Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 3 21 Aug 2026, 21:48

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 11:8.918 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
1:4.597
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.079
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.021
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.019
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.440
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 47.326
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.130
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.221
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.038
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.045
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.149
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:21.982
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 48.848
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.232
And I create a persistent partition 23.292
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.438
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.522
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:31.836
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.028
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.250
And all tps features are active 6.754
When I write some files expected to persist 1.226
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.145
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.247
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.593
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.564
# 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" 11.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:10.431
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5.727
And I log in to a new session 11.314
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.735
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.200
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.582
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 18.636
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.108
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.437
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.752
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.237
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.202
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.195
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 0.941
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 2.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:35.647
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 5.481
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.058
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.239
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.039
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.223
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.339
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 13.519
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.065
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.995
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.229
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.268
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 8.249
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.203
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 0.075
# 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 0.183
When the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.146
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 2.041
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.797
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.994
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.461
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.006
And all tps features are active 10.261
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.440
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.055
# 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 0.099
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.197
When the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.226
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.083
# 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 3.180
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
16.986
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 5.093
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.253
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.034
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.048
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 9.565
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000