Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 127 05 Nov 2026, 14:38

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 11:28.242 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
1:20.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.018
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.104
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:3.844
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.153
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.261
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.054
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.032
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.151
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
1:24.311
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given a computer 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 49.131
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.193
And I create a persistent partition 23.827
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.560
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.498
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:32.627
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.442
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.195
And all tps features are active 7.530
When I write some files expected to persist 1.324
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.192
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.232
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.698
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.667
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.544
# 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" 11.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:14.857
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 8.772
And I log in to a new session 12.643
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.678
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.565
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.302
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.646
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.121
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.529
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.584
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.076
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.218
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.133
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.869
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:29.740
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.957
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.074
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 0.039
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.190
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.265
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.977
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.311
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.519
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.677
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.157
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.443
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.230
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.044
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.094
# 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 0.172
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.322
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.956
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.345
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.542
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.611
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.858
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.309
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.044
# 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 0.084
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.173
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 9.947
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.104
# 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 3.544
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.341
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.136
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.222
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.033
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.040
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.722
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000