Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 2 21 Aug 2026, 16:21

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 11:16.670 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
1:8.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.079
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.022
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.514
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 50.631
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.160
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.237
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.036
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.036
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.158
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
1:23.444
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 49.482
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.197
And I create a persistent partition 22.912
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.154
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.500
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:34.280
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.251
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.218
And all tps features are active 7.151
When I write some files expected to persist 1.075
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.124
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.291
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.750
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.862
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.110
# 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" 11.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:11.271
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 5.646
And I log in to a new session 12.826
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.584
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.423
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.269
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.290
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.116
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.564
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.610
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 0.983
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.236
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.061
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.008
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:36.594
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 5.598
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.059
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.225
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.038
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.196
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.345
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.552
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.953
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 5.059
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.355
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.570
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.117
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.267
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.047
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.140
# 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 0.181
When the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 11.350
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.897
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.709
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.647
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.096
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.026
And all tps features are active 8.083
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.321
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.051
# 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 0.110
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.174
When the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.302
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.453
# 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 3.206
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
16.502
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 5.079
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.218
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.038
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.032
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 8.611
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000