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test_Tails_ISO_stable 5597 24 Apr 2025, 17:30

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 53:28.470 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:35.174
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 1:51.047
And I update APT using apt 14.542
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.169
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.080
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 30.793
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.840
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.660
And persistence is disabled 0.477
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:47.853
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 37.600
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.435
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.944
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.993
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.381
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.877
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.405
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:16.786
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 20.625
And the system is very low on memory 5.927
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.634
When I try to create a persistent partition 27.389
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.146
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.659
And I free up some memory 3.256
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.812
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:34.341
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 40.994
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.582
And all tps features are active 2.754
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.690
When I disable the first tps feature 6.365
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.507
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.260
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.347
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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20.082
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.135
When I disable the first tps feature 6.222
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.107
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.085
When I enable the first tps feature 3.684
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.695
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 10.040
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.126
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I disable the first tps feature 7.095
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.272
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:14.178
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 9.278
And the network is plugged 0.106
And Tor is ready 21.231
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.489
When I write some files expected to persist 1.644
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.014
# 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" 28.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:46.157
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 11.778
And the network is plugged 0.238
And Tor is ready 24.230
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.215
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.770
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:39.949
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.136
And Tor is ready 19.959
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.475
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.190
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068
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1:35.403
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 43.787
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.140
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.743
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:35.390
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 30.085
When I enable persistence 1:9.026
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.180
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 32.072
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 55.586
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.698
When I cold reboot the computer 7.716
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.895
Given I enable persistence 19.106
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.575
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.981
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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4:38.531
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 26.664
# 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 39.676
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.600
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:38.605
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 39.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:7.586
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 9.798
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.980
Then persistence is disabled 0.385
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.793
And all notifications have disappeared 14.448
When I delete the persistent partition 6.180
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.502
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 10.268
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.951
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.710
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:46.294
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 9.220
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.112
When I try to enable persistence 0.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 40.207
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.693
And all notifications have disappeared 8.606
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.111
And all tps features are enabled 2.769
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
10:58.656
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8:48.653
And I enable persistence 1:13.638
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.223
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.178
And persistence is enabled 2.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.471
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 10.857
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.726
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.071
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 11.763
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.287
When I enable persistence 29.941
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.105
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.697
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 10.264
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.532
When I try to enable persistence 1.514
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 25.521
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.442
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.089
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.350
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.380
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:30.573
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 10.277
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.133
When I try to enable persistence 1.362
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 55.689
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.335
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.087
When I log in to a new session 50.695
And all notifications have disappeared 8.570
# 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" 0.661
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.868
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.566
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.552
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:12.940
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 11.317
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.244
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.665
When I try to enable persistence 0.498
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.704
When I log in to a new session 54.844
And all notifications have disappeared 9.868
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.754
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000