Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5642 12 May 2025, 14:33

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 41:59.591 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:19.745
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:37.458
And I update APT using apt 13.642
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.133
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.666
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 11.733
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.995
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.572
And persistence is disabled 0.366
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.106
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 11.794
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.460
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.484
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.179
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.877
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:23.764
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.341
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:0.055
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 10.980
And the system is very low on memory 3.438
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.003
When I try to create a persistent partition 23.967
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.366
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.879
And I free up some memory 3.421
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.211
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:2.589
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 14.513
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.943
And all tps features are active 2.911
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.473
When I disable the first tps feature 7.124
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.959
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.503
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.994
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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21.101
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 10.820
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 6.325
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.088
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 3.420
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.458
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 10.143
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.191
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.401
And I disable the first tps feature 5.742
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.919
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.063
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 10.038
And the network is plugged 0.106
And Tor is ready 23.391
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.526
When I write some files expected to persist 1.608
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.162
# 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" 24.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:16.004
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 10.130
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 21.582
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 10.558
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:10.426
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.078
And Tor is ready 22.352
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.363
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053
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56.801
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.027
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.215
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.381
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:35.896
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 13.153
When I enable persistence 46.150
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.420
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.470
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.112
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.593
When I cold reboot the computer 7.633
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.383
Given I enable persistence 17.843
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.535
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.934
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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3:42.945
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 12.965
# 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 38.742
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.104
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:7.152
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 30.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:5.623
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 10.343
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.949
Then persistence is disabled 0.449
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.412
And all notifications have disappeared 10.216
When I delete the persistent partition 6.273
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:30.839
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 9.590
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.088
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.906
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:9.498
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:47.528
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 11.336
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 0.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 32.000
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.440
And all notifications have disappeared 7.298
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.502
And all tps features are enabled 2.475
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:45.865
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 4:21.480
And I enable persistence 31.119
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.998
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.771
And persistence is enabled 2.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.473
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 9.159
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.568
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.426
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 9.571
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.125
When I enable persistence 28.954
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.090
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.879
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 9.022
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.803
When I try to enable persistence 0.488
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.263
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.107
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.161
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.268
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:55.684
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.314
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.131
When I try to enable persistence 0.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.580
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I log in to a new session 42.494
And all notifications have disappeared 10.135
# 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" 0.814
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.772
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.465
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.350
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:57.832
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 9.181
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.807
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.571
When I try to enable persistence 0.429
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 18.995
When I log in to a new session 52.272
And all notifications have disappeared 7.060
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.624
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000