Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.12 1 02 Sep 2026, 18:08

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 11:45.649 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
1:16.409
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.091
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.034
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.024
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.463
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 58.320
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.783
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.238
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.050
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.060
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.198
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
1:27.519
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 50.736
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.241
And I create a persistent partition 24.772
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.182
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.544
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:37.138
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.930
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.264
And all tps features are active 8.241
When I write some files expected to persist 1.272
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.160
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.370
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.937
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.647
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.591
# 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" 12.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
2:15.931
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.607
And I log in to a new session 13.042
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.796
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.230
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:31.518
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 19.459
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.127
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.528
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.633
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.181
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.239
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.401
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.062
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:37.476
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 8.892
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.060
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.236
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.050
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.236
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.316
When the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.301
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 2.765
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 5.410
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.551
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 8.414
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.346
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.070
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.161
# 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 0.234
When the network is plugged 0.325
And Tor is ready 10.441
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 1.085
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 4.143
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.585
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.276
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.009
And all tps features are active 8.297
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.610
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.105
# 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 0.143
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.297
When the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.564
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 0.101
# 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 3.531
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
19.644
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 8.210
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.273
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.054
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.064
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.011
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000