Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3800 02 May 2025, 13:02

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 40:21.271 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:17.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:34.220
And I update APT using apt 13.878
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 24.023
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 5.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.455
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.827
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.754
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.064
And persistence is disabled 0.284
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:6.627
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 17.280
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.427
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.947
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.389
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.746
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:10.194
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.436
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
1:5.370
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.839
And the system is very low on memory 3.330
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.314
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.511
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.210
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.867
And I free up some memory 3.687
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.091
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:55.166
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 12.550
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.529
And all tps features are active 2.560
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 4.572
When I disable the first tps feature 6.301
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.097
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.284
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:9.031
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
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19.930
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.245
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 6.041
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.075
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 3.074
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
19.304
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 9.281
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.339
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I disable the first tps feature 5.847
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.641
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.806
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 9.910
And the network is plugged 0.110
And Tor is ready 21.710
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.622
When I write some files expected to persist 1.454
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.681
# 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" 24.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.133
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 9.769
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 17.960
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.220
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.493
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.239
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 18.602
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.457
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
59.105
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 12.883
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.160
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.647
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:45.909
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 13.826
When I enable persistence 49.141
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.205
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 30.619
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.985
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.492
When I cold reboot the computer 7.465
And the computer reboots Tails 59.421
Given I enable persistence 17.256
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.570
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.772
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
3:28.052
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 9.919
# 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 34.378
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.678
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:0.612
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 28.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
51.971
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 9.558
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.878
Then persistence is disabled 0.298
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.223
And all notifications have disappeared 9.381
When I delete the persistent partition 6.713
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:31.000
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.565
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.631
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:10.419
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:35.701
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.985
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.105
When I try to enable persistence 0.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 26.731
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.780
And all notifications have disappeared 8.000
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.266
And all tps features are enabled 2.390
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:3.438
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 3:46.179
And I enable persistence 29.535
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.762
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.219
And persistence is enabled 2.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.947
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 10.096
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.006
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.432
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.394
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.881
When I enable persistence 25.498
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.220
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.144
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.508
When I try to enable persistence 0.433
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 20.089
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.474
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.566
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.299
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.319
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:8.472
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 27.219
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.151
When I try to enable persistence 0.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.204
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I log in to a new session 39.485
And all notifications have disappeared 7.774
# 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" 0.348
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.210
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.904
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.766
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:50.517
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 8.574
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.890
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.632
When I try to enable persistence 0.534
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 17.617
When I log in to a new session 45.105
And all notifications have disappeared 7.340
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.011
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000