Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4204 02 Feb 2026, 12:03

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 11:35.534 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
1:5.541
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.053
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.017
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.724
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 47.945
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.117
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.252
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.052
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.041
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.198
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:25.275
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 51.309
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.218
And I create a persistent partition 24.302
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.618
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.532
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:24.624
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.147
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.242
And all tps features are active 1.003
When I write some files expected to persist 1.354
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.178
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.374
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.847
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.839
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 12.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:15.992
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.946
And I log in to a new session 12.221
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.924
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.243
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:36.689
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 15.699
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.141
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.216
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.773
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.939
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.236
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.368
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.047
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:56.720
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 20.882
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.097
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.292
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.042
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.192
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.335
When the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.078
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.927
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.237
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.335
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.427
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 0.990
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.260
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.046
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.160
# 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 0.208
When the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 11.183
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.279
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.748
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.940
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.941
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.071
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.358
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.061
# 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 0.147
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.186
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.101
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.563
# 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 4.162
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.163
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 7.286
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.329
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.044
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.047
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 8.539
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000