Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4651 01 Oct 2026, 13:12

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 10:58.904 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
1:0.254
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.094
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.027
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.023
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.396
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 43.114
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.972
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 0.037
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.188
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
1:22.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.749
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.256
And I create a persistent partition 23.801
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.284
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:33.782
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.722
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.229
And all tps features are active 7.272
When I write some files expected to persist 1.138
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.171
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.283
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.550
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.830
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.101
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 11.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:12.193
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.413
And I log in to a new session 11.259
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.623
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.208
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.236
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.213
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.116
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.392
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given a computer 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.430
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.069
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.202
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.111
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.971
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:24.190
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.189
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.079
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.176
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.033
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.172
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.237
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 13.524
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.884
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.463
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.463
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.620
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.589
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.174
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.036
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.131
# 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 0.180
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.406
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.325
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.896
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.518
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.606
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.952
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.346
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.041
# 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 0.078
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.183
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.180
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.106
# 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 3.072
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.138
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.228
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.045
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.041
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 8.366
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000