Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 28 14 Jun 2025, 07:18

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 55:16.921 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:4.918
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:5.645
And I update APT using apt 26.272
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.990
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 6.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.437
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 13.300
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 42.574
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.951
And persistence is disabled 0.609
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:28.057
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 16.532
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.905
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.522
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.229
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.955
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:20.227
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.468
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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1:2.214
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 11.590
And the system is very low on memory 4.642
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.469
When I try to create a persistent partition 19.771
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.236
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.764
And I free up some memory 2.962
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.385
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:13.343
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 31.290
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.772
And all tps features are active 2.753
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.038
When I disable the first tps feature 6.038
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.289
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:7.677
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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19.610
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 10.099
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.133
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.104
When I disable the first tps feature 5.549
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.090
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.085
When I enable the first tps feature 3.201
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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19.950
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 enabled and logged in 10.309
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.242
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.176
And I disable the first tps feature 5.230
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.897
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.755
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 10.402
And the network is plugged 0.076
And Tor is ready 22.748
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.811
When I write some files expected to persist 1.821
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.776
# 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" 27.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:17.587
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 10.733
And the network is plugged 0.179
And Tor is ready 22.351
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.783
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.974
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:8.972
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.109
And Tor is ready 20.440
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.627
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.215
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
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1:22.244
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 21.877
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.161
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 30.770
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:58.753
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 13.738
When I enable persistence 59.774
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.656
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 36.870
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.657
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.590
When I cold reboot the computer 11.917
And the computer reboots Tails 1:54.820
Given I enable persistence 21.412
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.614
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 35.264
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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5:10.653
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 11.032
# 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 37.897
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.402
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:28.662
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 37.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:21.596
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 11.429
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 37.023
Then persistence is disabled 0.530
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.482
And all notifications have disappeared 20.581
When I delete the persistent partition 6.056
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:34.767
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 11.388
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.306
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.243
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:10.378
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:56.752
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 9.739
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.180
When I try to enable persistence 0.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 39.537
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.033
And all notifications have disappeared 15.720
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.584
And all tps features are enabled 3.349
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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8:4.560
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 6:37.704
And I enable persistence 40.310
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 37.938
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.360
And persistence is enabled 5.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.401
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 9.860
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 27.508
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.164
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 10.535
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.431
When I enable persistence 39.263
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.096
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.104
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 9.373
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.461
When I try to enable persistence 2.329
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.239
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.145
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.459
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.283
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:40.622
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 10.121
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.117
When I try to enable persistence 0.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.917
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.100
When I log in to a new session 47.873
And all notifications have disappeared 57.535
# 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" 1.546
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.794
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.746
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.135
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:13.425
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 9.628
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.519
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.682
When I try to enable persistence 2.752
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 26.250
When I log in to a new session 39.533
And all notifications have disappeared 27.292
Then the Tor Browser starts 17.649
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000