Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 61 30 Sep 2026, 15:08

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 11:53.161 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
1:17.398
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.137
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.024
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.025
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.707
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 58.097
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.732
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.207
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.036
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.052
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.240
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:28.839
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 50.794
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.267
And I create a persistent partition 25.162
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.754
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.479
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:40.387
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.621
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.263
And all tps features are active 9.492
When I write some files expected to persist 1.026
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.148
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.279
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.771
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.034
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.947
# 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" 11.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:17.922
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 8.991
And I log in to a new session 12.892
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.052
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.347
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.916
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 20.440
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.152
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.766
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.464
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.468
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.206
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.585
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.936
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:37.624
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 8.705
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.183
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.372
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.053
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.332
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.408
When the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 12.645
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.213
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.395
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.674
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.537
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.008
And all tps features are active 8.484
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.185
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.042
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.095
# 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 0.189
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.445
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.299
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.047
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.849
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.165
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.456
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.263
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.033
# 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 0.113
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.187
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.746
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.166
# 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 3.752
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.222
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 7.737
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.190
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.051
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.063
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 8.477
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000