Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 89 15 Oct 2026, 03:30

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 11:1.891 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
1:20.923
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.072
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.017
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.018
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.544
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:4.021
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.743
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.180
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.036
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.040
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.138
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
1:17.412
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 45.806
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.248
And I create a persistent partition 22.426
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.796
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.505
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.813
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 58.080
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.175
And all tps features are active 6.956
When I write some files expected to persist 1.081
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.129
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.216
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.534
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.887
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.523
# 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" 11.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
2:10.536
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 8.505
And I log in to a new session 10.799
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.603
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.199
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.790
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.397
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.116
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.845
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.094
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.990
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.234
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.889
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.960
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:22.928
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 7.959
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.057
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.189
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.043
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.172
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.300
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.787
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.287
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 5.303
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.935
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.636
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.137
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.051
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.106
# 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 0.254
When the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.082
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.887
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.410
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.115
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.516
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.423
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.280
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.039
# 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 0.091
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.173
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.164
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.072
# 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 3.175
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.431
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 7.758
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.187
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.049
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.089
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.026
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000