Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 45 23 Sep 2026, 03:16

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 10:43.941 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
1:2.146
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.079
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.966
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 45.448
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.066
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.163
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.055
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.030
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.164
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:20.535
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.491
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.229
And I create a persistent partition 22.128
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.118
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.451
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:29.365
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.356
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.221
And all tps features are active 6.924
When I write some files expected to persist 0.954
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.142
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.243
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.626
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.216
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.565
# 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" 11.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:10.221
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 8.424
And I log in to a new session 10.881
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.701
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.203
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.367
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.397
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.131
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.451
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.886
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.932
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.175
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.893
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.896
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:17.171
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 8.316
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.069
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.167
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.047
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.209
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.317
When the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 10.728
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.209
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.739
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.285
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.641
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.305
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.230
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.081
# 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 0.209
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.287
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.820
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.341
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.532
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.969
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.462
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.221
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.037
# 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 0.131
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.181
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.068
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.078
# 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 3.012
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.050
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 7.547
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.185
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.032
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.040
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.846
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000