Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 122 04 Nov 2026, 21:04

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 11:5.419 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
1:19.559
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.085
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" 13.029
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:2.845
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.863
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.246
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.069
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.063
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.168
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
1:20.842
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.519
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.208
And I create a persistent partition 22.156
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.195
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.497
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:29.311
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 59.802
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.203
And all tps features are active 6.761
When I write some files expected to persist 0.991
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.162
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.267
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.575
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.822
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.512
# 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" 11.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
2:10.095
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.248
And I log in to a new session 9.999
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.614
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.585
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.320
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.101
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.107
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.331
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.716
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.067
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.214
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.889
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.916
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:21.462
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 7.951
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.063
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.176
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.035
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.167
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.308
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.230
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.348
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.755
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.416
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.758
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.136
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.218
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.030
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.100
# 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 0.183
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.187
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.364
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.458
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.872
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.382
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.578
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.368
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
# 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 0.134
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.214
When the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.101
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.081
# 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 3.366
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.816
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 7.888
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.191
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 0.064
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 8.177
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000