Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4131 19 Dec 2025, 11:50

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 10:35.047 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
57.305
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.056
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.008
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.016
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.011
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 40.204
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.333
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.244
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.037
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.048
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.213
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:25.358
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 52.101
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.232
And I create a persistent partition 23.658
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.675
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.500
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:15.685
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 56.522
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.268
And all tps features are active 1.026
When I write some files expected to persist 1.164
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.173
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.310
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.816
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.669
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 11.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:9.581
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.979
And I log in to a new session 11.677
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.692
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.215
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.465
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 15.276
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.136
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.072
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.516
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.881
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.240
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.536
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.922
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:24.295
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.183
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.055
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.275
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.040
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.201
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.325
When the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 13.279
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.299
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.104
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.291
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.744
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.146
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.326
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.038
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.135
# 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 0.271
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.343
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.278
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.065
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.814
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.178
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.058
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.378
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 0.162
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.218
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 10.320
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.497
# 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 3.687
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.748
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.257
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.179
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.039
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.042
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 8.211
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000