Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21839-regularly-update-tails-builder-apt-snapshots 1 27 Oct 2026, 15:18

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 11:54.986 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
1:10.166
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.106
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.024
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.749
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 52.219
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.168
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.308
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.060
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.092
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.271
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:27.227
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.143
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 51.636
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.197
And I create a persistent partition 24.126
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.641
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.494
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:38.517
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.367
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.231
And all tps features are active 8.153
When I write some files expected to persist 1.356
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.158
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.339
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.912
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.662
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.595
# 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" 12.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
2:20.707
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.965
And I log in to a new session 14.332
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.887
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.273
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:32.806
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 21.140
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.156
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.696
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.358
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.425
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.232
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.446
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.141
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:42.595
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 8.976
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.075
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.215
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 0.255
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.345
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 14.671
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.322
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.482
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.817
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.695
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.392
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.326
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.060
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.135
# 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 0.237
When the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 10.686
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.323
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.707
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.188
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.504
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.014
And all tps features are active 8.228
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.348
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 0.124
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.234
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.859
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.120
# 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 3.620
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
22.075
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 9.578
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.454
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.044
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.034
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.774
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000