Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter 58 15 Jul 2025, 11:39

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 26:53.716 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
3:15.779
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.283
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.068
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.065
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 41.792
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 2:19.802
Then the boot device has safe access rights 10.121
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 1.520
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.226
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.168
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.417
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
3:3.771
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given a computer 0.223
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 2:2.964
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.666
And I create a persistent partition 46.635
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.328
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 1.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
4:14.033
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given a computer 0.252
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:14.794
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.676
And all tps features are active 2.316
When I write some files expected to persist 2.342
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.319
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.556
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 8.801
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.642
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.847
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 38.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
3:17.083
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.865
And I log in to a new session 28.216
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.488
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.930
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:51.866
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 38.175
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.295
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:18.282
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.214
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:1.272
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 2.761
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.421
And the boot device has safe access rights 7.376
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 2.639
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 3.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
8:57.691
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 17.209
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.279
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.465
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.062
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.271
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.465
When the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 25.300
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 10.730
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 19.396
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.278
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:44.124
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.043
And all tps features are active 3.818
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.595
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.164
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.458
# 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 0.597
When the network is plugged 0.091
And Tor is ready 26.210
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 10.494
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 12.254
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.379
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:48.835
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.022
And all tps features are active 2.468
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.537
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.074
# 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 0.310
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.315
When the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 24.903
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.615
# 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 23.401
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 2.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
47.075
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.828
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.765
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.104
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.111
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.156
And Tor is ready 22.917
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 6.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000