Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5645 13 May 2025, 19:27

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 45:26.077 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:54.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:10.732
And I update APT using apt 14.096
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.627
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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53.144
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 12.996
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.256
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.585
And persistence is disabled 0.480
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:33.396
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 14.511
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.394
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.131
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.710
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.882
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.249
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:33.063
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.373
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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1:13.056
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 12.358
And the system is very low on memory 5.351
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.867
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.449
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 1.484
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.151
And I free up some memory 3.361
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.725
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:57.903
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 enabled and logged in 16.598
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.635
And all tps features are active 2.413
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.722
When I disable the first tps feature 5.820
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.376
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.799
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.255
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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19.837
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 10.361
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.105
When I disable the first tps feature 5.580
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.097
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.062
When I enable the first tps feature 3.207
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.031
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 9.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I disable the first tps feature 6.580
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.716
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:12.526
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 9.776
And the network is plugged 0.094
And Tor is ready 21.137
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.694
When I write some files expected to persist 1.447
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.398
# 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" 25.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.742
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 9.422
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 20.307
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.245
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.651
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.107
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.076
And Tor is ready 20.243
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.375
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product
1:7.111
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 16.391
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.190
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 25.569
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:42.251
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 14.025
When I enable persistence 40.775
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.584
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 30.493
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.386
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.713
When I cold reboot the computer 7.828
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.955
Given I enable persistence 18.617
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.566
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.032
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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3:50.085
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 10.023
# 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 31.779
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.966
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:19.653
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 35.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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58.809
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 10.890
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.521
Then persistence is disabled 0.392
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.933
And all notifications have disappeared 9.167
When I delete the persistent partition 5.985
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:38.482
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 9.981
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.821
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.125
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:43.807
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 9.443
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 0.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 33.465
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.587
And all notifications have disappeared 8.227
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.892
And all tps features are enabled 3.336
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:45.505
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 5:22.244
And I enable persistence 38.643
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.168
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.626
And persistence is enabled 2.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.958
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 9.145
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.908
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:23.640
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 9.718
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.150
When I enable persistence 1:5.717
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.082
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.645
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 8.717
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.265
When I try to enable persistence 0.535
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 24.640
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.208
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.386
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.193
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:0.940
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 9.233
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 0.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.399
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.445
When I log in to a new session 43.828
And all notifications have disappeared 11.446
# 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" 0.752
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.738
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.631
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.036
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.915
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 9.012
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.266
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.903
When I try to enable persistence 0.483
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.498
When I log in to a new session 51.300
And all notifications have disappeared 8.038
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.466
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000