Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 135 11 Nov 2026, 03:29

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 10:46.632 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
1:5.078
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.071
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.017
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.017
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.248
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 47.895
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.308
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.183
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.030
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.041
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.161
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:19.423
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.230
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.204
And I create a persistent partition 21.874
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.788
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.451
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.085
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.884
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.228
And all tps features are active 6.813
When I write some files expected to persist 1.045
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.131
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.237
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.427
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.453
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" 11.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:9.834
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 8.033
And I log in to a new session 11.340
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.614
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.179
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.805
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.589
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.145
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.951
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 "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.501
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.001
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.191
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.898
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.907
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:21.634
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 8.104
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.095
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.188
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 0.225
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.307
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.566
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.939
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.101
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.188
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.220
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.479
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.247
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 0.115
# 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 0.156
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.174
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.293
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.549
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.966
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.207
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.164
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.270
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.034
# 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 0.091
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.149
When the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 10.100
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.085
# 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 3.092
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 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.624
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 7.529
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.201
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.045
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.031
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 8.312
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000