Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 77 07 Oct 2026, 03:39

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 10:46.482 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
1:3.419
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.070
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.023
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.834
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 47.001
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.974
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.190
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.036
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.031
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.128
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:18.085
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 46.698
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.190
And I create a persistent partition 22.098
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.909
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.519
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.956
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.879
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.183
And all tps features are active 7.146
When I write some files expected to persist 1.124
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.166
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.262
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.607
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.877
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.516
# 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" 11.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:13.196
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.503
And I log in to a new session 12.409
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.784
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.181
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.392
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.653
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.124
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 6.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.782
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.943
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.008
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.244
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.932
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.926
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:20.521
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 8.194
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.219
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 0.266
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.351
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 13.274
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.479
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.209
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.195
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.750
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.436
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.190
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.031
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.085
# 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 0.127
When the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.972
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.870
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.429
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.592
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.816
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.017
And all tps features are active 7.356
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.308
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.043
# 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 0.102
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.200
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.014
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 3.374
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.521
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 7.801
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.198
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 0.036
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.110
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000