Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5619 01 May 2025, 08:54

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 44:36.474 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:16.222
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:35.222
And I update APT using apt 14.156
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 23.507
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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53.350
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 17.950
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.894
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.598
And persistence is disabled 0.396
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:23.210
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 logged in 14.099
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.461
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.148
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.163
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.711
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.729
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.314
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.512
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:21.134
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 11.212
And the system is very low on memory 7.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.656
When I try to create a persistent partition 37.976
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.643
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.153
And I free up some memory 3.425
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.709
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.534
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 16.841
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.691
And all tps features are active 3.023
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.627
When I disable the first tps feature 6.360
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.142
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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22.700
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.088
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 5.897
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 3.146
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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19.294
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 9.541
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.129
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 5.817
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.671
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.473
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 10.274
And the network is plugged 0.120
And Tor is ready 19.219
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.745
When I write some files expected to persist 1.573
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.881
# 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" 25.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:11.925
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 9.904
And the network is plugged 0.110
And Tor is ready 19.076
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.204
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.937
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.953
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 19.959
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.410
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
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1:33.472
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 42.584
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.167
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.554
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:21.712
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 20.369
When I enable persistence 53.207
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.058
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 33.089
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 57.494
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.542
When I cold reboot the computer 8.024
And the computer reboots Tails 1:12.310
Given I enable persistence 19.466
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.656
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.935
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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4:5.361
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 11.289
# 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 49.287
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.984
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:15.148
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 34.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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58.499
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 10.567
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.700
Then persistence is disabled 0.317
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.849
And all notifications have disappeared 10.972
When I delete the persistent partition 6.945
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:41.942
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 11.551
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.928
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.783
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:51.163
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 9.640
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.094
When I try to enable persistence 0.329
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 29.939
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.476
And all notifications have disappeared 10.711
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.961
And all tps features are enabled 2.934
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:8.695
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 3:37.093
And I enable persistence 33.837
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 52.395
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.837
And persistence is enabled 3.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.734
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 9.528
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 31.491
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.479
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 10.367
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.800
When I enable persistence 29.099
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.090
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.251
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 10.525
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.808
When I try to enable persistence 0.712
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.039
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 3.405
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.783
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.023
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.311
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:8.001
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 10.675
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.106
When I try to enable persistence 0.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.099
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.379
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.093
When I log in to a new session 42.255
And all notifications have disappeared 13.248
# 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" 0.448
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.845
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.440
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.672
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:16.310
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 10.518
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.972
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.629
When I try to enable persistence 0.501
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 19.062
When I log in to a new session 55.635
And all notifications have disappeared 12.092
Then the Tor Browser starts 27.819
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000