Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11 5 20 Aug 2026, 15:02

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 12:7.035 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
1:12.019
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.089
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.023
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.025
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 14.797
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 52.489
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.885
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.251
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.052
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.068
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.226
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
1:28.522
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 53.649
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.226
And I create a persistent partition 24.228
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.062
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:36.169
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.120
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.876
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.253
And all tps features are active 7.328
When I write some files expected to persist 1.366
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.168
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.324
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.709
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.732
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.821
# 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" 11.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:29.729
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 21.667
And I log in to a new session 11.705
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.621
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.235
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.866
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 21.384
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.120
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.697
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.130
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.435
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.107
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.393
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.491
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.979
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:44.993
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 8.691
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.096
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.182
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.035
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.220
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.299
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.741
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.741
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.486
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.406
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.513
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.863
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.214
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.069
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.113
# 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 0.170
When the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 10.897
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.066
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.280
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.181
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.512
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.312
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.321
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 0.120
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.204
When the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 11.842
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.098
# 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 3.797
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.902
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.140
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.230
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.081
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.043
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.354
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000