Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6072 16 Jan 2026, 08:15

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 12:11.774 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
1:19.918
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.067
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.013
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.028
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 15.025
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 59.719
Then the boot device has safe access rights 3.308
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.293
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.045
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.038
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.229
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:34.250
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 57.213
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.256
And I create a persistent partition 26.464
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.806
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.737
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:33.791
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.798
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.282
And all tps features are active 1.360
When I write some files expected to persist 1.395
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.186
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.317
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.526
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.337
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.231
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 13.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:15.423
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.979
And I log in to a new session 12.480
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.343
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.377
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:33.170
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.799
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.128
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.746
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.737
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.114
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.302
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.983
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.229
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:53.100
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 9.333
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.063
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.263
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.060
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.379
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.407
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 13.632
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.412
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 6.131
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.507
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.593
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.012
And all tps features are active 1.406
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.308
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.077
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.141
# 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 0.283
When the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.697
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.061
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 5.282
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.358
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.082
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.013
And all tps features are active 1.631
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.477
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.095
# 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 0.178
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.234
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.047
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.668
# 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 4.809
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
21.542
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.884
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.385
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.110
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.073
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.617
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000