Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 23 27 Oct 2026, 06:00

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 11:4.049 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
1:17.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.101
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.867
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:0.890
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.088
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.286
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.034
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.044
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.240
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:19.692
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 45.454
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.236
And I create a persistent partition 23.068
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.172
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.639
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.764
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.194
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.168
And all tps features are active 6.678
When I write some files expected to persist 0.876
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.127
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.251
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.730
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.577
# 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" 10.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:10.416
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 8.407
And I log in to a new session 10.990
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.572
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.283
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.207
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.733
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.114
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.229
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.596
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.019
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.173
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.051
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.788
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:27.745
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.867
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.070
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.186
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.027
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.179
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.308
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.328
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.981
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.511
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.295
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.045
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.105
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.169
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.038
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.124
# 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 0.181
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.098
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.908
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.499
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.540
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.435
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 6.830
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.271
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.040
# 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 0.084
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.179
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.238
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.361
# 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 3.433
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
16.495
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 7.539
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.194
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.033
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.039
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 7.792
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000