Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 57 09 Jul 2025, 10:04

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 23:22.676 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
2:22.600
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.198
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.044
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.049
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 36.532
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:40.347
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.356
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.360
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.094
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.097
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.303
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
2:35.810
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given a computer 0.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 1:43.999
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.923
And I create a persistent partition 38.240
And I take note of which tps features are available 2.752
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 1.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
3:52.515
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given a computer 0.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:11.156
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.405
And all tps features are active 2.781
When I write some files expected to persist 1.821
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.244
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.433
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.601
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.533
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.260
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 24.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product
3:2.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.732
And I log in to a new session 23.154
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 3.160
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.828
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:49.775
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 32.414
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.241
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:59.746
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given a computer 0.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:45.899
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.895
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.187
And the boot device has safe access rights 6.220
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.625
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
7:44.681
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 12.199
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.198
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.373
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.084
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.535
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.753
When the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 22.907
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 7.253
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 12.885
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.200
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.121
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.012
And all tps features are active 3.212
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.297
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.071
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.322
# 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 0.331
When the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 21.588
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 5.769
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 14.332
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.752
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.046
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.014
And all tps features are active 2.336
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.567
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.071
# 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 0.372
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.284
When the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 20.632
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.388
# 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 17.968
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
44.507
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.431
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.438
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.069
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.078
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.143
And Tor is ready 20.871
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 9.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000