Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5516 15 Mar 2025, 13:23

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 46:13.650 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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8:42.859
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:31.698
And I update APT using apt 2:13.592
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 4:54.969
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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54.340
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 25.476
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.311
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.457
And persistence is disabled 0.278
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:9.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 14.641
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.338
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.917
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.620
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.528
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:12.415
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.324
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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1:4.112
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.388
And the system is very low on memory 3.480
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.272
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.505
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.274
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.672
And I free up some memory 1.366
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.751
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:45.324
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.537
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.672
And all tps features are active 2.792
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.679
When I disable the first tps feature 6.099
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.905
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.708
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:3.930
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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20.245
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.930
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.231
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 6.289
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.073
When I enable the first tps feature 3.370
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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19.123
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.180
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.226
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I disable the first tps feature 5.889
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.686
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.532
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 9.563
And the network is plugged 0.102
And Tor is ready 22.305
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.516
When I write some files expected to persist 1.371
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.511
# 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" 24.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:6.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.089
And the network is plugged 0.119
And Tor is ready 19.816
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.215
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.705
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:7.155
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 20.777
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.333
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.106
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.095
Tags: @product
54.771
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.613
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.103
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.724
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:17.899
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.980
When I enable persistence 33.224
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.182
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 24.415
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 52.038
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.323
When I cold reboot the computer 7.116
And the computer reboots Tails 58.306
Given I enable persistence 17.507
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.559
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.507
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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3:45.256
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.646
# 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 32.411
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.616
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:11.685
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 40.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product
51.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.265
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.676
Then persistence is disabled 0.342
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.721
And all notifications have disappeared 9.523
When I delete the persistent partition 6.637
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:19.464
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.822
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.274
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.446
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:58.553
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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1:33.971
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.162
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.083
When I try to enable persistence 0.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 28.102
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.741
And all notifications have disappeared 7.883
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.718
And all tps features are enabled 2.146
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:10.685
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 3:51.193
And I enable persistence 31.006
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.143
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.943
And persistence is enabled 2.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.663
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 8.866
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 29.094
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.833
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.244
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.258
When I enable persistence 27.641
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.086
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
44.351
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.735
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.609
When I try to enable persistence 0.401
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 23.681
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.644
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 1.158
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.270
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:43.080
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.868
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 0.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 26.152
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.369
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I log in to a new session 35.163
And all notifications have disappeared 7.718
# 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" 0.868
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.287
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.504
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.716
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:58.952
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 8.500
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.874
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.659
When I try to enable persistence 0.497
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 25.433
When I log in to a new session 45.991
And all notifications have disappeared 7.884
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.368
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000