Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5747 28 Jun 2025, 12:48

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 39:36.233 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:15.323
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 1:34.477
And I update APT using apt 12.440
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.259
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.215
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 11.515
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.133
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.820
And persistence is disabled 0.466
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.986
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 13.328
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.365
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.614
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.018
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.417
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.622
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.376
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:7.394
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.040
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 11.601
And the system is very low on memory 4.035
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.119
When I try to create a persistent partition 30.823
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.173
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.586
And I free up some memory 3.962
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.797
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:50.279
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 12.147
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.605
And all tps features are active 2.388
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.855
When I disable the first tps feature 6.162
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.981
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.491
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.460
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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19.549
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 9.916
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 5.769
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.095
When I enable the first tps feature 3.288
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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19.508
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 9.857
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.131
And I disable the first tps feature 5.530
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.837
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:9.517
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 9.404
And the network is plugged 0.089
And Tor is ready 24.002
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.556
When I write some files expected to persist 1.512
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.963
# 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" 24.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:22.378
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 9.451
And the network is plugged 0.136
And Tor is ready 20.510
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.238
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.761
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.665
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.092
And Tor is ready 19.938
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.345
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
Tags: @product
53.968
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 11.982
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.191
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.039
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:15.510
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 enable persistence 34.183
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.545
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.312
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.470
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.625
When I cold reboot the computer 7.508
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.090
Given I enable persistence 17.257
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.529
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 34.568
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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3:39.629
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 9.883
# 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 33.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.960
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:7.593
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 34.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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56.531
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 9.744
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.461
Then persistence is disabled 0.520
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.608
And all notifications have disappeared 8.446
When I delete the persistent partition 5.884
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.986
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 9.331
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.991
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:40.944
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 9.087
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 0.274
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 30.278
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.906
And all notifications have disappeared 7.617
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.167
And all tps features are enabled 2.587
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:18.840
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 2:55.740
And I enable persistence 29.755
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.200
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.261
And persistence is enabled 2.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.927
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 8.934
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.196
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.440
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 9.105
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.842
When I enable persistence 26.842
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.080
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.768
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 8.970
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.243
When I try to enable persistence 0.404
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 25.193
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.226
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.502
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.238
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:56.081
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 9.174
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.115
When I try to enable persistence 0.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.879
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.576
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I log in to a new session 40.702
And all notifications have disappeared 11.338
# 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" 0.285
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.326
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.613
Then the Tor Browser starts 17.507
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:58.450
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 9.132
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.057
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.671
When I try to enable persistence 0.427
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 18.835
When I log in to a new session 49.388
And all notifications have disappeared 7.756
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.007
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000