Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4346 15 Apr 2026, 11:05

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 12:24.750 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
1:6.282
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.054
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" 13.429
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 48.122
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.882
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.286
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.049
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.045
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.222
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:26.626
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 52.945
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.255
And I create a persistent partition 23.782
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.774
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.509
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:25.649
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.518
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.250
And all tps features are active 1.069
When I write some files expected to persist 1.324
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.148
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.412
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.818
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.149
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.062
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 11.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:8.747
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.150
And I log in to a new session 11.802
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.776
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.257
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.988
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.483
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.144
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.376
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.838
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.968
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.280
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.449
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.021
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:46.078
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 8.078
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.073
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.188
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 0.226
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.330
When the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 42.633
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.352
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.263
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.512
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.649
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.073
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.231
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.047
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.155
# 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 0.229
When the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 20.158
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.381
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 5.692
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.533
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.868
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 1.087
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.362
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.051
# 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 0.166
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.259
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 20.693
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.090
# 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 4.091
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
24.990
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 7.497
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.224
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.040
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.053
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 16.790
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000