Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings 12 15 Oct 2026, 21:48

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 10:49.528 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
1:16.937
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.081
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.017
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.376
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:0.002
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.904
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.180
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.046
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.039
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.157
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
1:18.270
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.618
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.234
And I create a persistent partition 22.351
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.957
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:26.951
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.381
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.193
And all tps features are active 6.857
When I write some files expected to persist 0.977
# 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 0.273
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.658
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.585
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.520
# 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" 11.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:9.644
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 8.274
And I log in to a new session 10.162
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.612
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.228
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.322
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.805
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.107
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.978
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.656
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.872
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.175
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.815
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.899
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:16.337
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 8.119
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.046
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.228
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.044
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.196
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.247
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.250
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.039
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.338
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.238
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.404
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.041
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.200
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.045
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.106
# 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 0.153
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.122
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.297
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.372
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.537
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.510
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.524
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.278
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.043
# 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 0.090
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.145
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.133
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.100
# 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 3.099
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.406
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 7.656
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.230
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.038
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.041
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 9.131
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000