Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 89 12 Jun 2025, 17:19

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 48:13.670 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:25.792
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 2:6.948
And I update APT using apt 48.307
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 27.126
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.398
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 14.210
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.218
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.542
And persistence is disabled 0.427
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:59.626
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 22.048
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.473
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.185
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.474
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:51.947
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.331
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:10.055
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 13.593
And the system is very low on memory 7.220
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.897
When I try to create a persistent partition 25.816
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 1.234
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.792
And I free up some memory 3.718
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.499
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:18.779
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 13.921
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.039
And all tps features are active 2.705
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.944
When I disable the first tps feature 6.064
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.330
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.859
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:29.432
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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22.588
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 11.779
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.290
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.283
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.085
When I disable the first tps feature 6.216
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.152
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 3.527
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.276
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 10.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.116
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.409
And I disable the first tps feature 7.267
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.945
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.112
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 11.460
And the network is plugged 0.090
And Tor is ready 24.212
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.987
When I write some files expected to persist 2.184
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.125
# 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" 27.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:35.629
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 10.809
And the network is plugged 0.112
And Tor is ready 22.207
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.297
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.902
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:31.153
And I capture all network traffic 0.015
And the network is plugged 0.173
And Tor is ready 21.242
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.402
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.096
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
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1:7.005
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.166
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.153
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.800
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:52.733
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 14.084
When I enable persistence 41.250
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.065
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 28.352
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 53.528
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.687
When I cold reboot the computer 7.797
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.693
Given I enable persistence 21.825
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.642
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.353
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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4:28.247
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 11.316
# 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 37.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.247
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:46.031
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 37.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:11.674
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 16.543
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.869
Then persistence is disabled 0.691
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.332
And all notifications have disappeared 9.456
When I delete the persistent partition 6.942
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:3.414
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 11.208
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.840
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:38.722
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:7.645
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 10.635
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.103
When I try to enable persistence 0.465
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 33.326
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 53.947
And all notifications have disappeared 10.790
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.817
And all tps features are enabled 7.855
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:36.745
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 5:11.726
And I enable persistence 32.201
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.463
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.715
And persistence is enabled 3.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.642
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 11.553
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.937
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.766
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 10.297
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.551
When I enable persistence 31.021
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.095
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.959
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.685
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.681
When I try to enable persistence 0.427
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 24.784
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.453
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.733
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.418
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.295
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:56.759
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 10.581
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.187
When I try to enable persistence 0.611
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.205
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.725
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I log in to a new session 40.289
And all notifications have disappeared 9.859
# 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" 0.393
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.789
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.031
Then the Tor Browser starts 17.037
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:0.815
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.794
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.998
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.643
When I try to enable persistence 0.482
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 21.385
When I log in to a new session 50.561
And all notifications have disappeared 8.878
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.821
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000