Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11 11 23 Aug 2026, 17:56

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 11:54.684 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
1:22.227
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.090
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.026
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.123
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:4.948
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.373
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.231
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.041
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.047
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.200
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:24.591
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 49.190
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.182
And I create a persistent partition 24.145
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.222
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.582
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:33.235
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.058
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.229
And all tps features are active 6.813
When I write some files expected to persist 1.068
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.143
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.266
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.785
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.331
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.046
# 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" 11.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:10.899
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 8.414
And I log in to a new session 11.091
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.690
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.214
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.491
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.739
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.128
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.665
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.818
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.285
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.221
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.369
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.106
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:42.043
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 8.312
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.053
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.241
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 0.244
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.350
When the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.778
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.902
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.740
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.475
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.759
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.009
And all tps features are active 8.208
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.184
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.038
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.151
# 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 0.226
When the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.905
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.936
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.706
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.053
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.870
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.008
And all tps features are active 8.381
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.265
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.041
# 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 0.091
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.189
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.314
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.461
# 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 3.644
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
32.021
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 20.965
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.208
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 0.040
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 8.483
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000