Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-7.15.1-release-process 4 25 Oct 2026, 19:19

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 10:40.698 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
1:0.736
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.101
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.022
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.054
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 43.927
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.067
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.212
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.035
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.033
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.150
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:20.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 46.666
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.210
And I create a persistent partition 23.170
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.105
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.514
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:28.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.508
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.219
And all tps features are active 6.598
When I write some files expected to persist 0.867
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.122
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.288
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.548
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.907
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.550
# 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" 11.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:10.300
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 8.474
And I log in to a new session 10.838
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.568
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.172
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.356
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.635
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.119
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.047
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 57.577
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.922
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.220
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.029
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.833
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:20.073
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 8.044
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.079
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.185
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.043
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.216
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.288
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.347
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.861
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.227
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.343
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.653
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.004
And all tps features are active 7.578
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.195
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.042
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.096
# 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 0.174
When the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.154
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.322
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.563
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.543
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.703
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.144
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.298
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.039
# 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 0.079
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.128
When the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 10.140
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.083
# 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 3.051
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
17.036
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 7.665
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.171
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.032
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.042
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 8.198
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000