Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 17 28 Aug 2026, 03:15

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 10:48.600 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
1:2.432
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.072
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.037
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.040
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 45.372
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.307
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.212
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.032
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.032
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.182
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
Tags: @product
1:19.507
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.389
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.181
And I create a persistent partition 22.608
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.186
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:29.509
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.076
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.156
And all tps features are active 6.664
When I write some files expected to persist 0.884
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.104
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.199
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.784
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.631
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.892
# 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" 11.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:10.076
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 8.336
And I log in to a new session 11.718
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.599
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.177
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.116
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.879
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.126
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.956
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.055
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.063
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.257
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.959
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.972
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:22.888
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 8.149
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.070
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.162
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.026
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.133
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.213
When the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.543
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.498
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.765
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.171
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.766
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.684
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.189
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.061
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.080
# 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 0.144
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.169
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.973
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.583
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.152
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.398
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.413
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.267
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 0.084
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.153
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.393
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.114
# 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 3.095
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.230
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 7.559
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.187
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.038
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.033
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.371
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000