Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3809 13 May 2025, 20:24

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 47:23.529 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:40.497
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 1:57.976
And I update APT using apt 13.900
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.415
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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49.358
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 13.182
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.515
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.575
And persistence is disabled 0.375
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:16.928
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 59.666
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.484
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.164
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.254
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.737
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.194
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:32.936
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.404
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:15.284
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 12.189
And the system is very low on memory 4.020
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.557
When I try to create a persistent partition 34.020
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.203
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.631
And I free up some memory 6.744
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.397
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:14.754
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 13.042
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.074
And all tps features are active 2.367
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.811
When I disable the first tps feature 5.871
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.232
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.496
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:29.131
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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22.463
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 12.001
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.395
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.139
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.131
When I disable the first tps feature 5.868
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 3.663
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.117
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 11.168
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.119
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.182
And I disable the first tps feature 6.218
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.357
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.924
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 10.777
And the network is plugged 0.125
And Tor is ready 50.801
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.973
When I write some files expected to persist 1.718
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.009
# 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" 24.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:56.912
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 10.050
And the network is plugged 0.099
And Tor is ready 23.156
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.189
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.680
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.691
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 48.339
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.346
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.109
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.099
Tags: @product
1:8.054
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.090
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.109
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.489
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 29.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:51.023
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 14.329
When I enable persistence 38.861
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.115
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.329
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:3.331
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.005
When I cold reboot the computer 7.592
And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.043
Given I enable persistence 17.841
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.646
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.493
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
4:22.686
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 9.629
# 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 42.934
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.577
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:26.695
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 47.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
58.871
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 9.996
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.772
Then persistence is disabled 0.320
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.557
And all notifications have disappeared 10.900
When I delete the persistent partition 7.539
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.702
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 9.941
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.718
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.501
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:39.943
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 9.515
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.117
When I try to enable persistence 0.394
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 28.650
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.071
And all notifications have disappeared 8.431
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.913
And all tps features are enabled 3.320
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:1.437
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 5:30.896
And I enable persistence 40.948
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.621
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.355
And persistence is enabled 2.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.837
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 8.951
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.091
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.366
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 9.985
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.107
When I enable persistence 30.289
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.133
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.470
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 9.526
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.342
When I try to enable persistence 0.439
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 21.706
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.852
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.484
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.195
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.402
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:0.461
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 9.267
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.114
When I try to enable persistence 0.426
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.377
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.937
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I log in to a new session 45.038
And all notifications have disappeared 10.372
# 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" 0.763
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.624
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.473
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.460
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:59.433
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 9.112
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.547
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.811
When I try to enable persistence 0.420
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 21.968
When I log in to a new session 47.829
And all notifications have disappeared 7.913
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.015
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000