Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6071 15 Jan 2026, 20:09

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 11:30.024 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
1:9.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.048
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.014
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.033
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 51.634
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.682
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.194
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.052
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.044
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.173
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:23.362
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 50.900
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.248
And I create a persistent partition 23.143
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.699
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.513
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:23.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.155
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.248
And all tps features are active 1.028
When I write some files expected to persist 1.377
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.177
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.299
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.010
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.926
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 11.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:9.682
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.539
And I log in to a new session 9.760
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.773
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.230
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:32.754
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 15.355
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.141
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.099
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 56.647
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.902
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.225
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.328
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.129
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:0.759
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.118
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.068
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.216
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.053
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.305
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.333
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 42.504
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.346
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.341
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.631
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.770
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.074
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.263
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.046
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.144
# 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 0.188
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.145
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.750
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.331
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.932
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.667
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 0.948
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.320
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.048
# 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 0.138
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.177
When the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.119
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.568
# 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 3.807
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
20.119
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.547
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.202
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.043
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.044
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.323
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000