Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 30 10 Sep 2026, 03:41

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 11:7.580 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
1:12.149
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.071
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.328
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 55.307
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.855
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.179
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.062
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.039
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.156
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
1:17.539
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.503
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.177
And I create a persistent partition 21.689
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.039
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.456
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:27.439
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.335
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.177
And all tps features are active 6.649
When I write some files expected to persist 1.074
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.107
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.192
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.570
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.736
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.535
# 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" 10.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.858
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 8.525
And I log in to a new session 11.601
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.675
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.256
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.955
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.619
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.107
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.953
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.015
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.980
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.199
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.018
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.871
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:34.472
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 8.009
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.097
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.198
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.047
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.212
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.262
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.814
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.917
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.633
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.211
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.347
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.020
And all tps features are active 7.592
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.152
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.035
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.098
# 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 0.041
And Tor is ready 10.046
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.868
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.929
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.542
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.492
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.115
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.279
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.035
# 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 0.098
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.187
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.007
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.475
# 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 3.169
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.166
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 7.947
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.247
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.037
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.052
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.986
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000