Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21027-fix-interactive-debugging-context 13 28 Jun 2025, 21:16

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 157 0 0 0 0 157 21 0 21 55:44.296 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:25.817
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.057
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:27.522
And I update APT using apt 21.202
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 31.732
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 5.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.331
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.152
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 33.290
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.449
And persistence is disabled 0.317
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:28.956
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 16.438
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.914
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.208
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 30.467
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 4.887
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.002
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:18.206
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 2.204
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
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1:16.519
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 13.815
And the system is very low on memory 10.015
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 4.316
When I try to create a persistent partition 25.598
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.239
When I close the Persistent Storage app 4.766
And I free up some memory 3.330
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.711
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:52.530
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.200
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 3.617
And all tps features are active 4.884
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.775
When I disable the first tps feature 7.451
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.011
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.607
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:54.066
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.127
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31.394
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.124
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 17.183
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.296
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.139
When I disable the first tps feature 9.421
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.158
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.174
When I enable the first tps feature 3.715
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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24.887
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.911
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.246
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.259
And I disable the first tps feature 6.383
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.015
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.888
And the network is plugged 0.133
And Tor is ready 29.345
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.207
When I write some files expected to persist 3.211
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.597
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 34.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:0.584
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.680
And the network is plugged 0.098
And Tor is ready 23.220
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.200
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.715
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:52.405
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 22.476
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.405
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.117
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
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1:27.558
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.893
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.359
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 33.577
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 35.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:15.629
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.341
When I enable persistence 57.493
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 18.025
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 36.723
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:9.323
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.708
When I cold reboot the computer 10.988
And the computer reboots Tails 1:28.566
Given I enable persistence 23.035
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.577
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.011
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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4:46.443
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.895
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 46.763
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.345
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:49.352
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 43.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:31.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.606
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 35.765
Then persistence is disabled 0.418
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.922
And all notifications have disappeared 11.746
When I delete the persistent partition 13.479
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:39.113
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.862
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.948
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:11.382
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:17.855
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.376
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.280
When I try to enable persistence 0.447
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 42.729
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:0.424
And all notifications have disappeared 7.834
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.924
And all tps features are enabled 4.356
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:59.688
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:2.128
And I enable persistence 53.059
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:0.620
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.252
And persistence is enabled 2.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.486
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.437
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 36.574
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.545
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.033
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.367
When I enable persistence 48.008
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.114
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.634
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.624
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.266
When I try to enable persistence 0.426
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 41.285
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.695
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.472
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.341
Then persistence is successfully enabled 5.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:44.366
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.289
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.144
When I try to enable persistence 0.384
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 44.717
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 6.972
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.767
When I log in to a new session 51.356
And all notifications have disappeared 14.216
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.606
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.109
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.869
Then the Tor Browser starts 31.063
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:58.106
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.323
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.544
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.751
When I try to enable persistence 0.437
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 40.823
When I log in to a new session 58.931
And all notifications have disappeared 15.387
Then the Tor Browser starts 36.779
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000