Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 16 20 Oct 2026, 05:57

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 10:58.282 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
1:8.136
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.069
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.036
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.025
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.033
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 51.475
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.964
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.182
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.041
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.036
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.163
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
1:17.528
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 45.470
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.208
And I create a persistent partition 22.637
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.072
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.453
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:26.911
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 with persistence enabled 57.260
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.314
And all tps features are active 6.556
When I write some files expected to persist 0.980
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.137
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.295
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.594
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.088
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.586
# 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" 11.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.289
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 8.467
And I log in to a new session 11.342
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.581
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.236
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.470
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.930
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.137
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.584
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.963
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.180
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.906
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.893
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:32.766
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 7.963
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.083
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.191
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.024
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 1.206
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.321
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 13.516
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.318
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.274
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.299
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.488
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.281
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.175
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.037
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.106
# 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 0.167
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.127
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.830
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.398
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 1:0.657
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.690
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.246
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.063
# 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 0.153
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.156
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 19.725
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.108
# 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 3.189
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.639
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 7.554
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.195
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.054
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.049
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.263
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000