Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5622 02 May 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 41:36.849 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:18.596
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:38.283
And I update APT using apt 13.756
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 23.026
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.763
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 11.253
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.714
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.964
And persistence is disabled 0.640
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:9.016
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 12.420
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.721
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.225
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.116
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.406
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.629
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.145
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.281
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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1:6.806
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 10.619
And the system is very low on memory 3.846
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.284
When I try to create a persistent partition 31.386
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.278
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.557
And I free up some memory 3.254
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.025
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:56.896
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 12.399
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.448
And all tps features are active 2.191
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.637
When I disable the first tps feature 6.508
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.260
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.525
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.604
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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20.645
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 10.353
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 6.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.077
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 3.193
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.685
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 9.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.122
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
And I disable the first tps feature 7.144
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.749
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:10.852
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 9.827
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 23.274
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.597
When I write some files expected to persist 1.483
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.184
# 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" 24.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:36.746
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 9.414
And the network is plugged 0.113
And Tor is ready 19.062
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.205
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.280
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:11.241
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 47.738
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.336
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.108
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
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1:3.437
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.238
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.122
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.152
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:19.358
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 12.500
When I enable persistence 32.784
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.741
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.207
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.001
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.604
When I cold reboot the computer 7.395
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.199
Given I enable persistence 17.917
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.489
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.117
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:41.567
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 9.467
# 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 41.574
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.658
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:6.670
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 31.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:9.555
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 18.143
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.458
Then persistence is disabled 0.247
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.453
And all notifications have disappeared 12.388
When I delete the persistent partition 6.049
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.950
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 11.611
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.695
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.957
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:40.914
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 9.519
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 0.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 27.834
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.187
And all notifications have disappeared 9.205
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.120
And all tps features are enabled 2.519
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:20.007
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 3:56.057
And I enable persistence 32.097
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.715
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.355
And persistence is enabled 2.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.915
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
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 8.882
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.268
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.131
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 10.487
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.043
When I enable persistence 25.880
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.097
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.583
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 9.052
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.457
When I try to enable persistence 0.891
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 25.174
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.898
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.003
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.256
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:49.871
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 10.269
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.094
When I try to enable persistence 0.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 30.000
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I log in to a new session 35.221
And all notifications have disappeared 8.080
# 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" 0.641
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.122
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.654
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.129
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:55.545
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 8.929
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.918
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.595
When I try to enable persistence 0.446
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 18.671
When I log in to a new session 47.480
And all notifications have disappeared 8.194
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.259
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000