Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 33 18 Apr 2025, 16:46

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 45:37.209 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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4:51.481
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:39.245
And I update APT using apt 1:43.858
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 1:25.294
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.124
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.992
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.651
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.564
And persistence is disabled 0.411
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:20.953
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 11.502
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.383
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.137
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.254
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.951
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.196
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:27.038
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.410
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:3.817
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.588
And the system is very low on memory 4.036
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.392
When I try to create a persistent partition 25.574
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.560
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.670
And I free up some memory 3.475
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.215
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:56.496
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 14.005
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.495
And all tps features are active 2.555
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.861
When I disable the first tps feature 6.512
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.282
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.151
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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20.409
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 10.381
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I disable the first tps feature 6.035
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.096
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 3.375
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.153
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 10.021
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.303
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.182
And I disable the first tps feature 6.723
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.875
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:9.909
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 9.682
And the network is plugged 0.165
And Tor is ready 22.311
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.666
When I write some files expected to persist 1.733
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.911
# 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" 24.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:49.706
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 10.540
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 49.645
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.194
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.541
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.536
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.100
And Tor is ready 21.365
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.411
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.096
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069
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1:0.542
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.316
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.112
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.525
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:40.266
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 14.226
When I enable persistence 43.399
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.250
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.813
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.758
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.535
When I cold reboot the computer 7.437
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.133
Given I enable persistence 17.287
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.614
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.402
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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3:55.671
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 10.611
# 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 43.035
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.515
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:15.451
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 31.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:12.738
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 24.207
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.024
Then persistence is disabled 0.286
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.844
And all notifications have disappeared 10.295
When I delete the persistent partition 7.061
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.289
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 10.073
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.934
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:29.719
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:49.449
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 11.514
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 0.420
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 32.271
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.112
And all notifications have disappeared 9.336
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.256
And all tps features are enabled 5.236
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:11.837
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 3:47.622
And I enable persistence 31.583
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.772
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.893
And persistence is enabled 2.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 8.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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31.292
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
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 11.322
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.092
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.496
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 9.756
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.908
When I enable persistence 30.994
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.099
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.869
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 9.272
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.520
When I try to enable persistence 0.432
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.738
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.122
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.933
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.213
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:1.343
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 10.292
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.102
When I try to enable persistence 0.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 30.606
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.087
When I log in to a new session 46.671
And all notifications have disappeared 10.771
# 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" 0.571
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.234
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.605
Then the Tor Browser starts 16.561
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:59.359
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 8.403
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.244
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.547
When I try to enable persistence 0.432
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 19.488
When I log in to a new session 54.859
And all notifications have disappeared 7.406
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.117
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000