Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5572 14 Apr 2025, 13:46

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 48:32.522 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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6:45.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:0.522
And I update APT using apt 4:15.969
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.345
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.087
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 11.781
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.441
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.664
And persistence is disabled 0.959
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:23.757
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 14.625
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.379
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.848
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.002
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.763
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.155
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:27.768
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.093
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:4.071
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 11.272
And the system is very low on memory 4.047
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.020
When I try to create a persistent partition 25.919
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.520
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.741
And I free up some memory 3.628
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.605
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:2.564
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 13.531
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.648
And all tps features are active 2.766
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.883
When I disable the first tps feature 6.422
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.162
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.738
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.343
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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20.836
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 10.425
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 6.565
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.084
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.075
When I enable the first tps feature 3.242
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.514
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 10.751
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.223
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
And I disable the first tps feature 6.360
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.960
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:12.695
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 10.144
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 24.061
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.661
When I write some files expected to persist 1.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.886
# 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" 25.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:20.426
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.204
And the network is plugged 0.348
And Tor is ready 22.479
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.203
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.279
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.105
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 22.147
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.341
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072
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1:2.374
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.327
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.524
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.004
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:44.707
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 13.612
When I enable persistence 39.089
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.509
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.738
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.411
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.409
When I cold reboot the computer 8.070
And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.702
Given I enable persistence 17.780
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.614
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.566
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
4:5.095
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 10.024
# 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 39.274
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.148
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:28.886
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 30.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:2.617
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 10.754
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.653
Then persistence is disabled 0.652
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.028
And all notifications have disappeared 9.627
When I delete the persistent partition 7.136
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.469
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 10.509
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.923
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.597
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:50.154
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 10.223
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.115
When I try to enable persistence 0.483
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 36.349
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.883
And all notifications have disappeared 7.945
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.161
And all tps features are enabled 2.579
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:11.697
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:48.661
And I enable persistence 35.326
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.341
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.540
And persistence is enabled 2.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.700
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 9.814
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.094
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.555
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 9.653
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.219
When I enable persistence 30.564
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.145
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.359
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 9.453
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.927
When I try to enable persistence 0.396
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.462
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.118
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.791
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.350
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.304
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:10.955
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 10.306
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.217
When I try to enable persistence 0.407
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 40.460
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.888
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.122
When I log in to a new session 44.800
And all notifications have disappeared 9.209
# 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" 0.615
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.910
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.414
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.678
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:8.426
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 9.412
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.755
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.627
When I try to enable persistence 1.526
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 27.146
When I log in to a new session 49.590
And all notifications have disappeared 9.024
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.328
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000