Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 36 16 Sep 2026, 03:19

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 10:45.395 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
1:1.128
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.069
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.109
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 44.376
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.039
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.163
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.029
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.029
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.157
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
1:18.191
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 46.548
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.188
And I create a persistent partition 22.383
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.985
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.431
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.074
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.599
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.197
And all tps features are active 6.605
When I write some files expected to persist 1.055
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.166
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.259
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.561
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.957
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.611
# 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" 10.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:8.679
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 8.016
And I log in to a new session 9.954
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.614
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.203
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.170
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.500
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.113
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.096
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 57.707
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.005
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.244
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.868
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 1.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:28.494
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 8.058
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.055
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.184
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.029
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.243
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.237
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.236
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.383
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.103
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.216
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.070
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 6.996
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.155
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.041
# 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 0.156
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.285
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.518
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.342
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.595
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.642
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.250
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.287
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.030
# 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 0.093
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.171
When the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.038
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.364
# 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 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.731
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 7.866
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 signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.044
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 7.845
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000