Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 124 05 Nov 2026, 03:27

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 11:1.941 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
1:10.439
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.075
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.018
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.391
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 53.499
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.862
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.192
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.035
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.045
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.163
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
1:21.052
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.970
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.201
And I create a persistent partition 23.245
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.005
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.502
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:27.568
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.610
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.210
And all tps features are active 6.368
When I write some files expected to persist 0.941
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.108
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.259
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.479
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.850
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.516
# 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" 11.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:9.242
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 7.954
And I log in to a new session 10.099
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.923
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.186
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.835
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.998
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.102
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.285
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.972
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.143
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.940
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.959
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:29.587
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 7.939
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.054
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.285
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.034
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.223
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.333
When the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.473
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.865
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.139
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.336
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.177
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 7.117
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.155
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.045
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.104
# 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 0.157
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.737
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.327
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.481
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.539
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.402
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.014
And all tps features are active 6.957
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.254
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 0.128
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.156
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.124
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.370
# 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 3.148
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.345
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.116
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 0.046
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.044
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.006
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000