Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3830 22 May 2025, 13:13

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 44:4.066 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:54.936
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 2:14.778
And I update APT using apt 13.815
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 22.938
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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53.752
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 15.170
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.034
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.725
And persistence is disabled 1.354
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:27.143
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 15.496
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.891
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.401
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.715
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.555
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:29.106
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.753
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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1:16.123
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 23.431
And the system is very low on memory 4.227
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.846
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.027
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.134
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.719
And I free up some memory 3.635
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.829
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:24.452
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 34.471
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.848
And all tps features are active 2.724
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.603
When I disable the first tps feature 6.540
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.515
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.896
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.431
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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20.970
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 11.207
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.138
When I disable the first tps feature 5.995
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.087
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 3.093
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
19.432
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 9.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.140
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 6.013
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.635
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:41.915
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 enabled and logged in 11.377
And the network is plugged 0.149
And Tor is ready 48.812
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.405
When I write some files expected to persist 1.511
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.738
# 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" 24.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.659
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 9.545
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 18.489
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.195
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.369
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:9.074
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.304
And Tor is ready 20.960
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.099
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
1:7.151
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 16.360
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.374
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 25.896
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:35.451
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 12.320
When I enable persistence 40.685
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.548
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.773
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.467
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.162
When I cold reboot the computer 7.612
And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.414
Given I enable persistence 18.731
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.585
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.737
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:39.388
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 9.986
# 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 33.639
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.260
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:11.760
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 30.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product
57.242
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.624
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.813
Then persistence is disabled 0.595
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.900
And all notifications have disappeared 8.865
When I delete the persistent partition 6.678
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:30.534
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 10.444
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.834
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.622
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:44.149
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 9.475
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.094
When I try to enable persistence 0.452
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 29.727
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.078
And all notifications have disappeared 7.343
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.391
And all tps features are enabled 3.378
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:59.191
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 4:35.027
And I enable persistence 32.189
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.647
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.600
And persistence is enabled 2.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.039
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 8.937
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.403
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.268
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.565
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.261
When I enable persistence 27.977
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.118
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.732
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 9.184
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.208
When I try to enable persistence 0.459
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 20.762
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.047
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.724
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.443
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.363
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:58.446
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 9.376
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.108
When I try to enable persistence 0.395
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.181
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.100
When I log in to a new session 42.094
And all notifications have disappeared 9.986
# 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" 0.716
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.150
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.708
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.325
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:58.083
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 9.233
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.867
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.460
When I try to enable persistence 0.405
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 19.451
When I log in to a new session 50.190
And all notifications have disappeared 7.351
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.100
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000