Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5643 13 May 2025, 09:13

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 52:10.174 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:19.496
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 1:36.401
And I update APT using apt 14.185
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.052
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.336
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 12.710
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.100
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.745
And persistence is disabled 0.698
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:27.605
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 16.274
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.828
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.148
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.513
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.088
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.355
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:15.451
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 12.796
And the system is very low on memory 8.200
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.301
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.843
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.630
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.956
And I free up some memory 4.051
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.267
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:7.262
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 12.818
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.694
And all tps features are active 2.565
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.466
When I disable the first tps feature 6.503
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.250
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.286
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:21.909
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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23.232
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 11.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.438
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.144
When I disable the first tps feature 6.749
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.103
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.069
When I enable the first tps feature 3.966
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.600
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 10.510
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.232
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.131
And I disable the first tps feature 7.019
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.611
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:19.446
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 enabled and logged in 13.333
And the network is plugged 0.260
And Tor is ready 25.463
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.630
When I write some files expected to persist 1.932
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.640
# 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" 26.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:49.854
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 10.000
And the network is plugged 0.093
And Tor is ready 53.945
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.222
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.711
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.612
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.111
And Tor is ready 18.464
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.403
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.141
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
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1:10.792
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.849
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.444
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.565
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:8.675
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.434
When I enable persistence 42.282
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.463
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 28.372
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.785
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.545
When I cold reboot the computer 15.229
And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.893
Given I enable persistence 18.476
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.631
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.130
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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3:58.365
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.614
# 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 36.955
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.741
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:18.393
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 38.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.084
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1:0.019
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 11.017
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.873
Then persistence is disabled 0.339
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.532
And all notifications have disappeared 8.246
When I delete the persistent partition 7.094
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:40.972
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 10.161
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.078
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.498
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:9.001
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 9.442
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.117
When I try to enable persistence 0.375
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 49.127
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.793
And all notifications have disappeared 12.773
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.494
And all tps features are enabled 3.026
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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12:10.874
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10:20.114
And I enable persistence 57.447
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.941
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.045
And persistence is enabled 3.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.331
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 17.176
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.380
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.759
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 10.447
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.369
When I enable persistence 36.164
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.097
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.624
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 13.229
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.604
When I try to enable persistence 0.827
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.293
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.834
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.071
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.825
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.298
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:6.728
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 9.432
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.113
When I try to enable persistence 0.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.426
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.093
When I log in to a new session 48.319
And all notifications have disappeared 8.812
# 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" 0.533
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.801
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.439
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.199
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:12.741
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 9.106
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.265
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.623
When I try to enable persistence 1.511
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 24.282
When I log in to a new session 55.697
And all notifications have disappeared 9.579
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.811
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000