Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3801 05 May 2025, 18:48

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 51:47.691 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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4:58.057
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:57.352
And I update APT using apt 1:31.739
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.240
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.422
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 12.701
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.007
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.741
And persistence is disabled 0.698
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:14.881
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 13.738
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.996
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.227
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.482
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.807
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:21.088
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.413
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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1:23.710
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 23.645
And the system is very low on memory 7.026
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.009
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.866
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.183
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.594
And I free up some memory 4.287
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.804
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:23.675
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 33.337
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.485
And all tps features are active 3.070
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.266
When I disable the first tps feature 6.252
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.368
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.414
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.865
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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24.791
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 13.057
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.831
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.185
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.156
When I disable the first tps feature 6.366
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.141
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.074
When I enable the first tps feature 3.792
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.244
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 12.720
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.156
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.744
And I disable the first tps feature 6.287
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.269
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:38.522
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 13.388
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 1:48.750
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.662
When I write some files expected to persist 1.791
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.709
# 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" 25.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:16.250
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 11.037
And the network is plugged 0.134
And Tor is ready 2:12.832
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.193
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.576
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.624
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.088
And Tor is ready 27.032
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.451
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.143
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product
1:10.629
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.895
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.200
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 25.166
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:57.666
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.073
When I enable persistence 42.536
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.844
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.274
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.081
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.402
When I cold reboot the computer 7.937
And the computer reboots Tails 1:15.794
Given I enable persistence 21.722
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.678
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.908
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
4:1.286
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 12.502
# 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 46.456
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.126
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:13.391
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 35.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:2.085
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 11.871
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.260
Then persistence is disabled 0.464
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.501
And all notifications have disappeared 11.636
When I delete the persistent partition 7.349
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.287
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 10.997
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.763
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.477
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.592
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:40.436
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 8.957
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 0.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 29.967
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.355
And all notifications have disappeared 8.180
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.246
And all tps features are enabled 3.020
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:28.192
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6:4.191
And I enable persistence 30.788
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.979
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.466
And persistence is enabled 2.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.637
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 10.611
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.159
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.905
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 9.471
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.654
When I enable persistence 34.961
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.101
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.174
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 9.296
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.272
When I try to enable persistence 0.623
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 23.932
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.326
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.761
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.188
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:3.812
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 9.047
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.108
When I try to enable persistence 0.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 35.598
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I log in to a new session 45.376
And all notifications have disappeared 10.250
# 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" 0.413
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.731
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.526
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.195
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:56.018
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 8.643
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.066
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.714
When I try to enable persistence 0.446
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 19.097
When I log in to a new session 48.870
And all notifications have disappeared 7.664
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.625
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000