Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 42 21 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 11:1.944 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
1:17.744
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.075
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.022
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.950
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:0.945
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.192
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.175
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.025
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.031
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.195
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:20.424
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.872
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.171
And I create a persistent partition 22.841
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.905
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.461
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.563
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.880
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.211
And all tps features are active 6.931
When I write some files expected to persist 1.060
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.151
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.237
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.503
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.867
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.513
# 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" 11.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:10.592
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 7.956
And I log in to a new session 11.898
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.579
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.585
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.411
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.937
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.101
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.645
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 58.949
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.043
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.275
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.068
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.851
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:22.513
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 7.826
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.056
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.196
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.032
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.215
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.299
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 12.837
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.927
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.752
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.274
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.460
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.465
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.181
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.034
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.079
# 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 0.131
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.110
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.294
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.583
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.671
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.394
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.409
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.265
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 0.073
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.205
When the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 11.077
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.064
# 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 3.162
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.460
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 7.788
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.224
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.026
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.075
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 8.398
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000