Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 95 21 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 11:3.064 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
1:2.941
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.279
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 46.137
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.910
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.162
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.038
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.040
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.143
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product
1:22.267
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.489
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.207
And I create a persistent partition 22.608
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.280
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.564
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:30.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.765
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.208
And all tps features are active 6.630
When I write some files expected to persist 1.152
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.211
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.268
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.623
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.038
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.578
# 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" 12.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.138
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 8.543
And I log in to a new session 11.065
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.747
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.229
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.717
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.565
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.135
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.324
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.963
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.034
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.192
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.749
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.942
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:19.593
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 8.181
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.054
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.197
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.032
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.192
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.256
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.949
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.301
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.278
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.245
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.546
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.758
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.170
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.036
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.112
# 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 0.153
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.078
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.307
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.432
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.032
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.617
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 7.519
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.264
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.028
# 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 0.087
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.149
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.918
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.088
# 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 3.195
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
32.363
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 20.772
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.181
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.033
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.048
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.009
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000