Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5636 08 May 2025, 18:44

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 45:5.849 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:30.314
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:44.400
And I update APT using apt 16.776
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.600
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.281
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 13.021
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.184
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.510
And persistence is disabled 0.250
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:22.883
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 14.875
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.440
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.010
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.364
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.572
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:3.448
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 12.163
And the system is very low on memory 8.881
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.961
When I try to create a persistent partition 23.016
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.181
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.845
And I free up some memory 3.017
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.098
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:27.268
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 34.602
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.852
And all tps features are active 2.545
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.920
When I disable the first tps feature 7.819
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.194
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.555
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.478
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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22.278
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 10.845
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.114
When I disable the first tps feature 7.743
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.079
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 3.117
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.165
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 10.736
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 6.870
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.343
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:8.415
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 11.063
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 20.463
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.640
When I write some files expected to persist 1.481
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.063
# 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" 25.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:18.025
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 11.071
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 22.826
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.227
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.272
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.382
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.078
And Tor is ready 17.148
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.670
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.098
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073
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1:3.314
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.663
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.142
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.134
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:40.680
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 12.637
When I enable persistence 41.463
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.101
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 28.155
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.140
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.476
When I cold reboot the computer 7.625
And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.775
Given I enable persistence 18.143
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.599
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.278
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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4:19.242
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 11.154
# 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 40.036
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.018
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:37.162
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 33.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:5.826
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 12.278
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.013
Then persistence is disabled 0.437
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.222
And all notifications have disappeared 11.150
When I delete the persistent partition 7.785
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:41.418
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 12.379
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.860
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.670
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
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1:47.690
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 8.804
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 0.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 33.067
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.768
And all notifications have disappeared 8.197
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.293
And all tps features are enabled 2.771
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:38.532
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 5:7.609
And I enable persistence 38.414
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.841
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.909
And persistence is enabled 2.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.058
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.233
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.056
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.204
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 11.799
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.740
When I enable persistence 35.640
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.114
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.464
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 8.827
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.412
When I try to enable persistence 0.498
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 26.491
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.721
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.576
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.237
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.256
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:55.310
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 8.614
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 0.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 30.467
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.090
When I log in to a new session 45.921
And all notifications have disappeared 9.205
# 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" 0.432
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.710
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.498
Then the Tor Browser starts 15.847
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.025
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 9.700
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.675
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.683
When I try to enable persistence 0.472
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.136
When I log in to a new session 47.963
And all notifications have disappeared 10.224
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.111
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000