Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6330 28 Apr 2026, 20:05

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 12:30.659 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
1:5.274
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.052
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.008
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.017
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.917
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 48.312
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.363
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.195
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.036
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.046
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.189
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:27.288
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 53.348
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.214
And I create a persistent partition 24.323
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.659
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.504
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
1:24.608
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 with persistence enabled 59.473
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.261
And all tps features are active 1.120
When I write some files expected to persist 1.268
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.236
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.432
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.886
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.882
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 11.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:8.122
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 7.596
And I log in to a new session 11.592
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.707
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.212
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.730
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 15.022
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.133
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.048
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.977
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.239
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.418
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.105
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
4:29.490
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 7.998
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.052
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.262
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.037
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.228
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.360
When the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 19.856
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.394
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.463
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.686
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.774
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.052
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.234
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.049
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.133
# 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 0.197
When the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 21.475
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.363
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.298
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.518
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.569
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.139
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.291
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.050
# 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 0.133
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.175
When the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 20.904
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.107
# 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 4.272
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
47.974
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 7.276
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.224
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.074
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.047
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 39.924
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000