Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5715 14 Jun 2025, 13:15

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 46:51.458 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:33.520
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 1:49.000
And I update APT using apt 15.077
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.205
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.872
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.750
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.825
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.737
And persistence is disabled 0.782
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:50.425
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 logged in 28.961
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.561
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.144
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.986
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.001
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.477
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:36.504
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.673
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:9.266
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 14.191
And the system is very low on memory 3.259
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.225
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.164
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.235
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.773
And I free up some memory 3.026
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.756
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:19.177
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.914
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.511
And all tps features are active 3.117
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.327
When I disable the first tps feature 8.123
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.298
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.330
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:26.751
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
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21.760
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 10.657
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.458
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.196
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.228
When I disable the first tps feature 6.645
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.077
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.060
When I enable the first tps feature 3.291
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.493
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 10.391
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.173
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.132
And I disable the first tps feature 6.065
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.639
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:16.019
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 12.245
And the network is plugged 0.093
And Tor is ready 22.770
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.645
When I write some files expected to persist 1.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.164
# 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" 27.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:36.256
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 12.573
And the network is plugged 0.107
And Tor is ready 19.277
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.254
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.639
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:31.015
And I capture all network traffic 0.013
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 21.687
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.378
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.146
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1:5.362
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 14.715
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.210
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.889
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:10.505
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.027
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.270
When I enable persistence 52.215
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.210
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 33.625
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.384
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.903
When I cold reboot the computer 8.252
And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.053
Given I enable persistence 22.534
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.732
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.441
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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4:38.801
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 10.531
# 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 45.433
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.277
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:35.325
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 54.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:12.763
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 10.783
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.261
Then persistence is disabled 0.509
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.344
And all notifications have disappeared 11.625
When I delete the persistent partition 9.322
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:43.675
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 9.762
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.578
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.910
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:47.269
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 10.174
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.113
When I try to enable persistence 0.589
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 35.754
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.473
And all notifications have disappeared 10.169
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.126
And all tps features are enabled 2.645
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:50.335
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:23.644
And I enable persistence 34.133
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.040
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.900
And persistence is enabled 3.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.937
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 11.167
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.014
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.531
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 10.589
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.240
When I enable persistence 35.814
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.109
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.717
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 9.760
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.005
When I try to enable persistence 0.524
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 30.833
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.414
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.156
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.344
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.260
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:9.989
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 11.314
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.104
When I try to enable persistence 0.563
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.550
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.814
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.109
When I log in to a new session 43.360
And all notifications have disappeared 10.317
# 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" 0.578
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.173
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.307
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.633
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:8.778
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 9.142
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.086
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.783
When I try to enable persistence 0.386
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 23.437
When I log in to a new session 46.265
And all notifications have disappeared 11.272
Then the Tor Browser starts 25.127
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000