Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_20979-pdfarranger 17 12 Jun 2025, 02:42

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 43:44.131 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:8.340
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:28.583
And I update APT using apt 13.819
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 22.856
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.012
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 10.835
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.778
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.501
And persistence is disabled 0.413
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:5.186
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 11.417
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.545
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.300
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.790
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.462
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.838
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.638
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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57.675
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 10.281
And the system is very low on memory 3.508
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.778
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.066
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.389
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.551
And I free up some memory 3.263
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.104
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:58.225
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 12.353
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.629
And all tps features are active 2.334
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.777
When I disable the first tps feature 6.236
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.283
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:11.727
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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22.753
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 13.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.184
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.117
When I disable the first tps feature 5.501
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 3.091
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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19.535
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 9.769
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
And I disable the first tps feature 5.707
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.661
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.259
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 9.693
And the network is plugged 0.094
And Tor is ready 20.135
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.674
When I write some files expected to persist 1.971
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.737
# 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" 24.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:3.895
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 9.879
And the network is plugged 0.111
And Tor is ready 20.681
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.367
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:4.540
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.128
And Tor is ready 19.447
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.323
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
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1:39.848
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 55.547
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.450
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.051
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:35.835
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 30.441
When I enable persistence 39.123
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.315
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.818
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.961
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.423
When I cold reboot the computer 7.330
And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.778
Given I enable persistence 17.152
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.492
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.356
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:49.245
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 13.690
# 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 38.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.432
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:9.149
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 35.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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56.928
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 9.298
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.412
Then persistence is disabled 0.398
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.598
And all notifications have disappeared 9.729
When I delete the persistent partition 6.630
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:19.547
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 9.580
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.205
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.410
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:0.976
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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1:35.452
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.466
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.097
When I try to enable persistence 0.332
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 28.109
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.035
And all notifications have disappeared 9.661
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.350
And all tps features are enabled 3.138
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:54.460
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6:32.324
And I enable persistence 36.586
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.312
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.679
And persistence is enabled 2.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.765
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 20.948
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.011
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.553
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 9.402
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.194
When I enable persistence 32.994
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.099
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
48.669
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 8.726
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.101
When I try to enable persistence 0.390
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 23.613
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.682
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.142
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.209
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.265
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:50.832
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 8.613
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.167
When I try to enable persistence 0.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.776
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.081
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.083
When I log in to a new session 36.569
And all notifications have disappeared 9.037
# 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" 0.282
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.237
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.391
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.461
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:53.109
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 8.723
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.667
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.487
When I try to enable persistence 0.395
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 18.272
When I log in to a new session 48.881
And all notifications have disappeared 8.447
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.338
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000