Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5640 11 May 2025, 12:51

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 43:57.004 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:25.414
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:42.235
And I update APT using apt 14.457
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.299
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.804
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 11.736
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.062
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.500
And persistence is disabled 0.293
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:29.369
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 13.392
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.403
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.133
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.729
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.302
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:31.799
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.384
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:9.691
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 12.912
And the system is very low on memory 3.512
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.408
When I try to create a persistent partition 30.994
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.341
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.693
And I free up some memory 3.096
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.427
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:12.192
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 13.663
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.505
And all tps features are active 3.287
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.105
When I disable the first tps feature 8.105
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.381
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.604
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:23.191
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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20.716
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 10.842
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.202
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.130
When I disable the first tps feature 5.778
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.120
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.069
When I enable the first tps feature 3.316
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.008
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 10.431
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.169
And I disable the first tps feature 5.407
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.767
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:8.980
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 10.121
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 22.783
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.742
When I write some files expected to persist 1.572
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.749
# 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" 24.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:21.239
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 9.839
And the network is plugged 0.246
And Tor is ready 21.915
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.251
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.669
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.877
And I capture all network traffic 0.028
And the network is plugged 0.116
And Tor is ready 21.651
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.083
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1:11.365
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 15.731
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.105
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 25.138
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 29.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:52.647
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 13.403
When I enable persistence 42.814
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.369
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 28.037
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.120
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.395
When I cold reboot the computer 7.391
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.313
Given I enable persistence 20.185
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.572
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.594
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:49.128
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 12.463
# 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 32.681
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.368
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:16.044
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 34.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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1:0.883
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 log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.126
Then persistence is disabled 0.303
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.754
And all notifications have disappeared 9.639
When I delete the persistent partition 6.418
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.978
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 enabled and logged in 10.180
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.940
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.367
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:47.287
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 8.983
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 0.375
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 36.799
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.635
And all notifications have disappeared 9.901
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.542
And all tps features are enabled 3.634
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:45.097
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 4:15.905
And I enable persistence 32.418
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.944
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.525
And persistence is enabled 3.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.723
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.204
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.582
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.459
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 10.236
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.386
When I enable persistence 36.297
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.101
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.405
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 9.097
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.186
When I try to enable persistence 1.615
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 24.988
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.641
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.003
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.170
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.261
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:6.403
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 10.403
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.097
When I try to enable persistence 0.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.476
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.107
When I log in to a new session 46.317
And all notifications have disappeared 8.529
# 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" 0.792
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.132
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.528
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.409
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:8.208
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 8.916
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.253
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.644
When I try to enable persistence 1.492
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 21.140
When I log in to a new session 53.006
And all notifications have disappeared 10.485
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.409
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000