Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 43 22 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 10:47.688 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
1:6.167
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.078
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" 13.255
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 49.061
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.242
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.183
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.028
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.032
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.134
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
Tags: @product
1:20.678
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 "old" with network unplugged and I login 48.132
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.179
And I create a persistent partition 22.799
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.454
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.481
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:28.531
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.140
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.979
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.262
And all tps features are active 6.741
When I write some files expected to persist 0.963
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.098
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.234
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.367
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.855
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.846
# 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" 11.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:9.405
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 7.940
And I log in to a new session 10.587
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.581
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.170
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.345
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.558
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.105
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.192
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.664
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.986
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.127
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.951
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.906
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:18.742
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 7.931
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.059
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.272
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.034
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.200
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.202
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.757
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.362
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.608
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.255
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.260
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.457
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.150
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.046
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.080
# 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 0.144
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.094
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.856
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.501
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.662
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.046
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.015
And all tps features are active 7.368
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.261
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.038
# 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 0.143
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.157
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.126
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.105
# 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 3.166
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.970
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 7.639
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.202
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 0.042
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 9.494
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000