Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 66 05 Oct 2026, 03:24

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 10:57.076 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
1:13.402
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
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" 13.155
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 56.566
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.003
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.191
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.032
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.062
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.161
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
1:19.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.884
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.186
And I create a persistent partition 22.229
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.951
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.532
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:28.074
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 with persistence enabled 58.368
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.234
And all tps features are active 6.674
When I write some files expected to persist 1.023
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.128
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.313
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.481
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.322
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.504
# 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" 10.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product
2:11.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.374
And I log in to a new session 11.915
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.629
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.262
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.645
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.641
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.121
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.045
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 "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.510
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.987
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.208
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.969
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.817
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:18.248
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.215
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.083
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.244
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.050
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.161
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.309
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.247
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.449
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.897
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.252
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.996
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.106
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.265
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.040
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.110
# 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 0.154
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.176
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.306
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.904
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.576
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.168
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.013
And all tps features are active 7.328
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.275
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.040
# 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 0.098
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.164
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.148
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.077
# 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 3.010
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.807
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 8.050
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.206
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.047
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.045
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.000
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000