Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 47 05 Jul 2025, 10:22

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 22:26.130 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
2:34.357
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.187
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.043
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.051
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 33.623
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:52.624
Then the boot device has safe access rights 5.541
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.400
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.070
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.138
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.464
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:30.659
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given a computer 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 1:39.680
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.334
And I create a persistent partition 37.493
And I take note of which tps features are available 2.231
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.763
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
3:24.531
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:41.839
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.417
And all tps features are active 2.579
When I write some files expected to persist 1.822
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.207
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.380
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.429
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.479
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.696
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 29.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:41.488
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.649
And I log in to a new session 24.083
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.316
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.669
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:36.921
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 24.399
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.230
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:39.917
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given a computer 0.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:27.300
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 2.675
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.872
And the boot device has safe access rights 4.333
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.617
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
7:55.276
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.139
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.118
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.580
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.057
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.497
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.479
When the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 23.620
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 7.290
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 14.946
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.593
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:41.792
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.045
And all tps features are active 2.458
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.431
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.082
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.275
# 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 0.323
When the network is plugged 0.152
And Tor is ready 18.985
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 5.799
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 14.520
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.504
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.367
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.022
And all tps features are active 2.538
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.807
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.091
# 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 0.336
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.269
When the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 20.556
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.329
# 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 18.244
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 1.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
39.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.304
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.359
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.051
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.166
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.150
And Tor is ready 21.870
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 6.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000