Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 56 28 Sep 2026, 17:21

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 11:34.540 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
1:10.064
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.099
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.023
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.710
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 51.286
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.323
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.177
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.037
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.040
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.203
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:25.173
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 49.679
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.179
And I create a persistent partition 23.812
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.638
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.742
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:36.707
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.155
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.597
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.318
And all tps features are active 7.566
When I write some files expected to persist 1.233
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.155
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.277
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.740
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.510
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.019
# 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" 12.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:14.071
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 8.681
And I log in to a new session 12.170
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.711
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.252
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.539
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.468
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.120
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.666
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.332
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.157
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.281
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.706
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.131
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:34.418
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 8.367
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.180
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.222
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.061
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.250
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.315
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 13.117
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.005
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.485
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.502
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.318
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.679
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.394
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.095
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.142
# 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 0.182
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.342
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.346
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.709
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.716
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.686
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.008
And all tps features are active 7.844
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.326
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 0.088
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.153
When the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.517
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.118
# 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 3.662
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.438
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.050
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.226
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.040
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.054
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 10.445
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000