Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6382 17 May 2026, 11:17

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 10:59.246 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
1:5.576
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given a computer 0.054
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.016
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 12.828
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 48.518
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.516
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.232
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.044
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.051
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.168
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
1:26.455
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 52.664
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.275
And I create a persistent partition 24.685
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.303
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.543
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
1:18.480
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.063
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.261
And all tps features are active 1.083
When I write some files expected to persist 1.251
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.182
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.319
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.942
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.638
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 11.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product
2:9.475
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.801
And I log in to a new session 12.049
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.781
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.248
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.442
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 14.850
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.150
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.150
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 59.321
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.917
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.224
And the boot device has safe access rights 3.440
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.233
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:32.754
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.226
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.071
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.205
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 0.207
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.302
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.122
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.418
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.986
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.745
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.078
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 1.146
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.215
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.058
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.155
# 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 0.228
When the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.289
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.049
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.856
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.301
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.093
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 1.149
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.339
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 0.144
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.211
When the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.061
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.497
# 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 4.098
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.353
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 0.259
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.066
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.036
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.253
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000