Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4140 28 Dec 2025, 11:25

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 10:50.201 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
1:1.996
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.080
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.015
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.879
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 44.958
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.350
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.212
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.058
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.052
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.187
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product
1:24.166
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 50.546
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.254
And I create a persistent partition 24.294
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.618
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.526
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:20.996
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 56.927
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.227
And all tps features are active 1.098
When I write some files expected to persist 1.103
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.163
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.284
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.665
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.173
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.854
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 11.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product
2:8.733
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 8.277
And I log in to a new session 11.614
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.733
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.221
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.208
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.387
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.151
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.191
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.877
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.971
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.229
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.300
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.038
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
3:29.253
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 7.974
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.057
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.244
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.043
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.197
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.330
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.050
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.281
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.307
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.577
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.123
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.058
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.202
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.048
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.133
# 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 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.118
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.756
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.048
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.871
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 56.884
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.050
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.359
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.103
# 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 0.127
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.197
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.140
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.494
# 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 3.856
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
19.862
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.555
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 0.047
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.044
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.428
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000