Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3813 15 May 2025, 12:54

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 40:40.709 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:14.176
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 1:33.056
And I update APT using apt 13.071
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 25.941
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.681
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 12.667
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.324
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.400
And persistence is disabled 0.466
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:15.800
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 12.076
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.562
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.594
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.742
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.648
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:24.635
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.354
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:3.668
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 11.017
And the system is very low on memory 4.168
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.047
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.993
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.643
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.679
And I free up some memory 3.716
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.140
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:3.007
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 28.689
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.546
And all tps features are active 2.504
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.667
When I disable the first tps feature 5.668
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.996
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.520
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:6.395
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
20.158
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 10.050
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.339
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.184
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.156
When I disable the first tps feature 6.031
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.083
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 3.119
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.064
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 9.849
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.189
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 6.260
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.638
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.464
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 9.367
And the network is plugged 0.131
And Tor is ready 20.521
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.534
When I write some files expected to persist 1.581
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.424
# 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" 23.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:6.118
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 9.218
And the network is plugged 0.179
And Tor is ready 21.914
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.652
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:4.989
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 20.328
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
1:1.766
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 14.231
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.220
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.440
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:16.713
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 12.122
When I enable persistence 33.560
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.071
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.551
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.135
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.526
When I cold reboot the computer 7.400
And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.933
Given I enable persistence 17.021
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.544
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.383
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
3:36.599
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 9.943
# 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 35.849
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.869
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:7.286
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 30.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
55.498
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 9.982
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.515
Then persistence is disabled 0.403
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.599
And all notifications have disappeared 7.408
When I delete the persistent partition 6.788
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:29.428
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 10.482
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.209
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.837
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:7.516
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:37.277
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 9.665
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.114
When I try to enable persistence 0.523
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 28.442
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.777
And all notifications have disappeared 5.930
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.308
And all tps features are enabled 2.661
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:43.082
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 4:22.989
And I enable persistence 29.808
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.540
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.029
And persistence is enabled 2.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.572
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 9.159
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.602
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.478
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 9.213
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.745
When I enable persistence 25.974
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.081
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.613
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 8.530
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.438
When I try to enable persistence 0.399
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 24.754
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.983
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.586
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.189
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:50.588
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 9.282
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.150
When I try to enable persistence 0.450
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 26.731
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I log in to a new session 40.660
And all notifications have disappeared 7.544
# 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" 0.464
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.108
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.914
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.038
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:53.948
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 9.014
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.029
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.599
When I try to enable persistence 0.421
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 17.295
When I log in to a new session 51.906
And all notifications have disappeared 8.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.712
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000