Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 20 31 Aug 2026, 03:14

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 10:48.524 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
1:10.996
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.095
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.017
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.018
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.043
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 54.509
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.723
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.210
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.045
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.049
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.149
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product
1:19.725
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 "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.233
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.202
And I create a persistent partition 22.783
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.057
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.465
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:26.953
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.892
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.174
And all tps features are active 6.582
When I write some files expected to persist 0.928
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.145
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.229
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.499
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.937
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.557
# 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" 10.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:9.369
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 8.361
And I log in to a new session 10.204
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.580
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.176
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.424
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.383
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.122
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.117
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.854
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.954
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.181
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.922
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.813
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:19.472
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 8.038
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.107
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.220
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.060
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.202
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.311
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 13.002
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.426
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.295
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.379
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.114
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 6.934
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.159
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.036
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.124
# 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 0.125
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.499
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.874
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.404
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.537
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.042
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.344
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.322
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.039
# 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 0.085
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.175
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.025
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.086
# 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 3.087
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.890
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 7.665
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.243
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 0.064
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 9.545
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000