Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5529 25 Mar 2025, 09:08

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 46:23.602 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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4:26.970
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 1:41.030
And I update APT using apt 1:13.923
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 1:28.444
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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55.926
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 12.813
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 31.603
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.629
And persistence is disabled 0.306
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:34.450
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 28.263
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.484
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.227
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.678
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.611
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.037
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:26.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.518
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:2.298
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 9.803
And the system is very low on memory 3.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.956
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.601
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.201
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.023
And I free up some memory 1.276
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.151
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:1.969
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.418
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.853
And all tps features are active 2.851
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.899
When I disable the first tps feature 7.247
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.462
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.810
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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23.477
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 13.011
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.087
When I disable the first tps feature 6.776
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 3.111
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.709
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 10.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
And I disable the first tps feature 7.919
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.965
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.520
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 10.385
And the network is plugged 0.154
And Tor is ready 23.082
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.413
When I write some files expected to persist 1.530
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.375
# 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" 24.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:20.553
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 13.769
And the network is plugged 0.336
And Tor is ready 19.773
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.282
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.615
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.626
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 21.374
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.465
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.089
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
1:8.645
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 13.756
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.268
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 28.114
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:40.587
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 13.997
When I enable persistence 41.612
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.607
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 29.612
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.247
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.345
When I cold reboot the computer 7.451
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.374
Given I enable persistence 16.592
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.658
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.708
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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4:20.203
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 12.384
# 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 50.427
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.799
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:26.848
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 37.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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57.519
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 10.001
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.130
Then persistence is disabled 0.449
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.674
And all notifications have disappeared 7.854
When I delete the persistent partition 6.799
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.729
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 11.849
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.341
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.542
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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1:53.367
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 10.648
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.115
When I try to enable persistence 0.498
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 39.391
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.978
And all notifications have disappeared 9.138
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.244
And all tps features are enabled 2.917
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:7.891
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 4:44.482
And I enable persistence 33.923
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.500
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.764
And persistence is enabled 3.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.416
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 9.004
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.603
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.378
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 9.491
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.662
When I enable persistence 29.553
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.109
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.806
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 10.090
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.887
When I try to enable persistence 0.502
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.816
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.566
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 1.843
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 2.252
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:1.184
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 9.367
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.140
When I try to enable persistence 0.423
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.096
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.124
When I log in to a new session 41.663
And all notifications have disappeared 11.017
# 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" 0.614
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.640
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.763
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.056
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:0.996
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.019
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.460
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.548
When I try to enable persistence 0.475
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 19.939
When I log in to a new session 51.323
And all notifications have disappeared 9.919
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.295
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000