Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 18 22 Oct 2026, 05:52

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 11:0.984 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
1:16.965
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.091
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.588
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 59.599
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.065
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.198
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.034
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.047
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.178
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product
1:20.119
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.145
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.838
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.235
And I create a persistent partition 22.550
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.027
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.421
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:28.112
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.839
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.192
And all tps features are active 6.879
When I write some files expected to persist 1.111
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.135
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.254
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.848
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.850
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.536
# 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" 11.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:10.856
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 8.026
And I log in to a new session 11.337
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.594
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.258
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.982
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.382
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.147
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.208
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.962
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.203
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.220
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.884
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:22.417
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 8.111
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.058
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 0.043
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.202
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.300
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.982
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.897
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.384
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.216
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.721
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.764
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.145
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.065
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.128
# 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 0.139
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.147
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.326
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.374
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.063
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.156
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.521
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.236
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.038
# 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 0.080
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.154
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.203
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.109
# 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 3.176
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.495
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 7.759
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.222
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.036
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.040
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.500
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000