Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5630 07 May 2025, 09:39

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 47:8.027 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:32.190
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 1:50.123
And I update APT using apt 13.290
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.549
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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52.545
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 12.901
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.488
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.797
And persistence is disabled 0.404
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.487
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 12.299
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.562
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.254
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.106
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.736
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.418
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.473
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
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1:7.570
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 15.249
And the system is very low on memory 8.970
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.783
When I try to create a persistent partition 22.908
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.159
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.644
And I free up some memory 3.652
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.815
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:0.996
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 14.434
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.456
And all tps features are active 2.635
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.851
When I disable the first tps feature 6.253
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.181
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.199
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.519
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
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20.723
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.969
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.588
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.108
When I disable the first tps feature 5.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.081
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 3.163
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.187
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.848
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
And I disable the first tps feature 5.648
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.410
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.718
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 9.989
And the network is plugged 0.109
And Tor is ready 19.564
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.717
When I write some files expected to persist 1.650
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.979
# 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" 25.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:25.917
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 enabled and logged in 11.796
And the network is plugged 0.157
And Tor is ready 21.078
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.322
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.015
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.116
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.117
And Tor is ready 22.606
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.401
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.135
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
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1:10.966
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 18.139
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.135
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 25.519
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:11.357
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 13.594
When I enable persistence 44.897
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.672
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 29.313
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.528
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.480
When I cold reboot the computer 10.288
And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.523
Given I enable persistence 24.658
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.539
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.394
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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4:31.200
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 enabled and logged in 12.585
# 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 49.712
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.529
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:29.801
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 43.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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1:1.530
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 11.694
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.914
Then persistence is disabled 0.337
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.256
And all notifications have disappeared 10.890
When I delete the persistent partition 8.580
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.092
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 10.294
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.851
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:19.681
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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1:46.704
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 9.394
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 0.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 30.929
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.583
And all notifications have disappeared 10.327
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.753
And all tps features are enabled 2.879
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:31.661
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:58.659
And I enable persistence 38.986
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.604
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.708
And persistence is enabled 2.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.493
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 9.293
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.309
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.042
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.766
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.080
When I enable persistence 41.650
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.088
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.425
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 9.659
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.306
When I try to enable persistence 0.430
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 36.627
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 3.993
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.304
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.266
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:6.558
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 11.239
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.158
When I try to enable persistence 0.345
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.208
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I log in to a new session 48.171
And all notifications have disappeared 10.241
# 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" 0.506
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.912
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.611
Then the Tor Browser starts 17.013
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:15.655
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 10.325
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.579
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.709
When I try to enable persistence 0.489
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 23.168
When I log in to a new session 52.218
And all notifications have disappeared 12.471
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.698
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000