Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 79 08 Oct 2026, 03:23

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 10:55.884 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
1:15.127
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.113
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.977
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 58.230
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.230
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.165
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.040
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.047
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.167
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:19.180
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.037
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.177
And I create a persistent partition 22.758
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.860
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.514
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:28.439
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 58.726
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.260
And all tps features are active 6.729
When I write some files expected to persist 1.114
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.122
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.215
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.391
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.734
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.493
# 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" 11.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.880
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 8.325
And I log in to a new session 12.746
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.558
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.269
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.291
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.468
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.111
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.740
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.122
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.455
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.016
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.175
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.729
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.925
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:18.721
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 7.925
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.142
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.173
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.037
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.201
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.311
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 11.428
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.378
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.955
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.300
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.786
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.017
And all tps features are active 7.292
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.200
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.055
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.076
# 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 0.186
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.103
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.405
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.542
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.569
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.531
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 7.506
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.322
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 0.119
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.149
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.124
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.090
# 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 3.372
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.793
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 7.677
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.255
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.031
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.041
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.223
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000