Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_fix-tca-wrapper-gettext 2 09 Jun 2026, 22:54

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 11:8.601 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
1:9.740
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.049
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.016
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.005
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 52.410
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.641
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.184
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.040
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.048
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.199
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
1:27.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 52.916
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.247
And I create a persistent partition 24.840
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.322
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.519
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
1:19.578
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.032
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.268
And all tps features are active 1.143
When I write some files expected to persist 1.236
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.184
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.293
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.954
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.660
# 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" 11.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product
2:9.817
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.280
And I log in to a new session 12.456
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.726
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.235
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.219
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.626
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.144
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 2.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.097
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.053
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.285
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.565
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.100
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:35.350
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.939
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.079
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.211
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.041
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.171
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.347
When the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.402
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 3.156
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.434
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.463
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.597
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.007
And all tps features are active 1.140
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.245
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.044
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.147
# 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 0.224
When the network is plugged 0.012
And Tor is ready 10.923
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.316
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 5.004
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.881
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.497
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 1.026
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.349
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.040
# 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 0.126
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.194
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.581
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.508
# 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 3.737
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.847
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.568
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.187
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.042
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 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.216
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000