Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5760 06 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 39:46.340 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:16.747
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 1:32.312
And I update APT using apt 18.425
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 22.963
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.196
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 11.830
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.602
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.629
And persistence is disabled 0.464
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:4.791
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 15.018
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.389
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.482
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.027
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.573
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:11.622
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.489
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:7.343
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 10.628
And the system is very low on memory 3.803
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.263
When I try to create a persistent partition 30.642
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.188
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.547
And I free up some memory 3.733
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.922
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:54.734
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 12.818
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.504
And all tps features are active 2.391
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.475
When I disable the first tps feature 5.731
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.359
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.882
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.459
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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19.570
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 9.987
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.356
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.143
When I disable the first tps feature 5.585
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.074
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 3.096
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
19.426
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 9.571
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.312
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I disable the first tps feature 5.809
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.595
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.108
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 9.295
And the network is plugged 0.126
And Tor is ready 19.399
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.584
When I write some files expected to persist 1.498
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.300
# 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" 24.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:30.020
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 9.873
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 45.438
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.197
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.899
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:5.604
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 19.213
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
Tags: @product
55.393
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 11.910
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.235
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:34.227
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 11.724
When I enable persistence 34.071
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.637
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.628
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.609
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.639
When I cold reboot the computer 7.520
And the computer reboots Tails 1:12.319
Given I enable persistence 17.234
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.612
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.906
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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3:40.326
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 10.092
# 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 40.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.112
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:3.984
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 31.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
55.107
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 10.016
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.525
Then persistence is disabled 0.336
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.134
And all notifications have disappeared 7.942
When I delete the persistent partition 6.253
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:26.045
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 9.664
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:6.710
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:38.194
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 9.436
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 0.562
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 27.454
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.864
And all notifications have disappeared 8.710
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.357
And all tps features are enabled 2.469
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:21.615
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 2:59.226
And I enable persistence 32.220
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.661
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.870
And persistence is enabled 2.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.585
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 9.493
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.311
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.175
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 9.847
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.723
When I enable persistence 26.058
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.086
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.567
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 8.848
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.046
When I try to enable persistence 0.399
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 20.841
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.106
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.250
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.445
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.217
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:54.124
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 9.532
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.135
When I try to enable persistence 0.418
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.345
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I log in to a new session 41.231
And all notifications have disappeared 9.419
# 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" 0.533
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.755
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.577
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.912
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:57.039
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 9.283
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.725
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.449
When I try to enable persistence 0.467
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 18.214
When I log in to a new session 49.375
And all notifications have disappeared 7.886
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.853
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000