Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5621 01 May 2025, 19:35

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 43:56.040 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:26.965
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 1:38.620
And I update APT using apt 14.248
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.217
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 7.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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52.679
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.879
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.870
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.846
And persistence is disabled 0.458
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:15.272
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 12.047
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.865
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.159
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.723
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.657
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.120
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.677
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.945
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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55.226
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 12.870
And the system is very low on memory 3.624
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.806
When I try to create a persistent partition 20.437
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.195
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.683
And I free up some memory 2.721
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.601
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:5.664
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 12.667
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.876
And all tps features are active 2.256
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.839
When I disable the first tps feature 6.075
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.351
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.460
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.850
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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23.607
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 13.302
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.120
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.341
When I disable the first tps feature 6.088
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.086
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.060
When I enable the first tps feature 3.369
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.599
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 10.302
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.206
And I disable the first tps feature 6.154
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.776
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:7.501
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 9.623
And the network is plugged 0.164
And Tor is ready 22.094
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.733
When I write some files expected to persist 1.475
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.774
# 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" 24.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:16.593
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 10.131
And the network is plugged 0.100
And Tor is ready 19.558
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.207
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.826
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.644
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 18.269
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.498
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.116
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
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1:3.600
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 15.913
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.123
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.961
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:28.222
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 12.493
When I enable persistence 36.121
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.516
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.113
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.237
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.644
When I cold reboot the computer 7.712
And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.151
Given I enable persistence 17.821
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.513
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.298
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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4:9.371
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 26.117
# 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 37.543
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.292
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:20.952
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 29.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:2.326
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 9.603
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.720
Then persistence is disabled 0.313
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.949
And all notifications have disappeared 9.738
When I delete the persistent partition 6.100
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:42.941
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 10.609
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.815
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.905
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:51.985
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 10.417
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.090
When I try to enable persistence 0.435
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 33.390
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.961
And all notifications have disappeared 9.147
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.489
And all tps features are enabled 3.533
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:41.203
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 5:17.102
And I enable persistence 33.985
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.779
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.371
And persistence is enabled 2.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.543
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 10.116
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.656
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.858
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 9.379
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.002
When I enable persistence 27.214
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.106
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.101
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 9.180
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.891
When I try to enable persistence 0.515
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.267
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.305
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.214
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.029
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.216
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:53.933
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 9.169
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.113
When I try to enable persistence 0.395
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.133
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.817
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I log in to a new session 43.438
And all notifications have disappeared 10.258
# 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" 0.502
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.601
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.390
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.130
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:58.841
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 9.051
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.003
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.664
When I try to enable persistence 0.426
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.406
When I log in to a new session 50.109
And all notifications have disappeared 7.798
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.602
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000