Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21619-tor-browser-15.0.16 2 12 Jun 2026, 09:50

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 11:28.553 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
56.052
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.043
Given a computer 0.145
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.023
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.036
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.046
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 38.747
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.364
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.241
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.048
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.042
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.216
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
1:27.483
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given a computer 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 50.921
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.227
And I create a persistent partition 24.591
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.100
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
1:35.528
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given a computer 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.730
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.239
And all tps features are active 4.969
When I write some files expected to persist 1.308
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.194
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.285
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.855
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.819
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.518
# 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" 12.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
2:9.751
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.910
And I log in to a new session 11.807
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.625
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.213
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.306
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 15.615
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.133
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 6.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.573
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given a computer 0.127
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.943
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.912
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.234
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.329
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.053
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:50.929
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.432
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.072
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.211
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.048
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.245
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.310
When the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.097
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.833
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.521
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.005
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.767
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.023
And all tps features are active 4.777
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.219
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.054
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.182
# 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 0.206
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.890
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.613
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.899
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.571
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.940
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.010
And all tps features are active 5.104
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.397
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 0.158
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.194
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.965
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.476
# 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 4.263
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.346
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.217
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.045
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.043
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.603
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000