Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 32 12 Sep 2026, 03:20

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 10:58.347 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
1:5.837
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.077
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" 13.230
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 49.136
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.779
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.157
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.071
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.035
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.177
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:20.076
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.569
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.274
And I create a persistent partition 22.776
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.316
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.461
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:28.401
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.677
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.181
And all tps features are active 6.424
When I write some files expected to persist 0.927
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.129
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.191
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.527
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.744
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.543
# 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" 10.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
2:10.922
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 8.109
And I log in to a new session 10.651
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.633
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.210
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.170
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.887
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.130
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.286
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.997
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.158
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.857
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.747
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:30.407
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 7.990
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.227
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 0.220
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.287
When the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 11.468
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.927
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.099
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.514
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.081
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.196
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.198
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 0.092
# 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 0.146
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.976
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.865
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.433
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.564
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.770
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.453
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.282
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.042
# 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 0.079
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.169
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.138
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.464
# 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 3.158
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.261
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 7.610
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.204
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.033
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.041
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.981
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000