Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 35 15 Sep 2026, 03:21

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 10:52.454 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
1:8.811
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.072
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.172
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 52.225
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.736
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.224
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.032
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.035
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.146
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:20.657
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.295
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.191
And I create a persistent partition 22.704
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.927
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.441
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:29.337
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.695
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.271
And all tps features are active 6.939
When I write some files expected to persist 0.896
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.149
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.243
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.336
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.579
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.924
# 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" 11.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.071
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 8.243
And I log in to a new session 11.773
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.624
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.185
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.399
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.588
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.134
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.141
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.669
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.926
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.150
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.983
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.779
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:19.635
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.869
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.077
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.194
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.038
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.218
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.386
When the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 11.224
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.905
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.618
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.996
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.694
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.496
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.180
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 0.088
# 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 0.151
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.397
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.896
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.111
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.569
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.289
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.207
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.308
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.053
# 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 0.107
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.167
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.672
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.083
# 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 3.135
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.799
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 7.553
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.262
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.036
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.039
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 7.929
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000