Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 16 27 Aug 2026, 20:45

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 10:58.449 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
1:15.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.018
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.012
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 58.396
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.021
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.196
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.039
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.042
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.155
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
1:17.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 45.905
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.177
And I create a persistent partition 21.971
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.618
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.461
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:28.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.724
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.183
And all tps features are active 6.766
When I write some files expected to persist 0.956
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.092
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.185
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.395
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.710
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.855
# 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" 11.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:10.072
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 8.115
And I log in to a new session 11.441
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.559
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.183
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.176
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.373
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.110
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.545
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.704
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.094
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.170
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.071
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.973
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:23.077
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 8.075
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.077
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.262
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.052
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.203
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.348
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 14.823
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.300
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.490
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.541
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.365
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.571
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.149
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.048
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.107
# 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 0.173
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.309
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.852
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.509
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.579
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.496
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.458
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.317
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.045
# 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 0.093
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.155
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.160
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.129
# 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 2.962
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.632
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 7.899
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.252
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.042
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.042
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.964
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000