
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.009
And all tps features are active 7.746
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.251
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.036
# 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 0.115
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.157
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.994
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.091
# 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 3.164
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.362
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 7.761
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.213
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.040
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.038
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.247
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000