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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4137 25 Dec 2025, 11:29

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 10:53.701 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
58.836
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.051
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.014
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.320
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 41.247
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.510
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.237
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.042
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.058
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.204
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product
1:22.433
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 50.164
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.236
And I create a persistent partition 23.047
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.617
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.480
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:22.044
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.205
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.254
And all tps features are active 1.073
When I write some files expected to persist 1.336
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.199
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.272
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.913
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.866
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 11.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:8.408
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 7.980
And I log in to a new session 11.257
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.812
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.213
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.893
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.994
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.129
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.487
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.012
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.899
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.216
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.436
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.108
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:38.525
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 8.217
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.060
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.206
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.045
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.219
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.312
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.465
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.484
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.535
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.474
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.830
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.193
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.282
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.061
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.172
# 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 0.202
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.898
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.656
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.262
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.914
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.908
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.065
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.355
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.045
# 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 0.134
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.185
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.271
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.519
# 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 4.131
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.965
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 7.431
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.199
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.068
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.040
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.543
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000