Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5600 26 Apr 2025, 12:48

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 43:11.882 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:18.659
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:38.784
And I update APT using apt 13.158
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 23.114
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.084
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 26.092
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.633
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.873
And persistence is disabled 0.661
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:15.960
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 14.785
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.811
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.164
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.299
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.098
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.653
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:19.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.534
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:1.290
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 11.991
And the system is very low on memory 4.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.730
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.436
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.207
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.765
And I free up some memory 3.248
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.562
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:6.547
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 14.751
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.152
And all tps features are active 3.281
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.093
When I disable the first tps feature 6.590
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.224
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.550
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.592
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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21.302
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 10.933
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.107
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.433
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.141
When I disable the first tps feature 6.033
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.061
When I enable the first tps feature 3.334
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.242
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 10.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 6.901
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.689
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:36.951
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 10.138
And the network is plugged 0.152
And Tor is ready 50.615
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.651
When I write some files expected to persist 1.553
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.866
# 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" 24.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:46.371
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 10.838
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 47.685
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.042
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.179
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 21.346
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.389
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.118
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
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1:2.536
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 15.430
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.155
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.537
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:34.944
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 15.219
When I enable persistence 37.156
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.469
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 30.785
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.034
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.475
When I cold reboot the computer 7.341
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.576
Given I enable persistence 18.698
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.621
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 35.997
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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3:51.304
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 10.799
# 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 32.875
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.839
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:13.562
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 41.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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58.456
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 11.371
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.406
Then persistence is disabled 0.487
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.991
And all notifications have disappeared 9.970
When I delete the persistent partition 6.426
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:38.326
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 9.987
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.718
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:43.699
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 9.238
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 0.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 29.488
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.443
And all notifications have disappeared 10.418
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.370
And all tps features are enabled 3.150
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:13.107
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 3:48.690
And I enable persistence 33.215
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.667
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.794
And persistence is enabled 3.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.103
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 9.610
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.514
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.160
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 9.774
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.538
When I enable persistence 30.038
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.092
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.268
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 9.615
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.245
When I try to enable persistence 0.517
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.423
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.854
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.604
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.261
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:56.399
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 9.477
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.129
When I try to enable persistence 0.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.450
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.662
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.095
When I log in to a new session 41.981
And all notifications have disappeared 8.756
# 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" 0.577
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.256
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.663
Then the Tor Browser starts 17.087
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:2.165
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 9.319
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.291
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.632
When I try to enable persistence 0.573
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 23.461
When I log in to a new session 50.898
And all notifications have disappeared 8.778
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.491
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000