Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5710 11 Jun 2025, 13:07

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 44:25.390 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:20.587
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 1:39.922
And I update APT using apt 13.576
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 23.708
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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57.479
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 11.908
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 33.912
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.574
And persistence is disabled 0.519
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:27.215
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.042
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 14.375
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.137
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.246
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.232
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.589
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.752
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:29.863
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.925
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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59.194
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 13.667
And the system is very low on memory 3.936
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.481
When I try to create a persistent partition 20.016
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.273
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.673
And I free up some memory 3.488
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.354
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:59.828
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 12.850
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.088
And all tps features are active 3.201
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.662
When I disable the first tps feature 6.124
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.508
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.950
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.125
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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20.280
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 10.510
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 6.048
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.074
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.074
When I enable the first tps feature 3.082
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
19.628
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 9.771
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.194
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 5.898
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.635
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:12.035
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 9.658
And the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 24.638
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.551
When I write some files expected to persist 1.498
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.060
# 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" 25.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:22.476
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 9.746
And the network is plugged 0.100
And Tor is ready 21.417
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.221
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.916
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:19.139
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.094
And Tor is ready 20.273
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.308
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.116
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
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1:8.833
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 16.016
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.172
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 25.523
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:48.113
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 12.306
When I enable persistence 50.651
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.185
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.911
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.304
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.460
When I cold reboot the computer 7.815
And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.305
Given I enable persistence 21.439
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.620
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.567
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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4:5.243
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 11.066
# 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 39.629
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.906
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:28.280
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 33.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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59.399
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 10.217
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.030
Then persistence is disabled 0.448
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.547
And all notifications have disappeared 8.950
When I delete the persistent partition 6.701
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.039
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.967
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.471
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.098
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:53.532
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.158
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 0.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 34.384
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.433
And all notifications have disappeared 8.398
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.230
And all tps features are enabled 2.428
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:59.851
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:14.044
And I enable persistence 49.648
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.321
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.963
And persistence is enabled 2.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.325
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.998
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.517
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.956
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 24.458
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.213
When I enable persistence 37.123
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.147
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.700
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 9.473
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.278
When I try to enable persistence 0.633
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.012
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.978
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.618
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.670
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.275
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:0.030
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 9.735
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.104
When I try to enable persistence 0.309
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 37.882
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I log in to a new session 32.684
And all notifications have disappeared 10.679
# 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" 1.518
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.561
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.842
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.195
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:10.637
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 9.737
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.457
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.579
When I try to enable persistence 0.479
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 25.642
When I log in to a new session 53.247
And all notifications have disappeared 10.508
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.911
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000