Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 24 03 Sep 2026, 03:18

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 10:56.178 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
1:14.416
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.125
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.045
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.791
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 57.883
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.998
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.226
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.042
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.039
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.129
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:19.538
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 47.498
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.191
And I create a persistent partition 22.679
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.023
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.500
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.942
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 with persistence enabled 58.669
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.221
And all tps features are active 6.855
When I write some files expected to persist 0.917
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.134
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.232
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.394
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.877
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.529
# 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 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:11.632
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.257
And I log in to a new session 12.250
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.562
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.215
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.764
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.360
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.108
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.953
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 59.611
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.042
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.214
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.843
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.861
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:19.477
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 7.803
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.134
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.188
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.050
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.270
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.436
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.237
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.343
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.121
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.289
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.213
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.401
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.165
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.034
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.086
# 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 0.161
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.157
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.298
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.473
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.520
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.538
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 6.934
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.284
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.027
# 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 0.113
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.154
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.168
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.095
# 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 3.370
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.217
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 7.826
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.218
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.053
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.048
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 8.087
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000