Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21742-tor-browser-15.0.21 2 01 Sep 2026, 12:25

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 10:55.718 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
1:6.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.017
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.418
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 50.058
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.762
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.223
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.041
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.062
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.185
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
1:19.376
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.154
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.214
And I create a persistent partition 22.740
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.164
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.449
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:28.490
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 57.804
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.188
And all tps features are active 6.893
When I write some files expected to persist 0.914
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.121
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.206
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.392
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.191
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.913
# 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" 10.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:9.887
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 8.195
And I log in to a new session 10.582
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.548
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.230
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.449
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.634
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.128
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:1.974
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 56.398
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.028
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.185
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.032
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.861
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:29.526
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 7.883
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.056
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.211
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.036
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.184
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.279
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.287
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.409
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.273
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.244
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.813
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.420
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.191
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 0.133
# 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 0.132
When the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.279
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.852
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.459
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.581
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.938
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.172
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.327
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.033
# 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 0.072
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.170
When the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.082
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.349
# 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 3.224
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.488
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 7.807
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.168
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.056
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.051
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 9.368
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000