Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21352-remove-haveged-and-rngd 1 14 Jul 2026, 21:43

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 21:10.504 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.817
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.628
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.948
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.322
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.841
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.011
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.927
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.961
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.341
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.768
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.383
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.843
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.464
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.419
And the system is very low on memory 4.433
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.252
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.602
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.085
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.375
And I free up some memory 0.811
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.437
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.719
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.749
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.362
And all tps features are active 5.108
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.017
When I disable the first tps feature 2.585
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.656
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.413
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
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12.480
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.045
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.525
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.041
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.391
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 6.861
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I disable the first tps feature 2.503
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.792
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.317
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.111
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 9.634
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.043
When I write some files expected to persist 1.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.568
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.322
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.079
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 8.612
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.216
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.404
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.002
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.395
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product
40.057
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.060
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.059
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.155
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.901
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.131
When I enable persistence 18.728
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.513
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.243
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.304
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.213
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.490
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.676
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
When I cold reboot the computer 5.992
And the computer reboots Tails 35.668
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.226
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.182
Given I enable persistence 10.640
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.219
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.311
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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2:8.245
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.889
# 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 27.330
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.880
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.338
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.854
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.893
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.164
And all notifications have disappeared 7.822
When I delete the persistent partition 2.694
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.985
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.134
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.428
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.136
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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48.993
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.724
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.387
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.526
And all notifications have disappeared 7.689
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.254
And all tps features are enabled 4.733
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.334
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 31.209
And I enable persistence 24.173
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.135
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.531
And persistence is enabled 5.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.730
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 6.836
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.398
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.992
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.754
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.322
When I enable persistence 9.702
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.510
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.415
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.482
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.167
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.261
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.135
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.511
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.405
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.745
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.393
And all notifications have disappeared 8.810
# 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" 0.170
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.397
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.147
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.215
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.326
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.279
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.291
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.434
When I log in to a new session 9.957
And all notifications have disappeared 8.644
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.192
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000