Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11 9 21 Aug 2026, 16:13

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 12:7.831 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
1:31.700
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.094
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.021
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.906
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:13.428
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.470
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.313
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.086
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.043
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.207
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
1:31.934
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 54.596
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.235
And I create a persistent partition 25.002
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.464
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.525
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:37.145
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.663
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.258
And all tps features are active 8.187
When I write some files expected to persist 1.318
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.121
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.308
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.587
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.744
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.572
# 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" 12.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
2:15.848
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.928
And I log in to a new session 13.534
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.667
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.206
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.086
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 19.177
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.117
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.727
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given a computer 0.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.150
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.046
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.211
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.243
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.191
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:39.231
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.622
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.082
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.215
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.057
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.219
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.374
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.524
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.687
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.503
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.306
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.616
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 10.590
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.228
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.063
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.126
# 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 0.441
When the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.513
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.168
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.295
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.121
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.474
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.132
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.376
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.054
# 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 0.109
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.189
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.725
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.103
# 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 3.793
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.243
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 8.677
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.254
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.087
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.052
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.523
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000