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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4288 22 Mar 2026, 11:27

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 13:36.646 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
1:7.229
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.066
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.018
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.622
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 48.026
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.683
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.306
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.055
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.084
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.216
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:29.407
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.293
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 57.335
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.349
And I create a persistent partition 25.464
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.956
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.565
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:31.401
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.342
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.244
And all tps features are active 1.033
When I write some files expected to persist 1.478
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.180
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.470
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.081
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.510
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 13.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
2:21.198
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.088
And I log in to a new session 17.851
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.933
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.268
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:32.728
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.927
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.204
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.428
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.366
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.204
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.242
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.649
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.616
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
5:20.595
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.116
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.218
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.709
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.062
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.243
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.408
When the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 24.894
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.638
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 6.058
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.469
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.024
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.008
And all tps features are active 1.314
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.325
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.052
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.194
# 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 0.249
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 41.965
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.427
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.446
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.323
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.409
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 1.114
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.454
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
# 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 0.150
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.246
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.759
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.110
# 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 5.585
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
29.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.589
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.226
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.051
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.048
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 20.037
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000