Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 2 19 Aug 2026, 03:13

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 11:5.735 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
1:11.848
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.075
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.005
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 55.121
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.009
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.192
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.035
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.055
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.176
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
1:18.875
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.090
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.210
And I create a persistent partition 22.363
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.081
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.488
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.640
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.637
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.181
And all tps features are active 6.573
When I write some files expected to persist 0.937
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.130
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.211
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.615
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.898
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.538
# 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" 10.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:11.350
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 8.335
And I log in to a new session 12.215
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.575
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.199
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.239
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.552
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.114
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.981
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.167
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.993
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.200
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.026
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.881
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:32.656
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 8.128
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.055
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.212
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 0.172
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.340
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.568
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.045
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.921
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.198
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.463
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.460
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.169
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.071
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.110
# 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 0.051
And Tor is ready 10.074
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.392
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.584
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.019
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.866
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.019
And all tps features are active 7.191
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.261
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.048
# 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 0.121
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.200
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 9.991
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.397
# 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 2.952
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.383
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 7.667
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.237
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.034
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 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.469
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000