Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5705 10 Jun 2025, 13:22

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 42:46.142 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:17.340
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:36.502
And I update APT using apt 13.966
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 23.418
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.600
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 12.588
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.063
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.456
And persistence is disabled 0.500
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:19.460
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 logged in 14.839
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.407
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.390
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.993
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.417
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.894
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.298
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:13.740
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.784
And the system is very low on memory 3.593
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.640
When I try to create a persistent partition 35.046
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.309
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.925
And I free up some memory 4.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.864
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:8.715
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 30.808
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.602
And all tps features are active 2.397
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.743
When I disable the first tps feature 6.277
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.623
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.002
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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20.676
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 enabled and logged in 10.319
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 6.517
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.078
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.062
When I enable the first tps feature 3.260
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.471
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 10.224
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I disable the first tps feature 7.263
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.726
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:8.162
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 10.797
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 22.012
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.542
When I write some files expected to persist 1.649
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.618
# 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" 24.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:21.345
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 10.351
And the network is plugged 0.078
And Tor is ready 20.274
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.211
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.920
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:19.164
And I capture all network traffic 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.090
And Tor is ready 21.488
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.419
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.115
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072
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1:5.816
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 16.724
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.146
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.878
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:27.052
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 11.448
When I enable persistence 33.250
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.189
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 24.692
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.103
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.463
When I cold reboot the computer 7.626
And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.909
Given I enable persistence 17.377
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.532
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.777
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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3:58.945
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 10.783
# 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 47.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.644
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:7.133
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 38.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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59.193
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 9.835
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.298
Then persistence is disabled 0.402
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.326
And all notifications have disappeared 11.334
When I delete the persistent partition 6.154
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:30.523
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 10.565
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.367
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
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1:42.671
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 11.312
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 0.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 29.213
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.892
And all notifications have disappeared 9.465
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.234
And all tps features are enabled 2.858
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:58.893
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:36.345
And I enable persistence 30.765
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.949
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.372
And persistence is enabled 2.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.814
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 9.589
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.458
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.627
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 9.206
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.466
When I enable persistence 31.110
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.092
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.198
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 9.097
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.485
When I try to enable persistence 1.653
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 23.817
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 6.659
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.227
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.651
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.189
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:53.886
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 8.922
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.128
When I try to enable persistence 0.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.863
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.337
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.081
When I log in to a new session 43.359
And all notifications have disappeared 9.179
# 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" 0.475
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.498
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.573
Then the Tor Browser starts 16.535
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:58.007
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 9.294
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.662
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.715
When I try to enable persistence 0.412
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 19.974
When I log in to a new session 51.018
And all notifications have disappeared 10.289
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.691
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000