Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6181 02 Mar 2026, 11:34

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 13:37.444 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
1:55.456
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.015
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.385
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 1:37.577
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.585
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.279
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.042
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.083
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.241
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:28.482
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 54.663
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.224
And I create a persistent partition 24.147
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.595
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:23.445
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.301
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.252
And all tps features are active 1.122
When I write some files expected to persist 1.218
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.150
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.435
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.802
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.812
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 12.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:21.302
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.137
And I log in to a new session 12.740
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.759
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.220
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:40.814
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 16.358
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.136
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.355
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.583
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.873
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.226
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.679
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.118
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:32.420
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 8.250
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.210
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.260
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.041
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.205
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.334
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 23.185
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.377
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.867
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.078
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.061
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.036
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.224
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.087
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.164
# 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 0.257
When the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 20.258
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.383
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.938
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.270
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.195
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 1.088
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.379
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.043
# 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 0.126
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.202
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 21.998
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.098
# 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 4.303
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
48.981
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 7.555
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.232
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.039
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 40.704
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000