Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 37 05 Oct 2026, 19:53

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 11:16.924 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
1:3.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.086
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.024
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.025
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.889
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 46.243
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.112
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.242
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.049
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.044
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.167
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:24.958
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 48.520
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.301
And I create a persistent partition 24.398
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.818
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.494
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:29.528
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.174
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.272
And all tps features are active 6.525
When I write some files expected to persist 1.229
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.159
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.238
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.920
And I take note of which tps features are available 5.299
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.530
# 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" 12.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:14.118
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 8.312
And I log in to a new session 13.252
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.801
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.173
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.600
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.725
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.126
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.645
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.021
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.208
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.220
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.171
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.047
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:34.927
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.226
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.094
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.247
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.042
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.238
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.356
When the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 12.472
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.168
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 7.267
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.313
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.755
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.010
And all tps features are active 7.858
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.215
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.035
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.159
# 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 0.178
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.280
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.922
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.386
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.957
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.637
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.187
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.324
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.038
# 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 0.112
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.154
When the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 10.891
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.105
# 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 3.736
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.734
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 7.742
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.198
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.045
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.046
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.609
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000