Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21742-tor-browser-15.0.21 3 01 Sep 2026, 18:19

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 10:49.849 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
53.765
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.084
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.027
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.978
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 37.148
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.917
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.199
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.041
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.045
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.194
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:20.287
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.028
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.186
And I create a persistent partition 23.350
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.454
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.521
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:30.649
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.712
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.183
And all tps features are active 7.695
When I write some files expected to persist 1.067
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.118
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.178
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.586
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.004
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.507
# 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" 11.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:12.948
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 8.232
And I log in to a new session 12.661
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.718
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.214
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.581
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.292
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.122
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.508
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.121
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.054
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.130
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.204
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.356
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.038
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:22.955
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 8.045
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.089
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.198
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.042
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.394
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.301
When the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 13.221
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.291
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.876
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.361
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.255
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.103
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.209
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.126
# 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 0.157
When the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.337
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.894
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.654
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.686
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.243
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.527
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.306
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
# 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 0.141
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.198
When the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.583
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.130
# 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 3.092
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.733
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 8.121
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.203
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.055
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.046
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 9.809
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000