Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_add-relevant-binary-packages-script 4 11 Oct 2026, 01:45

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 10:44.348 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
1:0.339
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.020
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.294
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 43.366
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.945
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.235
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.043
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.056
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.148
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:19.807
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.162
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.266
And I create a persistent partition 23.298
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.950
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.508
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:28.988
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 56.860
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.208
And all tps features are active 6.657
When I write some files expected to persist 0.988
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.153
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.263
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.357
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.979
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.042
# 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" 11.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:10.679
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.155
And I log in to a new session 11.844
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.594
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.319
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.593
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.950
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.112
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.775
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.979
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.187
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.990
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.804
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:20.976
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.196
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.057
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.233
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.036
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.182
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.251
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.890
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.291
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.743
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.247
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.789
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.570
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.213
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.042
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.079
# 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 0.184
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.056
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.852
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.542
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.554
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.763
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.679
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.349
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.039
# 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 0.118
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.165
When the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 10.158
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.091
# 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 3.148
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.316
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 7.811
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.195
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.034
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.030
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 8.043
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000