Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4566 23 Aug 2026, 11:15

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 11:22.110 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
1:13.155
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.091
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.017
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.979
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 56.537
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.962
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.185
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.046
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.048
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.153
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:23.610
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 49.107
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.195
And I create a persistent partition 23.849
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.952
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.484
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:31.870
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.132
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.246
And all tps features are active 7.110
When I write some files expected to persist 1.185
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.174
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.282
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.652
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.322
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.588
# 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" 11.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:12.200
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.081
And I log in to a new session 12.228
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.666
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.198
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.910
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.835
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.129
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.820
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.182
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.907
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.215
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.988
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.984
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:33.089
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 8.452
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.091
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.219
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.038
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.230
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.257
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.866
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.924
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.147
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.289
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.702
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.184
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.186
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 0.122
# 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 0.218
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.046
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.425
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.593
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.089
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.044
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.009
And all tps features are active 7.910
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.310
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.047
# 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 0.093
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.160
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.828
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.102
# 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 4.034
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.364
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 7.799
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.272
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.041
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.036
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 8.552
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000