Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5699 05 Jun 2025, 12:48

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 41:50.830 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:25.766
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 1:42.961
And I update APT using apt 13.431
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.382
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.420
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 11.940
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.487
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.492
And persistence is disabled 0.331
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:30.632
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 14.093
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.434
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.255
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.836
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:31.248
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.404
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:6.557
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 11.199
And the system is very low on memory 4.356
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.519
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.808
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.545
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.647
And I free up some memory 2.958
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:11.735
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 17.497
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.915
And all tps features are active 2.654
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.216
When I disable the first tps feature 5.998
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.947
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.039
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.282
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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21.468
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 10.325
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.246
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.110
When I disable the first tps feature 6.606
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.094
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 3.786
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.494
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 10.755
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.130
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
And I disable the first tps feature 6.680
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.694
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.223
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 10.529
And the network is plugged 0.488
And Tor is ready 22.363
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.565
When I write some files expected to persist 1.556
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.849
# 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" 24.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:19.443
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 9.993
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 21.729
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.212
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.118
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.772
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 22.835
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.375
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.118
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1:1.564
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.321
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.170
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.764
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:32.988
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 12.869
When I enable persistence 37.409
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.411
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.009
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.635
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.399
When I cold reboot the computer 7.714
And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.158
Given I enable persistence 17.475
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.601
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.661
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
4:2.919
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 10.640
# 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 36.793
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.608
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:21.587
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 40.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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58.544
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 10.059
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.627
Then persistence is disabled 0.249
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.960
And all notifications have disappeared 9.379
When I delete the persistent partition 6.448
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.956
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 10.544
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.523
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.768
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.709
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:43.690
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 10.221
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.357
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 30.540
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.419
And all notifications have disappeared 8.995
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.431
And all tps features are enabled 3.649
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:24.814
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 3:1.006
And I enable persistence 30.059
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.372
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.391
And persistence is enabled 2.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.372
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 9.071
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.609
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.367
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 9.577
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.855
When I enable persistence 37.933
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.087
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.393
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 9.448
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.399
When I try to enable persistence 0.443
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 22.737
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.305
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.245
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.015
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.263
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:1.930
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 9.698
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.102
When I try to enable persistence 0.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.264
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I log in to a new session 45.228
And all notifications have disappeared 10.397
# 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" 0.288
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.673
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.501
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.104
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:57.544
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 8.834
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.122
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.608
When I try to enable persistence 0.497
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 19.281
When I log in to a new session 49.110
And all notifications have disappeared 9.162
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.980
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000