Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5641 12 May 2025, 13:10

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 44:11.533 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:22.569
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:39.482
And I update APT using apt 14.368
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.182
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.574
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 13.907
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.816
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.853
And persistence is disabled 0.565
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:33.278
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 13.493
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.434
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.152
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.558
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.225
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.651
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.525
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:5.700
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 12.505
And the system is very low on memory 4.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.761
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.292
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.171
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.646
And I free up some memory 3.622
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.334
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:2.771
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 13.472
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.725
And all tps features are active 2.528
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.635
When I disable the first tps feature 5.825
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.426
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.836
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.851
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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21.018
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 enabled and logged in 11.076
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.197
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.095
When I disable the first tps feature 5.986
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 3.286
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.758
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 10.918
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I disable the first tps feature 6.483
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.016
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:10.011
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 10.133
And the network is plugged 0.091
And Tor is ready 23.252
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.594
When I write some files expected to persist 1.652
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.843
# 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" 25.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:42.141
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 9.965
And the network is plugged 0.162
And Tor is ready 21.895
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.228
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.725
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:33.381
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 24.147
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.346
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
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1:3.033
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 12.985
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.113
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.188
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:41.778
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.564
When I enable persistence 40.848
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.950
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.489
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.382
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.514
When I cold reboot the computer 7.581
And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.005
Given I enable persistence 21.584
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.592
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.610
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product
3:59.308
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 10.121
# 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 35.832
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.318
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:23.293
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 36.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:0.305
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 10.287
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.605
Then persistence is disabled 0.508
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.820
And all notifications have disappeared 9.484
When I delete the persistent partition 6.760
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.570
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 10.766
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.246
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.057
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:53.617
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 9.527
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.124
When I try to enable persistence 0.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 32.554
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 52.516
And all notifications have disappeared 8.771
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.032
And all tps features are enabled 2.550
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:40.492
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 4:13.742
And I enable persistence 34.097
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.545
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.081
And persistence is enabled 3.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.011
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 9.582
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 28.216
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.595
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 10.557
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.562
When I enable persistence 38.216
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.118
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.533
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 9.997
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.216
When I try to enable persistence 0.464
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 24.843
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.806
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.626
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.626
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.224
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:58.316
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 9.555
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.111
When I try to enable persistence 0.334
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.903
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.085
When I log in to a new session 40.094
And all notifications have disappeared 7.384
# 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" 0.733
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.229
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.657
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.019
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:5.145
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 9.297
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.826
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.629
When I try to enable persistence 0.559
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 19.752
When I log in to a new session 52.647
And all notifications have disappeared 9.075
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.349
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000