Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5513 13 Mar 2025, 13:21

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 43:35.873 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:19.529
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 1:34.273
And I update APT using apt 16.266
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 25.686
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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54.851
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 15.010
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.499
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.570
And persistence is disabled 0.378
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:17.413
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 14.016
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.629
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.242
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.024
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.613
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.648
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.620
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.549
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:6.755
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 11.098
And the system is very low on memory 6.936
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.727
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.215
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.262
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.636
And I free up some memory 1.325
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.256
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:0.591
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 12.662
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.804
And all tps features are active 2.923
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.024
When I disable the first tps feature 6.327
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.364
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.499
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.397
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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21.114
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.580
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.192
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.155
When I disable the first tps feature 6.409
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.097
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 3.289
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.039
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 10.168
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.238
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I disable the first tps feature 6.460
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.986
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:10.461
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 9.599
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 23.455
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.685
When I write some files expected to persist 1.574
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.271
# 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" 25.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:47.281
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 9.720
And the network is plugged 0.099
And Tor is ready 23.441
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.224
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.423
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.119
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 48.534
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.094
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
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1:12.661
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 18.256
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.420
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.189
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 29.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:32.993
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 12.350
When I enable persistence 43.857
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.622
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.430
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.086
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.422
When I cold reboot the computer 7.319
And the computer reboots Tails 59.138
Given I enable persistence 21.406
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.526
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.278
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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3:47.910
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 11.224
# 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 34.737
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.679
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:10.182
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 39.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:0.399
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.170
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.565
Then persistence is disabled 0.492
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.220
And all notifications have disappeared 9.917
When I delete the persistent partition 5.599
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:43.771
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 9.213
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.838
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.211
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:50.732
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 9.226
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 0.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 31.312
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.611
And all notifications have disappeared 7.696
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.279
And all tps features are enabled 3.263
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:49.750
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 4:16.417
And I enable persistence 40.129
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.495
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.039
And persistence is enabled 2.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.661
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 9.509
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 29.389
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.331
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 9.569
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.544
When I enable persistence 31.516
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.086
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.764
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 9.563
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.504
When I try to enable persistence 0.501
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.619
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.309
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.090
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 1.253
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.267
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:51.912
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 8.781
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.588
When I try to enable persistence 0.859
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.184
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.126
When I log in to a new session 41.947
And all notifications have disappeared 8.453
# 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" 0.562
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.386
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.866
Then the Tor Browser starts 14.071
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:3.946
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 9.236
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.368
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.579
When I try to enable persistence 0.450
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 23.964
When I log in to a new session 49.953
And all notifications have disappeared 8.811
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.741
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000