Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 99 25 Oct 2026, 03:37

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 10:49.960 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
1:10.900
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" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.022
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.107
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 54.055
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.116
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.189
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.032
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.041
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.134
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:19.249
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.822
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.187
And I create a persistent partition 22.806
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.319
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.470
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.393
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.234
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.186
And all tps features are active 6.666
When I write some files expected to persist 0.972
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.098
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.259
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.345
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.793
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.594
# 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" 11.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:9.573
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 7.906
And I log in to a new session 10.711
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.565
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.194
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.894
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.055
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.123
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.523
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 "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.189
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.025
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.225
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.859
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.839
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:19.565
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 7.792
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.059
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.178
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.036
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.204
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.474
When the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.358
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.865
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.081
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.204
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.462
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.768
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.131
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.039
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.111
# 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 0.140
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.084
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.929
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.471
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.588
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.245
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.009
And all tps features are active 7.077
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.241
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.026
# 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 0.095
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.168
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.174
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 3.068
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.755
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 7.646
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.180
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 0.027
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.340
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000