Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 7 24 Aug 2026, 13:38

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 11:49.557 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
1:9.821
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.095
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.025
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.698
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 50.216
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.031
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.220
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.052
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.077
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.207
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
1:26.487
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 49.920
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.189
And I create a persistent partition 25.939
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.044
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.656
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:39.768
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.183
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.186
And all tps features are active 7.753
When I write some files expected to persist 1.201
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.165
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.332
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.791
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.064
# 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" 11.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:16.191
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 9.058
And I log in to a new session 13.565
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.791
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.205
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.944
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.358
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.142
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.744
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 1:6.361
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.363
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.267
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.691
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.074
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:43.465
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.655
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.055
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.242
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 0.247
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.340
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 13.862
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.344
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.808
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.672
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.786
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 8.918
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.214
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.040
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.125
# 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 0.199
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.706
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.062
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.787
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.547
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.181
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 8.537
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.350
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.047
# 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 0.135
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.196
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.132
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.097
# 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 3.530
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.078
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.336
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.216
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.050
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 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.393
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000