Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5680 28 May 2025, 09:14

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 50:47.465 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:48.545
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 2:4.299
And I update APT using apt 14.113
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.409
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.322
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 27.049
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.881
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.556
And persistence is disabled 0.399
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:42.899
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 28.561
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.666
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.168
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.439
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.263
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:29.503
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.173
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:17.899
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 23.525
And the system is very low on memory 3.885
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.603
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.452
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.795
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.568
And I free up some memory 3.037
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.748
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:27.584
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 36.286
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.518
And all tps features are active 2.936
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.762
When I disable the first tps feature 6.516
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.686
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.286
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.505
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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27.075
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 16.009
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.163
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.448
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.162
When I disable the first tps feature 6.689
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.076
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 3.333
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.346
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.312
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.242
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.136
And I disable the first tps feature 5.946
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.643
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:9.095
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 9.948
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 22.247
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.629
When I write some files expected to persist 1.672
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.928
# 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" 25.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:54.943
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 10.525
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 22.543
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.199
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.351
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:48.593
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.098
And Tor is ready 22.783
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.439
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.109
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
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1:44.177
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 54.955
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.516
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.363
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:7.417
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 36.257
When I enable persistence 47.032
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.768
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.556
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.564
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.589
When I cold reboot the computer 7.287
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.505
Given I enable persistence 21.119
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.722
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.550
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
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5:2.045
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 14.401
# 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 59.465
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.252
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:38.112
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 51.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:1.659
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 15.309
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.277
Then persistence is disabled 0.210
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.874
And all notifications have disappeared 8.597
When I delete the persistent partition 6.535
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:5.344
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 10.691
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.410
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.464
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:45.345
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:45.500
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 9.676
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 0.329
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 38.724
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 36.008
And all notifications have disappeared 9.283
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.079
And all tps features are enabled 3.614
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:46.318
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6:11.286
And I enable persistence 37.859
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.910
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.838
And persistence is enabled 4.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.040
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.351
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 36.841
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.705
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 11.826
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.188
When I enable persistence 48.490
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.107
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.425
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.470
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.145
When I try to enable persistence 0.550
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 26.327
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.953
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.747
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.488
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.257
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:7.882
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 11.178
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 0.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 44.267
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.107
When I log in to a new session 36.523
And all notifications have disappeared 7.710
# 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" 1.622
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.169
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.804
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.651
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:52.236
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 9.363
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.692
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.617
When I try to enable persistence 0.744
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.546
When I log in to a new session 42.751
And all notifications have disappeared 10.406
Then the Tor Browser starts 17.275
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000