Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 67 05 Oct 2026, 14:58

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 11:24.550 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
1:15.224
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.095
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.026
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.533
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 57.516
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.496
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.175
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.033
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.028
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.155
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
Tags: @product
1:23.332
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 48.034
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.265
And I create a persistent partition 23.963
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.386
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.460
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:34.252
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.788
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.152
And all tps features are active 7.059
When I write some files expected to persist 1.007
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.106
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.272
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.881
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.996
# 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" 11.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:12.943
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.887
And I log in to a new session 11.679
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.771
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.334
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.534
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.473
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.136
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.382
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.673
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.279
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.271
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.406
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.018
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:33.350
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 8.198
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.052
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.195
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 0.232
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.299
When the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 11.813
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.939
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.867
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.445
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.154
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.451
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.227
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.062
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.104
# 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 0.170
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.476
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.345
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.473
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.121
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.643
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.682
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.371
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.055
# 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 0.126
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.226
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.201
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.080
# 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 3.785
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.065
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 7.934
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.192
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.041
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.050
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.471
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000