Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21352-remove-haveged-and-rngd 2 15 Jul 2026, 08:35

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 22:55.247 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.695
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 1:18.992
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.355
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.268
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.500
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.337
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.041
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.252
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.868
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 9.051
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.639
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.634
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.707
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.254
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
30.175
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.306
And the system is very low on memory 4.745
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.220
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.951
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.103
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.425
And I free up some memory 0.793
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.592
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.738
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 8.419
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
And all tps features are active 5.419
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.149
When I disable the first tps feature 2.646
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.608
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.840
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.308
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
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13.720
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 7.541
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 3.187
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.205
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 7.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.693
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.872
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.539
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.551
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.970
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.685
When I write some files expected to persist 1.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.565
# 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" 13.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.389
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.632
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.124
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.839
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.550
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.306
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.492
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.118
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.095
Tags: @product
43.726
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.678
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.109
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.913
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:4.177
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.412
When I enable persistence 22.541
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.768
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.890
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.413
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.539
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.909
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 10.354
And the computer reboots Tails 38.654
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.294
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.235
Given I enable persistence 11.898
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.110
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.269
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.296
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:17.430
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 8.767
# 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 32.686
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.062
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.462
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
41.224
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 8.655
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.033
Then persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.144
And all notifications have disappeared 8.105
When I delete the persistent partition 2.686
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.317
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 8.320
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.615
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.970
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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54.528
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.263
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.565
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.776
And all notifications have disappeared 8.098
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.368
And all tps features are enabled 5.438
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.524
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 33.455
And I enable persistence 25.183
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.219
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.525
And persistence is enabled 6.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.980
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.256
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.105
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.201
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.277
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.317
When I enable persistence 11.346
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.482
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.216
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.255
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.910
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.376
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.162
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.984
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.468
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.185
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I log in to a new session 10.912
And all notifications have disappeared 8.714
# 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" 0.250
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.559
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.213
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.438
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.834
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 7.361
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.090
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.312
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.517
When I log in to a new session 9.925
And all notifications have disappeared 9.348
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.361
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000