Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5976 29 Nov 2025, 13:32

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 16:30.365 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
1:52.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.185
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.046
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.068
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 28.184
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:18.721
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.576
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.359
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.071
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.051
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.264
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
2:4.521
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 1:24.382
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.284
And I create a persistent partition 29.925
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.282
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.747
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:23.604
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.195
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.290
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.797
And all tps features are active 2.027
When I write some files expected to persist 1.855
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.333
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.483
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.718
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.762
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 21.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:32.039
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.878
And I log in to a new session 13.955
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.227
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.403
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:43.346
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 19.768
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.239
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.908
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.175
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.784
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.922
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.297
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.902
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.498
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:58.892
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.670
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.067
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.240
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.047
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.256
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.403
When the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 13.167
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.588
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 6.422
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.626
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.459
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.010
And all tps features are active 2.772
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.301
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.070
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.178
# 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 0.304
When the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 12.949
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.964
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 6.670
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.658
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.060
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.014
And all tps features are active 2.024
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.402
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.079
# 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 0.162
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.262
When the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 13.115
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.247
# 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 6.018
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.080
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
50.692
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.119
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.234
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.055
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.070
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 39.560
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000