Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5664 20 May 2025, 13:04

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 45:10.993 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:26.703
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:42.793
And I update APT using apt 15.594
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 25.977
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:7.251
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 34.401
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.045
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.433
And persistence is disabled 0.316
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:54.198
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 logged in 45.346
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.696
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.137
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.521
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.258
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.524
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.097
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.549
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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1:11.410
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 13.177
And the system is very low on memory 5.102
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.891
When I try to create a persistent partition 30.145
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.255
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.652
And I free up some memory 3.782
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.116
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:12.098
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 16.515
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.540
And all tps features are active 2.762
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.696
When I disable the first tps feature 6.638
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.328
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.003
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.115
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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24.225
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 11.273
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.356
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.146
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 7.003
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.130
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 4.022
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.961
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 10.078
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.812
And I disable the first tps feature 6.854
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 5.070
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:14.703
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 enabled and logged in 11.572
And the network is plugged 0.109
And Tor is ready 24.896
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.677
When I write some files expected to persist 1.698
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.751
# 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" 24.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:23.681
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 10.472
And the network is plugged 0.089
And Tor is ready 22.445
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.229
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.068
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.687
And I capture all network traffic 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 21.931
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.378
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070
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1:5.355
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 15.662
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.257
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.395
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:37.029
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 11.982
When I enable persistence 43.807
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.096
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.646
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.944
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.616
When I cold reboot the computer 8.144
And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.570
Given I enable persistence 22.854
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.541
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.993
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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4:3.147
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 13.397
# 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 36.987
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.871
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:21.187
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 37.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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55.673
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 9.989
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.111
Then persistence is disabled 0.325
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.340
And all notifications have disappeared 9.565
When I delete the persistent partition 7.361
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:38.016
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 10.653
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.558
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.111
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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1:51.888
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 9.935
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.129
When I try to enable persistence 0.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 48.414
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 32.931
And all notifications have disappeared 7.925
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.856
And all tps features are enabled 5.008
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:58.169
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 4:29.670
And I enable persistence 36.607
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.037
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.813
And persistence is enabled 3.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.490
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 10.817
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.865
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.935
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 9.582
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.134
When I enable persistence 31.075
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.084
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.007
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 10.103
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.458
When I try to enable persistence 0.488
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.486
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.008
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.443
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.233
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:8.588
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 11.778
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.122
When I try to enable persistence 0.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.430
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I log in to a new session 47.294
And all notifications have disappeared 10.811
# 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" 0.637
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.775
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.370
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.858
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:8.455
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.725
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.443
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.549
When I try to enable persistence 0.541
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.749
When I log in to a new session 54.013
And all notifications have disappeared 9.219
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.166
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000