Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 40 19 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 11:41.874 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
1:11.235
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.073
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.191
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 54.572
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.863
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.169
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.035
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.033
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.157
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
1:21.779
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 49.057
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.172
And I create a persistent partition 21.916
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.989
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.516
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
1:29.942
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.372
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.256
And all tps features are active 7.251
When I write some files expected to persist 1.036
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.150
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.198
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.526
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.959
# 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" 10.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.502
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 8.351
And I log in to a new session 12.351
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.587
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.203
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.571
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.178
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.122
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.989
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.579
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.012
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.205
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.875
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.898
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:2.869
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 46.922
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.038
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.256
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 0.197
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.281
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.538
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.291
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.920
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.280
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.855
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.484
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 0.036
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.095
# 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 0.185
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 14.459
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.308
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.450
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.533
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.784
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.398
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.360
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 0.089
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.152
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.109
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.085
# 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 3.118
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.556
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 7.940
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.187
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.039
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.047
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 9.745
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000