Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 132 09 Nov 2026, 03:28

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 10:46.513 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
1:7.766
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.072
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.437
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 51.004
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.652
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.180
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.043
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.061
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.137
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:18.863
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.165
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.178
And I create a persistent partition 22.414
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.971
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.506
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.960
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 58.475
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.238
And all tps features are active 7.037
When I write some files expected to persist 0.890
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.115
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.293
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.381
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.546
# 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" 11.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:10.392
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 7.863
And I log in to a new session 10.955
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.710
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.225
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.347
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.026
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.112
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.802
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.418
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.947
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.196
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.013
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.820
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:18.932
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 8.126
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.052
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.204
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.028
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.210
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.348
When the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.991
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.320
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.995
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.208
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.458
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 7.365
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.170
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 0.094
# 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 0.146
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.925
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.905
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.671
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.537
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.945
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.007
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.257
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 0.078
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.161
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.100
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.077
# 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 2.971
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.795
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 7.751
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.194
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.028
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.035
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 9.310
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000