Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 17 21 Oct 2026, 06:06

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 10:40.962 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
1:2.048
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.079
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.034
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.058
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 45.378
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.802
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.241
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.083
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.058
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.179
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
1:19.890
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 46.667
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.234
And I create a persistent partition 22.282
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.997
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.555
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:27.761
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.889
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.184
And all tps features are active 6.568
When I write some files expected to persist 0.875
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.104
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.227
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.451
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.991
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" 10.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.576
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 8.267
And I log in to a new session 12.172
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.635
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.277
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.326
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.677
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.108
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.352
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.782
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.043
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.207
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.930
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.824
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:18.756
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 7.916
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.077
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.181
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.048
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.177
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.273
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.263
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.848
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.091
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.305
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.466
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.008
And all tps features are active 7.057
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.158
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.026
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.103
# 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 0.173
When the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.288
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.293
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.558
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.928
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.143
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.036
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.250
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.051
# 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 0.076
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.161
When the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.152
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.101
# 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 3.111
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.577
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 7.632
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.290
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.059
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.045
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 9.169
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000