Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5639 10 May 2025, 12:49

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 43:5.760 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:25.206
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 1:42.784
And I update APT using apt 14.099
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.114
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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49.775
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.900
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.201
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.836
And persistence is disabled 0.478
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:20.878
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 15.370
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.555
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.374
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.555
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.238
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:23.926
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.602
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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1:22.166
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 13.772
And the system is very low on memory 12.804
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 4.800
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.566
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.186
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.732
And I free up some memory 2.845
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.994
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:26.372
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 28.277
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.400
And all tps features are active 3.680
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.051
When I disable the first tps feature 6.238
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.386
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.908
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.944
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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22.847
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 12.280
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.089
When I disable the first tps feature 6.518
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.076
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.069
When I enable the first tps feature 3.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.325
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 11.019
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.296
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I disable the first tps feature 5.843
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.968
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:9.403
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 10.259
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 23.044
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.654
When I write some files expected to persist 1.893
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.676
# 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" 24.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:11.093
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 9.604
And the network is plugged 0.076
And Tor is ready 21.846
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.217
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.501
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:9.592
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.106
And Tor is ready 20.492
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.375
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.119
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.081
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1:7.144
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 18.461
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.206
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.486
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:42.775
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.588
When I enable persistence 40.264
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.612
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.763
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.451
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.579
When I cold reboot the computer 9.942
And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.998
Given I enable persistence 17.371
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.735
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.925
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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3:45.371
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 10.833
# 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 31.633
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.895
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:21.390
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 28.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:1.950
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 11.131
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.296
Then persistence is disabled 0.343
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.997
And all notifications have disappeared 10.636
When I delete the persistent partition 7.626
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.820
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 9.984
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.222
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:43.528
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 9.227
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.090
When I try to enable persistence 0.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 32.074
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.464
And all notifications have disappeared 9.543
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 3.919
And all tps features are enabled 2.479
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:28.735
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 4:0.415
And I enable persistence 33.713
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.251
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.596
And persistence is enabled 2.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.079
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.955
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.294
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.653
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 9.297
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.641
When I enable persistence 33.560
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.110
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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53.411
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 9.482
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.717
When I try to enable persistence 0.716
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.865
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.406
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.114
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.259
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:55.313
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 9.048
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.125
When I try to enable persistence 0.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.493
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I log in to a new session 40.523
And all notifications have disappeared 9.689
# 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" 0.816
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.573
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.478
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.025
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:58.906
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 9.724
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.406
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.548
When I try to enable persistence 0.420
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.528
When I log in to a new session 48.039
And all notifications have disappeared 9.337
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.922
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000