Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3839 27 May 2025, 15:38

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 49:7.964 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:49.810
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:5.983
And I update APT using apt 13.761
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.659
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.155
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 15.082
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.985
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.590
And persistence is disabled 0.725
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:28.865
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 logged in 1:18.452
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.488
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.495
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.376
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.316
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.823
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.677
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
1:10.591
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.059
And the system is very low on memory 7.575
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.078
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.326
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.313
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.800
And I free up some memory 3.443
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.495
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:2.389
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 15.261
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.884
And all tps features are active 3.651
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.013
When I disable the first tps feature 7.403
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.177
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.478
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.204
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
21.213
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 11.005
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.085
When I disable the first tps feature 6.316
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.097
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.062
When I enable the first tps feature 3.231
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.336
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 10.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
And I disable the first tps feature 6.691
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.915
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.267
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 11.172
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 23.571
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.616
When I write some files expected to persist 1.507
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.964
# 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" 24.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:19.681
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 10.761
And the network is plugged 0.752
And Tor is ready 20.974
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.286
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.510
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.026
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.089
And Tor is ready 21.607
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.400
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.116
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.081
Tags: @product
59.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.076
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.338
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.148
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.737
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:41.777
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 13.855
When I enable persistence 39.978
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.313
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.657
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.345
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.422
When I cold reboot the computer 9.688
And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.090
Given I enable persistence 18.793
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.594
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.740
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
3:59.664
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 10.638
# 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 38.393
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.972
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:16.281
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 39.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
57.989
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 10.552
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.275
Then persistence is disabled 0.348
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.517
And all notifications have disappeared 9.059
When I delete the persistent partition 6.323
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:41.793
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 11.989
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.086
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.172
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
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1:56.539
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 9.243
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 0.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 33.942
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.123
And all notifications have disappeared 10.084
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.910
And all tps features are enabled 8.890
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
9:49.890
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8:28.983
And I enable persistence 33.575
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.691
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.807
And persistence is enabled 2.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.650
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 12.980
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.882
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.502
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 9.237
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.895
When I enable persistence 27.447
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.087
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.061
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 9.451
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.657
When I try to enable persistence 0.461
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.067
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.708
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.408
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.548
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.222
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:4.603
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 8.803
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 1.467
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.335
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I log in to a new session 44.050
And all notifications have disappeared 8.379
# 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" 0.634
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.233
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.483
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.728
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:7.568
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 8.989
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.746
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.562
When I try to enable persistence 0.438
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.623
When I log in to a new session 52.871
And all notifications have disappeared 7.587
Then the Tor Browser starts 26.447
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000