Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 69 05 Oct 2026, 18:06

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 11:58.808 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
1:22.937
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given a computer 0.093
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.035
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.406
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:5.101
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.624
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.218
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.049
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.047
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.206
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:25.229
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 48.621
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.440
And I create a persistent partition 24.386
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.137
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.506
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:40.162
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.117
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.253
And all tps features are active 8.711
When I write some files expected to persist 0.948
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.114
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.255
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.657
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.172
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.033
# 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" 11.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:14.341
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 8.506
And I log in to a new session 12.656
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.720
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.241
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.536
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.402
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.130
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.828
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.608
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.306
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.281
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.357
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.248
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:43.188
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 8.686
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.098
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.212
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.058
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.220
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.330
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.727
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.586
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.997
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.395
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.395
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 8.822
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.195
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.045
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.141
# 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 0.191
When the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.400
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.879
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.306
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 1:4.940
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.330
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.361
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 0.116
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.232
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.576
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.091
# 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 3.700
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.121
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 8.200
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.223
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.039
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 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.546
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000