Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 131 08 Nov 2026, 03:35

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 10:46.342 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
1:6.465
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.117
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.017
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.018
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.653
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 48.980
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.034
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.212
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.064
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.043
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.205
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
1:20.049
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 48.024
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.226
And I create a persistent partition 22.560
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.042
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.500
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:26.402
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 56.974
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.221
And all tps features are active 6.632
When I write some files expected to persist 0.981
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.147
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.234
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.429
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.928
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.507
# 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" 11.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:9.565
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 8.402
And I log in to a new session 10.014
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.666
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.200
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.565
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.473
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.120
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.975
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.667
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.977
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.199
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.835
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.848
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:21.407
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 7.961
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.069
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.214
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.036
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.247
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.282
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.620
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.288
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.797
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.291
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.423
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.408
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.179
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.043
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.121
# 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 0.170
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.102
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.871
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.476
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.987
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.203
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.281
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.283
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.046
# 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 0.110
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.172
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.115
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.105
# 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 3.084
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.475
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 7.843
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.209
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.025
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.056
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 7.935
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000