Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 5 20 Aug 2026, 23:19

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 11:7.168 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
1:7.476
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.087
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.342
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 49.731
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.638
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.240
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.054
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.046
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.184
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:22.148
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 48.016
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.255
And I create a persistent partition 22.703
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.570
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.526
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:30.913
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.096
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.231
And all tps features are active 8.068
When I write some files expected to persist 1.246
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.121
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.324
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.713
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.078
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.524
# 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" 11.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:12.499
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 8.664
And I log in to a new session 12.973
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.587
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.298
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.811
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.905
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.145
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.719
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.176
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.226
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.240
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.085
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:25.430
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 8.144
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.084
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.311
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 0.202
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.283
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.869
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.486
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.382
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.460
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.015
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.458
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.170
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 0.076
# 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 0.175
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.684
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.337
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.659
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.540
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.918
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.495
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.436
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.071
# 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 0.179
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.201
When the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 10.171
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.094
# 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 2.991
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.598
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 8.203
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.236
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.060
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.036
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.732
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000