Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3858 08 Jun 2025, 12:42

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 40:17.199 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:16.662
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 1:36.743
And I update APT using apt 13.369
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 23.191
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.446
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 10.319
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.184
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.597
And persistence is disabled 0.421
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:5.685
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 14.909
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.637
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.210
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.604
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.196
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.564
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.120
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.374
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:2.612
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 10.175
And the system is very low on memory 4.434
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.867
When I try to create a persistent partition 27.411
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.192
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.579
And I free up some memory 3.138
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.545
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:44.157
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 12.253
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.424
And all tps features are active 2.213
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.400
When I disable the first tps feature 5.748
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.026
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.311
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:3.627
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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19.540
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 9.943
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.123
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 5.879
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.148
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 3.098
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
19.655
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 9.910
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I disable the first tps feature 5.651
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.870
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.474
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 10.537
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 22.747
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.606
When I write some files expected to persist 1.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.605
# 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" 24.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:38.008
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 9.570
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 19.635
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.208
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.434
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:9.596
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 47.837
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.329
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.122
Tags: @product
51.685
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.046
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.127
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.430
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:33.726
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 11.233
When I enable persistence 34.407
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.222
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 29.864
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.390
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.603
When I cold reboot the computer 7.456
And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.991
Given I enable persistence 14.620
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.523
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.519
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product
3:51.756
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 10.572
# 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 37.299
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.890
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:13.669
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 37.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
56.522
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 10.299
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.062
Then persistence is disabled 0.320
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.418
And all notifications have disappeared 7.661
When I delete the persistent partition 6.009
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:28.798
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 9.481
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.841
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:6.014
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:30.432
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 8.688
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 0.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 30.640
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 34.072
And all notifications have disappeared 7.298
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.951
And all tps features are enabled 3.308
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:50.292
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
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 3:28.671
And I enable persistence 30.441
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.184
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.494
And persistence is enabled 2.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.841
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.818
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.237
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.597
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 8.888
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.709
When I enable persistence 26.275
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.081
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.051
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 8.872
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.762
When I try to enable persistence 0.580
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 20.777
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.608
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.584
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.282
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.203
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:56.262
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 9.004
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 0.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.518
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.136
When I log in to a new session 45.166
And all notifications have disappeared 7.454
# 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" 0.395
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.156
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.524
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.350
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:56.988
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 9.032
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.848
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.721
When I try to enable persistence 0.468
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.025
When I log in to a new session 46.134
And all notifications have disappeared 8.409
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.255
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000