Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 49 07 Jul 2025, 10:14

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 21:23.737 Passed
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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
2:9.292
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given a computer 0.184
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.045
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.050
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 28.291
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:35.553
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.154
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.321
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.060
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.094
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.337
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:18.498
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given a computer 0.249
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 1:33.617
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.336
And I create a persistent partition 33.235
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.761
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.860
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
3:7.463
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given a computer 0.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:27.499
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.335
And all tps features are active 2.888
When I write some files expected to persist 1.699
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.241
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.493
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.522
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.466
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.431
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 26.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
2:41.824
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.545
And I log in to a new session 20.937
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.725
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.427
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:37.369
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 28.425
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.201
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:32.191
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.241
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.542
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.757
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.371
And the boot device has safe access rights 3.175
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.611
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
7:27.282
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.774
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.182
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.445
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.077
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.695
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.416
When the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 25.809
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 8.043
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 11.464
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.027
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.676
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.015
And all tps features are active 2.202
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.349
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.067
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.309
# 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 0.442
When the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 47.058
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.581
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 10.511
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.513
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.826
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.013
And all tps features are active 2.237
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.473
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.076
# 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 0.313
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.424
When the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 19.634
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.308
# 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 16.418
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 1.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
1:7.184
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 9.775
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.367
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.134
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.158
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.091
And Tor is ready 56.041
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000