Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5655 18 May 2025, 12:43

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 39:12.604 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:17.731
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:36.904
And I update APT using apt 14.134
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 22.890
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.535
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 11.540
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.485
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.910
And persistence is disabled 0.491
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.550
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 logged in 14.182
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.516
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.140
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.420
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.900
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.954
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.038
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.325
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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56.651
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 10.640
And the system is very low on memory 3.840
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.686
When I try to create a persistent partition 22.357
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 2.511
And I free up some memory 3.744
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.267
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:45.378
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 13.013
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.540
And all tps features are active 2.437
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.677
When I disable the first tps feature 5.513
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.928
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.727
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:4.567
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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19.871
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 10.309
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.158
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.126
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.113
When I disable the first tps feature 5.719
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.096
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 3.144
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.599
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 9.890
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.419
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I disable the first tps feature 6.504
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.629
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.732
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 10.019
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 18.962
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.577
When I write some files expected to persist 1.494
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.611
# 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" 23.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:31.012
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 9.536
And the network is plugged 0.088
And Tor is ready 45.264
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.223
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.466
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:7.095
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 19.659
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.386
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
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54.287
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 11.600
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.125
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.996
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:23.737
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 12.180
When I enable persistence 32.391
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.883
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 24.135
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.618
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.598
When I cold reboot the computer 7.508
And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.541
Given I enable persistence 17.156
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.588
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.867
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:33.469
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 10.327
# 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 32.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.593
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:4.644
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 31.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
57.427
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 10.157
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.125
Then persistence is disabled 0.356
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.375
And all notifications have disappeared 9.792
When I delete the persistent partition 5.814
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:15.568
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 9.661
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.794
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:56.708
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:35.083
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 8.745
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 0.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 26.043
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.201
And all notifications have disappeared 9.189
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.174
And all tps features are enabled 2.547
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:32.346
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 3:10.281
And I enable persistence 29.838
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.093
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.512
And persistence is enabled 2.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.242
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 8.817
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.721
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.278
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 9.198
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.596
When I enable persistence 24.906
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.094
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.543
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 8.863
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.351
When I try to enable persistence 0.423
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 26.909
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.128
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.891
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.303
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:55.829
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 9.110
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.105
When I try to enable persistence 0.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.136
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.115
When I log in to a new session 43.249
And all notifications have disappeared 9.021
# 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" 0.536
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.199
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.370
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.546
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:52.725
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 8.327
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.384
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.509
When I try to enable persistence 0.399
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 17.822
When I log in to a new session 48.734
And all notifications have disappeared 8.649
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.106
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000