Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5532 26 Mar 2025, 16:01

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 49:33.401 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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4:26.118
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 1:43.340
And I update APT using apt 2:13.491
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.263
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:7.246
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 30.544
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.255
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.107
And persistence is disabled 0.530
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:23.445
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 15.047
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.436
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.148
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.044
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.730
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.364
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:27.085
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.496
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:8.315
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 logged in 10.724
And the system is very low on memory 4.558
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.251
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.857
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.605
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.546
And I free up some memory 3.598
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.818
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:19.567
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 13.616
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.506
And all tps features are active 3.159
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.227
When I disable the first tps feature 6.871
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.671
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.556
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:30.131
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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19.712
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 10.023
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I disable the first tps feature 5.862
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.077
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 3.259
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.615
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 enabled and logged in 10.802
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I disable the first tps feature 5.873
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.684
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.854
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 9.644
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 18.056
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.876
When I write some files expected to persist 1.768
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.472
# 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" 25.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:35.623
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.620
And the network is plugged 0.089
And Tor is ready 16.655
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.240
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.506
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:37.112
And I capture all network traffic 0.024
And the network is plugged 0.127
And Tor is ready 22.529
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.134
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
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1:15.064
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 20.161
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 25.142
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:6.110
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.659
When I enable persistence 46.472
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.770
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.085
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 52.566
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.457
When I cold reboot the computer 7.735
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.833
Given I enable persistence 37.380
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.667
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.074
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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4:24.609
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 10.505
# 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 45.895
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.638
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:39.887
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 30.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:4.689
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 12.739
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.197
Then persistence is disabled 0.465
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.526
And all notifications have disappeared 11.511
When I delete the persistent partition 7.179
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.684
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 9.619
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.731
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:26.635
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:47.969
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 9.549
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 0.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 32.245
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.525
And all notifications have disappeared 8.768
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.130
And all tps features are enabled 2.259
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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8:1.149
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 6:34.278
And I enable persistence 38.042
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.547
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.584
And persistence is enabled 2.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.446
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 10.252
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.442
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.292
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 9.761
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.606
When I enable persistence 31.251
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.086
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.825
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 10.310
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.603
When I try to enable persistence 0.430
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.769
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.346
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.788
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.734
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.304
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:52.990
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 9.163
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.112
When I try to enable persistence 0.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.116
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.335
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.101
When I log in to a new session 34.946
And all notifications have disappeared 8.744
# 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" 1.146
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.579
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.484
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.031
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:7.068
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 I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.771
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.651
When I try to enable persistence 0.424
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.976
When I log in to a new session 54.226
And all notifications have disappeared 8.865
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.395
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000