Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3808 13 May 2025, 13:18

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 47:0.855 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:29.903
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:45.806
And I update APT using apt 14.372
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.684
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.653
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 32.413
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 29.539
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.593
And persistence is disabled 0.526
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:38.363
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 19.043
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.516
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.325
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.654
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.569
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:34.801
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.225
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:9.895
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 23.318
And the system is very low on memory 4.626
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.782
When I try to create a persistent partition 21.061
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.171
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.611
And I free up some memory 2.381
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.612
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:21.560
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 25.959
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.459
And all tps features are active 3.682
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.233
When I disable the first tps feature 6.285
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.618
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.017
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.067
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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26.496
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 15.076
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.121
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.114
When I disable the first tps feature 5.889
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.083
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 4.900
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.372
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 13.139
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 9.274
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.766
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.883
And the network is plugged 0.117
And Tor is ready 18.864
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.992
When I write some files expected to persist 1.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.128
# 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" 25.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:21.061
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 11.245
And the network is plugged 0.099
And Tor is ready 18.495
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.234
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.762
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.155
And I capture all network traffic 0.017
And the network is plugged 0.098
And Tor is ready 19.350
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.106
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
Tags: @product
1:8.594
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.989
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.139
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.646
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:57.636
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 18.417
When I enable persistence 47.815
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.503
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 30.812
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.852
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.561
When I cold reboot the computer 8.052
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.812
Given I enable persistence 21.812
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.634
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.935
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
4:27.413
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 12.018
# 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 43.730
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.588
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:43.865
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 34.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product
1:4.919
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.786
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.300
Then persistence is disabled 0.345
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.769
And all notifications have disappeared 11.756
When I delete the persistent partition 6.979
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:47.130
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 11.442
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.699
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:21.448
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:51.962
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 11.161
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 0.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 35.207
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.852
And all notifications have disappeared 10.453
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.488
And all tps features are enabled 3.133
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:49.183
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:20.455
And I enable persistence 44.636
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 37.386
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.070
And persistence is enabled 3.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.525
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 8.518
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 30.015
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.072
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 11.120
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.890
When I enable persistence 34.709
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.090
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.547
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 9.281
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.998
When I try to enable persistence 0.538
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 25.172
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.662
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.657
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.406
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.331
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:59.561
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 10.222
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.136
When I try to enable persistence 0.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 35.887
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.143
When I log in to a new session 34.204
And all notifications have disappeared 8.720
# 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" 0.866
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.720
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.570
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.565
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 2.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:10.099
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 10.682
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.169
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.702
When I try to enable persistence 0.434
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.785
When I log in to a new session 50.717
And all notifications have disappeared 11.118
Then the Tor Browser starts 26.431
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000