Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5709 10 Jun 2025, 20:56

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 40:51.117 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:18.254
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 1:36.315
And I update APT using apt 13.731
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 25.973
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.687
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 11.104
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.334
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.475
And persistence is disabled 0.551
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:28.716
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 36.883
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.395
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.138
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.654
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.613
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.852
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.403
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.688
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:8.801
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 12.250
And the system is very low on memory 4.264
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.698
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.571
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.399
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.809
And I free up some memory 3.676
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.846
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:4.350
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 13.746
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.428
And all tps features are active 2.112
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.912
When I disable the first tps feature 6.631
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.971
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.993
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.210
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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22.316
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 11.081
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.250
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I disable the first tps feature 6.063
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.120
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.066
When I enable the first tps feature 4.404
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.264
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 10.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.118
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.272
And I disable the first tps feature 6.191
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.171
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.467
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 12.285
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 21.660
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.590
When I write some files expected to persist 1.556
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.341
# 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" 23.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:7.082
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 10.001
And the network is plugged 0.243
And Tor is ready 21.185
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.231
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.669
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:7.805
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.198
And Tor is ready 18.168
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.334
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
57.423
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 11.577
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 22.439
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:30.085
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 12.165
When I enable persistence 38.506
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.411
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.021
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 53.098
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.421
When I cold reboot the computer 7.672
And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.650
Given I enable persistence 18.232
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.564
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 35.002
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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4:4.526
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 11.182
# 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 37.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.874
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:26.765
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 34.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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58.205
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 10.223
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.029
Then persistence is disabled 0.423
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.038
And all notifications have disappeared 11.032
When I delete the persistent partition 6.599
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:28.005
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 10.583
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.578
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.353
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:37.408
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 9.286
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 0.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 30.852
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.234
And all notifications have disappeared 8.468
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.073
And all tps features are enabled 2.950
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:31.281
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 3:9.139
And I enable persistence 29.441
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.705
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.486
And persistence is enabled 2.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.376
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 8.677
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.936
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.514
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 8.950
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.206
When I enable persistence 29.645
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.094
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.823
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 8.582
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.784
When I try to enable persistence 0.395
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.364
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.158
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.598
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.276
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:51.794
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 9.132
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.137
When I try to enable persistence 0.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 30.188
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.098
When I log in to a new session 36.932
And all notifications have disappeared 8.901
# 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" 0.761
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.561
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.629
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.073
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:59.729
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 8.787
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.485
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.622
When I try to enable persistence 0.447
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 18.453
When I log in to a new session 52.897
And all notifications have disappeared 8.645
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.483
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000