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test_Tails_ISO_stable 5488 03 Mar 2025, 21:44

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 39:57.806 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:26.713
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 1:43.242
And I update APT using apt 15.929
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 25.444
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.571
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 11.832
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.654
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.612
And persistence is disabled 0.345
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:2.254
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 11.262
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.356
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.580
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.898
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.904
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.976
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:1.888
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 10.887
And the system is very low on memory 3.425
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.432
When I try to create a persistent partition 23.237
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 4.190
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.574
And I free up some memory 1.927
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.997
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:52.264
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 12.080
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.578
And all tps features are active 2.405
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.548
When I disable the first tps feature 6.270
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.378
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.705
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.229
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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20.159
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 9.682
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I disable the first tps feature 6.666
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.088
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 3.287
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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19.403
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 8.987
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I disable the first tps feature 6.580
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.608
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.808
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 9.370
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 21.073
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.643
When I write some files expected to persist 1.574
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.606
# 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" 24.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:3.244
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 9.167
And the network is plugged 0.096
And Tor is ready 22.339
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.205
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.353
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:2.301
And I capture all network traffic 0.013
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 20.045
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.417
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.102
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
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54.699
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 11.680
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.141
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.664
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:12.653
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 11.760
When I enable persistence 32.426
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.344
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.864
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.672
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.504
When I cold reboot the computer 7.242
And the computer reboots Tails 59.336
Given I enable persistence 17.064
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.545
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 35.265
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:54.470
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 9.706
# 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 34.712
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.326
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:14.976
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 42.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
54.631
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 10.278
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.424
Then persistence is disabled 0.312
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.321
And all notifications have disappeared 9.463
When I delete the persistent partition 7.320
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:25.375
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 10.056
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.414
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.562
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:5.916
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:39.192
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 9.321
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 0.388
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 28.608
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.555
And all notifications have disappeared 8.188
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.757
And all tps features are enabled 2.180
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:12.334
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 3:51.944
And I enable persistence 32.340
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.135
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.313
And persistence is enabled 3.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.798
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 9.280
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.713
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.243
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 8.896
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.116
When I enable persistence 29.190
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.223
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.724
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 9.610
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.098
When I try to enable persistence 0.506
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 20.729
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.481
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.304
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 1.300
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.256
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:52.849
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 8.592
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.104
When I try to enable persistence 0.489
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.677
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I log in to a new session 43.264
And all notifications have disappeared 10.719
# 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" 0.441
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.618
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.326
Then the Tor Browser starts 16.441
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:51.527
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 9.248
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.586
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.622
When I try to enable persistence 0.421
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 17.428
When I log in to a new session 45.190
And all notifications have disappeared 8.996
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.254
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000