Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5753 01 Jul 2025, 13:09

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 45:18.663 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:31.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:44.383
And I update APT using apt 16.765
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.230
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.589
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.735
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.199
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.460
And persistence is disabled 0.550
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:23.931
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 logged in 13.490
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.391
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.173
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.539
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.521
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.293
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:29.081
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.367
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
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1:11.452
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.031
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.041
And the system is very low on memory 4.157
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.000
When I try to create a persistent partition 30.958
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.172
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.720
And I free up some memory 3.383
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.726
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.128
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 15.152
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.565
And all tps features are active 2.694
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.781
When I disable the first tps feature 7.896
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.426
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.529
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.038
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
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22.238
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.240
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I disable the first tps feature 6.579
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.088
When I enable the first tps feature 3.702
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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22.844
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 10.475
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.726
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.263
And I disable the first tps feature 6.986
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.345
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.132
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 10.549
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 21.316
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.653
When I write some files expected to persist 1.958
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.071
# 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" 29.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:29.652
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 9.685
And the network is plugged 0.078
And Tor is ready 20.132
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.203
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.268
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.807
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 19.826
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.138
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1:3.886
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.062
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.862
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.162
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.448
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:21.255
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 26.576
When I enable persistence 41.391
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.849
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 33.556
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 58.283
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.027
When I cold reboot the computer 8.464
And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.058
Given I enable persistence 20.168
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.653
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.619
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
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4:13.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.160
# 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 38.692
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.966
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:26.223
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 41.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
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1:6.136
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.170
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.248
Then persistence is disabled 0.561
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.777
And all notifications have disappeared 12.835
When I delete the persistent partition 6.670
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:53.266
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.935
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.763
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.989
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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1:53.277
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.271
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.272
When I try to enable persistence 0.930
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 36.172
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.157
And all notifications have disappeared 7.968
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.023
And all tps features are enabled 3.637
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:8.788
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 3:39.940
And I enable persistence 39.316
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.474
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.325
And persistence is enabled 3.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.609
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 10.723
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.158
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.803
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.786
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.463
When I enable persistence 37.532
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.095
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.603
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 9.550
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.857
When I try to enable persistence 0.472
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.800
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.438
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.346
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.252
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.234
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:9.667
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.058
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.108
When I try to enable persistence 0.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.968
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.324
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.388
When I log in to a new session 46.268
And all notifications have disappeared 8.665
# 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" 0.294
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.136
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.405
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.492
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:20.942
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 9.782
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.477
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.604
When I try to enable persistence 0.796
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 26.213
When I log in to a new session 55.572
And all notifications have disappeared 10.213
Then the Tor Browser starts 26.975
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000