Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3887 26 Jun 2025, 13:05

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 44:58.980 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:28.320
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:44.627
And I update APT using apt 14.504
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.573
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.099
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 13.908
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.072
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.872
And persistence is disabled 0.427
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:41.690
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 14.196
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.507
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.212
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.023
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.760
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:40.406
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.345
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:22.775
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 13.066
And the system is very low on memory 17.345
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 4.052
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.029
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.364
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.567
And I free up some memory 3.923
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.664
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:12.464
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.269
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.518
And all tps features are active 2.717
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 4.561
When I disable the first tps feature 6.446
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.312
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.411
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:24.783
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
22.251
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 12.196
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.268
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.232
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.093
When I disable the first tps feature 5.877
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.094
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.072
When I enable the first tps feature 3.245
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.615
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 11.107
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.157
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I disable the first tps feature 5.437
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.742
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.122
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 10.243
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 22.699
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.566
When I write some files expected to persist 1.549
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.988
# 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" 28.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:55.154
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 10.305
And the network is plugged 0.136
And Tor is ready 47.445
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.198
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.554
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:26.840
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 20.913
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.412
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072
Tags: @product
1:29.218
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 43.331
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.098
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.803
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:44.068
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 13.585
When I enable persistence 43.026
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.872
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.349
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.161
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.063
When I cold reboot the computer 10.239
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.486
Given I enable persistence 19.933
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.862
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.902
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
3:57.725
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 10.636
# 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 37.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.489
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:5.079
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 49.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:3.436
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 10.030
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.641
Then persistence is disabled 0.398
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.610
And all notifications have disappeared 11.216
When I delete the persistent partition 7.727
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:46.716
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 10.757
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.287
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:23.627
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:3.270
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 9.568
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 0.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 30.814
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.806
And all notifications have disappeared 9.438
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.705
And all tps features are enabled 9.050
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:51.395
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 3:22.275
And I enable persistence 33.543
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.183
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.428
And persistence is enabled 2.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
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 9.863
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.625
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.419
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 10.388
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.935
When I enable persistence 33.818
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.116
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.933
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 9.305
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.032
When I try to enable persistence 0.597
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 30.398
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.543
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.895
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.266
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:58.358
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 9.367
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.142
When I try to enable persistence 0.529
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.846
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.479
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I log in to a new session 39.252
And all notifications have disappeared 9.060
# 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" 0.797
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.697
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.523
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.717
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:5.658
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 9.783
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.233
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.549
When I try to enable persistence 1.506
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.699
When I log in to a new session 46.269
And all notifications have disappeared 10.196
Then the Tor Browser starts 25.304
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000