Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 18 29 Aug 2026, 03:16

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 11:19.824 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
1:12.577
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.079
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.033
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.026
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.965
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 56.104
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.830
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.179
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.039
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.046
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.151
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:20.844
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 47.977
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.243
And I create a persistent partition 22.210
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.917
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.453
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:28.513
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.068
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.200
And all tps features are active 7.476
When I write some files expected to persist 1.005
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.153
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.297
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.576
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.832
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.515
# 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" 11.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:9.524
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 8.027
And I log in to a new session 10.695
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.568
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.188
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.409
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.394
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.125
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.088
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.088
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.991
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.187
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.271
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.822
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:45.067
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 21.041
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.173
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.029
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.172
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.318
When the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 12.478
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.602
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.399
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.179
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.955
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.201
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.156
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.041
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.097
# 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 0.197
When the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 10.223
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.862
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.426
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.568
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.749
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 8.548
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.308
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 0.092
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.172
When the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 9.998
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.440
# 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 3.044
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.210
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 7.490
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.195
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.041
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 0.036
And Tor is ready 8.920
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000