Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 7 11 Oct 2026, 05:59

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 12:59.097 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
1:15.616
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.081
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.021
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.042
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 58.824
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.984
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.247
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.050
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.073
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.163
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
Tags: @product
1:20.466
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.805
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.161
And I create a persistent partition 22.788
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.131
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.503
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:29.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.259
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.196
And all tps features are active 6.944
When I write some files expected to persist 1.112
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.150
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.302
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.517
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.676
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.560
# 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" 11.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:9.277
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.401
And I log in to a new session 9.918
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.623
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.320
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.500
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.255
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.126
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.202
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.490
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.065
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.173
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.089
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.964
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
5:20.885
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.136
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.042
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.265
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.040
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.203
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.278
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.913
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.321
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.217
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.329
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.646
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.013
And all tps features are active 6.721
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.150
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.099
# 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 0.154
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.297
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2:3.156
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.961
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.096
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.733
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.299
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.318
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.035
# 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 0.086
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.159
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.273
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.075
# 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 3.286
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.675
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 7.878
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.205
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.034
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.044
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.490
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000