Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21027-fix-interactive-debugging-context 4 19 Jun 2025, 00:59

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 58:34.959 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:38.265
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:42.713
And I update APT using apt 19.284
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 31.221
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 5.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:8.706
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.036
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.904
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 35.058
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.434
And persistence is disabled 0.340
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 19.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:4.530
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 20.780
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.458
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.567
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 42.369
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.188
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.970
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:32.627
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 2.473
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
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1:22.077
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.034
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.923
And the system is very low on memory 7.593
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.515
When I try to create a persistent partition 25.976
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.594
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.051
And I free up some memory 8.236
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.510
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:59.525
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 16.514
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.967
And all tps features are active 2.942
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.851
When I disable the first tps feature 10.111
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.389
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.035
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:1.581
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
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26.029
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 13.781
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.254
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.331
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.271
When I disable the first tps feature 7.170
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 3.851
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.977
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.179
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 18.162
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.103
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.128
And I disable the first tps feature 11.602
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.922
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.630
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 17.448
And the network is plugged 0.093
And Tor is ready 25.039
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.628
When I write some files expected to persist 7.220
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.707
# 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" 37.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:20.530
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 enabled and logged in 15.097
And the network is plugged 0.103
And Tor is ready 23.513
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.349
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.360
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:0.182
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 26.102
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.125
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
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1:41.062
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 19.249
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.372
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 38.022
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 42.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:44.052
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.141
When I enable persistence 1:4.408
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.911
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.187
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:22.594
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 4.519
When I cold reboot the computer 11.147
And the computer reboots Tails 1:30.016
Given I enable persistence 24.632
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.609
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 59.592
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
5:9.254
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 enabled and logged in 14.179
# 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 46.386
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.389
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:7.082
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 44.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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1:25.847
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.870
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 34.734
Then persistence is disabled 0.419
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.949
And all notifications have disappeared 13.570
When I delete the persistent partition 9.997
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:24.216
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 15.382
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.656
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:54.423
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:30.378
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 11.631
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 0.680
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 51.186
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:3.393
And all notifications have disappeared 10.217
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 7.888
And all tps features are enabled 2.778
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:10.900
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 4:14.550
And I enable persistence 45.452
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 58.627
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.529
And persistence is enabled 9.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.008
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 9.645
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 29.492
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.616
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.470
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.655
When I enable persistence 46.259
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.096
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.883
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.286
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.663
When I try to enable persistence 0.774
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 41.827
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.059
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 6.294
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 6.177
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.310
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:54.763
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 16.046
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.140
When I try to enable persistence 0.405
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 51.821
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 3.801
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.452
When I log in to a new session 51.218
And all notifications have disappeared 16.794
# 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" 0.366
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.462
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.577
Then the Tor Browser starts 29.088
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:2.701
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.323
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.047
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.795
When I try to enable persistence 1.579
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 39.939
When I log in to a new session 1:6.873
And all notifications have disappeared 13.698
Then the Tor Browser starts 35.322
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000