Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 105 03 Jul 2025, 16:37

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 40:57.290 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:9.654
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:1.980
And I update APT using apt 37.834
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.919
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.626
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 11.450
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.425
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.678
And persistence is disabled 0.389
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:13.634
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 15.619
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.494
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.311
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.947
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.874
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.964
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.987
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.346
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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1:0.731
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.896
And the system is very low on memory 3.218
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.455
When I try to create a persistent partition 25.024
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.246
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.559
And I free up some memory 3.756
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.330
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:2.798
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 11.535
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.534
And all tps features are active 2.245
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.701
When I disable the first tps feature 5.838
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.822
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.346
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.745
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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20.425
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 10.747
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.087
When I disable the first tps feature 6.030
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.076
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 3.066
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
19.507
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.033
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.609
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 5.860
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.830
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.032
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 9.466
And the network is plugged 0.110
And Tor is ready 27.498
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.547
When I write some files expected to persist 1.448
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.189
# 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" 24.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:43.618
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 9.583
And the network is plugged 0.110
And Tor is ready 19.421
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.283
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.616
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.411
And I capture all network traffic 0.023
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 48.383
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
54.958
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.547
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.404
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.506
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:18.933
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 12.291
When I enable persistence 38.725
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.405
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 23.710
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.339
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.377
When I cold reboot the computer 9.638
And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.126
Given I enable persistence 17.550
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.507
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 36.893
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:55.444
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 9.869
# 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 34.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.959
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:21.034
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 37.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
58.027
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 9.819
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.171
Then persistence is disabled 0.483
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.292
And all notifications have disappeared 9.451
When I delete the persistent partition 5.979
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:29.149
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 9.674
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.352
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:9.509
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
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1:40.645
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 9.044
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 0.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 27.779
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.009
And all notifications have disappeared 8.451
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.139
And all tps features are enabled 2.835
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:10.687
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 2:54.004
And I enable persistence 29.243
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.883
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.142
And persistence is enabled 2.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.564
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 8.937
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.546
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.590
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 9.158
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.862
When I enable persistence 26.797
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.004
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 9.154
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.391
When I try to enable persistence 0.431
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 21.810
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.700
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.114
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.658
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.269
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:55.524
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 8.979
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.148
When I try to enable persistence 0.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.961
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I log in to a new session 43.868
And all notifications have disappeared 8.138
# 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" 0.441
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.196
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.628
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.287
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 1.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:49.730
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 9.017
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.283
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.560
When I try to enable persistence 0.407
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 18.972
When I log in to a new session 44.169
And all notifications have disappeared 7.286
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.913
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000