Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_late-patch-improvements 2 13 Nov 2026, 00:10

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 10:48.957 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
1:4.267
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.018
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.616
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 47.264
Then the boot device has safe access rights 1.719
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.193
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.064
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.040
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.146
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:20.802
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.121
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 47.260
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.183
And I create a persistent partition 23.104
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.999
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.416
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:30.711
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.567
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.163
And all tps features are active 7.689
When I write some files expected to persist 0.983
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.162
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.252
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.311
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.416
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.527
# 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" 11.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:10.126
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 8.358
And I log in to a new session 10.148
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.656
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 3.069
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.467
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.163
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.116
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.456
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.191
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.045
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.186
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.878
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.781
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:19.697
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 7.889
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.072
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.196
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.044
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.227
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.331
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.783
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.289
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.451
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.390
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.577
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 7.501
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.176
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.040
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.109
# 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 0.191
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.069
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.300
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.587
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.878
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.304
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.011
And all tps features are active 7.092
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.270
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.037
# 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 0.089
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.166
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.024
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.086
# 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 3.104
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.894
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 7.554
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.174
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.034
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.045
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 9.205
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000