Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 120 03 Nov 2026, 21:14

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 11:16.272 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
1:9.351
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.096
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.023
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.527
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 51.856
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.115
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.324
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.040
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.054
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.178
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
1:20.866
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.997
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.200
And I create a persistent partition 22.012
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.772
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.696
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:33.460
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.650
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.307
And all tps features are active 6.997
When I write some files expected to persist 1.058
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.172
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.274
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.454
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.418
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.591
# 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" 11.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:14.808
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 9.095
And I log in to a new session 13.196
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.725
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.236
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.883
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.429
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.114
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.036
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.462
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.312
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.275
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.433
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.041
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:28.203
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 8.095
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.054
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.237
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.056
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 0.330
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 12.427
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.020
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.433
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.463
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.649
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 8.608
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.197
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.128
# 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 0.174
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.722
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.322
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.639
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.580
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.016
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.008
And all tps features are active 7.698
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.329
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.029
# 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 0.075
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.174
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.380
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.093
# 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 3.580
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.546
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 8.288
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.295
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.065
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.041
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 8.357
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000