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test_Tails_ISO_stable 5687 29 May 2025, 15:30

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 41:38.106 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:16.181
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 1:30.887
And I update APT using apt 15.985
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.159
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.857
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 11.463
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.680
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.498
And persistence is disabled 0.520
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:15.018
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 11.549
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.532
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.144
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.552
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.543
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.603
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.613
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.403
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:7.627
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.990
And the system is very low on memory 7.964
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.288
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.685
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 1.402
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.635
And I free up some memory 2.460
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.934
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:2.342
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 15.391
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.706
And all tps features are active 3.610
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.968
When I disable the first tps feature 6.773
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.299
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.794
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.446
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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23.277
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 12.334
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.165
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.118
When I disable the first tps feature 6.557
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.101
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.067
When I enable the first tps feature 3.648
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.474
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 10.266
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.190
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I disable the first tps feature 6.677
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.171
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.958
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 9.903
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 23.703
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.747
When I write some files expected to persist 1.643
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.676
# 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" 24.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.028
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 10.544
And the network is plugged 0.094
And Tor is ready 20.316
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.256
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.492
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:5.925
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 20.769
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.336
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
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57.780
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 13.855
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.326
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.325
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:22.015
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 11.477
When I enable persistence 34.051
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.960
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.757
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.761
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.453
When I cold reboot the computer 7.806
And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.420
Given I enable persistence 20.046
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.482
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.224
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:36.137
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 10.492
# 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 32.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.894
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:10.621
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 28.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
55.870
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 9.515
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.686
Then persistence is disabled 0.306
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.754
And all notifications have disappeared 7.998
When I delete the persistent partition 6.822
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.592
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 10.677
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.040
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.250
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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1:49.792
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 9.974
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 0.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 32.373
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.929
And all notifications have disappeared 8.692
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.351
And all tps features are enabled 2.912
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:35.859
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 4:8.822
And I enable persistence 34.905
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.954
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.112
And persistence is enabled 3.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.121
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.536
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.826
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.352
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 9.159
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.590
When I enable persistence 30.706
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.107
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.537
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 9.362
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.138
When I try to enable persistence 1.550
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 23.507
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.502
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.274
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.462
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.268
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:59.332
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 9.726
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 0.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 30.559
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I log in to a new session 38.814
And all notifications have disappeared 8.441
# 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" 0.749
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.185
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.327
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.755
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:7.947
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 9.897
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.608
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.731
When I try to enable persistence 0.498
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.689
When I log in to a new session 48.599
And all notifications have disappeared 9.339
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.501
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000