Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5560 09 Apr 2025, 09:33

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 58:36.110 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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7:6.949
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:44.951
And I update APT using apt 4:43.462
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 35.480
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.820
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 12.978
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.951
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.761
And persistence is disabled 0.335
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:33.487
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 logged in 15.499
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.679
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.264
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.642
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.778
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.538
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:34.595
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.408
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:7.859
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 12.201
And the system is very low on memory 3.678
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.198
When I try to create a persistent partition 30.453
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.512
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.622
And I free up some memory 3.402
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.484
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:3.147
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 13.679
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.515
And all tps features are active 2.865
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.158
When I disable the first tps feature 6.175
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.445
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.976
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:19.563
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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20.846
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 10.764
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.175
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.147
When I disable the first tps feature 6.121
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.144
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.067
When I enable the first tps feature 3.152
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.241
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 10.689
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.155
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
And I disable the first tps feature 6.417
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.793
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:10.987
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 9.984
And the network is plugged 0.093
And Tor is ready 24.078
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.691
When I write some files expected to persist 1.914
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.092
# 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" 25.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:26.769
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 9.903
And the network is plugged 0.185
And Tor is ready 19.816
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.201
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.823
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.474
And I capture all network traffic 0.017
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 21.493
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.168
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
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1:20.129
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.970
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.188
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 26.909
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 36.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:47.053
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 13.969
When I enable persistence 40.082
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.159
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 30.240
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.887
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.347
When I cold reboot the computer 7.652
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.705
Given I enable persistence 20.810
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.560
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.198
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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4:20.199
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 10.736
# 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 37.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.184
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:42.041
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 37.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:22.592
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 16.671
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.389
Then persistence is disabled 0.508
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.248
And all notifications have disappeared 14.195
When I delete the persistent partition 8.698
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:16.450
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 13.658
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.078
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.396
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:50.851
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:13.554
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 13.273
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 0.309
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 53.033
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.801
And all notifications have disappeared 9.763
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.265
And all tps features are enabled 3.514
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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13:19.304
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 11:38.220
And I enable persistence 36.871
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.971
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.660
And persistence is enabled 3.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
44.788
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.799
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 30.034
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.040
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.079
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.257
When I enable persistence 38.752
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.106
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.232
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 10.365
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.980
When I try to enable persistence 0.490
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.233
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.330
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.091
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.786
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.319
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:6.842
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 10.488
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.118
When I try to enable persistence 0.387
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.928
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.313
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I log in to a new session 44.536
And all notifications have disappeared 10.441
# 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" 0.380
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.509
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.598
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.656
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:4.405
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.474
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.096
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.569
When I try to enable persistence 0.411
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.585
When I log in to a new session 50.632
And all notifications have disappeared 9.568
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.128
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000