Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout 9 23 Aug 2026, 15:51

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 11:15.554 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
1:14.270
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.094
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.018
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.949
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 57.120
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.405
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.248
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.044
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.069
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.179
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:23.398
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 49.106
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.252
And I create a persistent partition 23.060
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.386
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.485
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:29.945
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.549
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.220
And all tps features are active 6.950
When I write some files expected to persist 1.119
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.179
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.264
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.606
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.213
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.543
# 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" 11.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.931
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 8.457
And I log in to a new session 11.261
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.710
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.183
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.707
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.354
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.133
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.076
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.689
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.056
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.204
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.102
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.928
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:27.654
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 8.154
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.060
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.193
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.050
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.236
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.327
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.780
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.012
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.448
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 1:5.593
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.022
And all tps features are active 7.779
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.191
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.071
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.070
# 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 0.162
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.058
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.575
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.775
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.634
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.273
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.009
And all tps features are active 7.462
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.344
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.045
# 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 0.103
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.189
When the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.191
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.068
# 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 3.162
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.277
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 7.562
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.203
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.038
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.069
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.960
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000