Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5713 12 Jun 2025, 17:24

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 44:4.760 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:34.359
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:41.456
And I update APT using apt 23.283
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.743
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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54.037
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 12.373
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.854
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.087
And persistence is disabled 0.481
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:30.594
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 15.625
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.622
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.238
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.847
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.884
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.769
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.221
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.317
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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1:13.832
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 11.796
And the system is very low on memory 4.218
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.134
When I try to create a persistent partition 34.901
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.349
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.803
And I free up some memory 4.061
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.262
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:7.203
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 14.390
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.620
And all tps features are active 2.813
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.951
When I disable the first tps feature 6.689
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.403
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.126
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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22.839
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 11.902
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.157
When I disable the first tps feature 6.917
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.101
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 3.177
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.963
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 0.123
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
And I disable the first tps feature 6.349
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.950
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:13.516
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 10.237
And the network is plugged 0.149
And Tor is ready 24.024
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.623
When I write some files expected to persist 1.903
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.067
# 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" 27.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:54.644
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 9.610
And the network is plugged 0.109
And Tor is ready 20.341
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.202
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.012
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:23.616
And I capture all network traffic 0.013
And the network is plugged 0.108
And Tor is ready 48.984
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.409
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
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1:11.043
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.730
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.197
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.140
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:57.165
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 13.788
When I enable persistence 43.680
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.242
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 29.065
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.021
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.411
When I cold reboot the computer 10.017
And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.981
Given I enable persistence 22.063
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.791
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.691
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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4:13.028
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 12.497
# 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 37.188
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.358
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:34.738
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 35.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
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1:2.257
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 10.530
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.951
Then persistence is disabled 0.418
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.197
And all notifications have disappeared 10.465
When I delete the persistent partition 6.774
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:29.153
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 9.399
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:7.673
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
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1:55.593
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.368
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 0.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 34.547
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.371
And all notifications have disappeared 8.980
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.354
And all tps features are enabled 3.278
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:35.596
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.038
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 3:7.926
And I enable persistence 32.144
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.378
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.338
And persistence is enabled 2.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.102
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 9.877
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.455
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.651
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 10.648
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.852
When I enable persistence 29.432
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.144
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.070
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 9.748
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.110
When I try to enable persistence 0.421
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.910
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.752
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.123
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.302
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:4.960
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 10.245
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.126
When I try to enable persistence 0.354
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.696
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 0.158
When I log in to a new session 51.997
And all notifications have disappeared 11.469
# 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" 0.572
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.822
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.353
Then the Tor Browser starts 12.942
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:8.146
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 9.520
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.066
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.795
When I try to enable persistence 0.577
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 21.442
When I log in to a new session 55.534
And all notifications have disappeared 10.378
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.210
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000