Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5647 14 May 2025, 13:05

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 48:1.363 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:21.899
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:39.805
And I update APT using apt 13.054
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.427
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:14.283
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 29.001
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.612
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.625
And persistence is disabled 0.394
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:33.560
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 20.376
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.681
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.253
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.580
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.190
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.779
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:32.253
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.374
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:27.520
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 14.136
And the system is very low on memory 14.961
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 5.405
When I try to create a persistent partition 31.411
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.312
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.657
And I free up some memory 2.769
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.561
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:21.658
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 17.122
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.156
And all tps features are active 2.872
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.735
When I disable the first tps feature 6.275
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.288
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:26.202
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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20.927
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 10.759
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.251
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.127
When I disable the first tps feature 6.104
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.075
When I enable the first tps feature 3.291
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.447
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 10.007
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.131
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
And I disable the first tps feature 5.979
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.073
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:7.362
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 9.863
And the network is plugged 0.089
And Tor is ready 19.982
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.764
When I write some files expected to persist 1.637
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.999
# 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" 26.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:21.489
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 10.656
And the network is plugged 0.113
And Tor is ready 19.218
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.230
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.857
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.080
And I capture all network traffic 0.016
And the network is plugged 0.122
And Tor is ready 19.581
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.372
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.090
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.076
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1:46.159
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 58.148
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.135
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.937
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:16.776
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.861
When I enable persistence 44.626
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.503
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 33.162
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.856
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 2.069
When I cold reboot the computer 9.747
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.617
Given I enable persistence 27.217
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.720
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.158
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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4:12.810
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 14.033
# 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 43.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.981
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:27.431
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 34.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:14.475
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 23.992
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.225
Then persistence is disabled 0.380
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.723
And all notifications have disappeared 7.825
When I delete the persistent partition 6.480
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:40.815
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 10.129
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.207
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.365
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:54.629
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.980
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.127
When I try to enable persistence 0.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 33.319
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.089
And all notifications have disappeared 7.762
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.359
And all tps features are enabled 2.831
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:24.306
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:58.278
And I enable persistence 32.709
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.650
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.918
And persistence is enabled 4.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.231
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 9.640
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.514
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.107
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.665
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.618
When I enable persistence 28.952
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.081
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.227
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.940
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.653
When I try to enable persistence 0.421
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 24.478
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.392
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.333
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.328
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.181
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:2.289
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 9.777
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.155
When I try to enable persistence 0.362
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 26.881
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.743
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I log in to a new session 45.896
And all notifications have disappeared 12.564
# 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" 0.675
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.221
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.598
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.327
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:3.382
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 9.413
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.378
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.628
When I try to enable persistence 0.435
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 21.660
When I log in to a new session 49.628
And all notifications have disappeared 9.102
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.230
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 2.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000