Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5761 07 Jul 2025, 14:40

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 56:19.802 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:49.684
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:0.273
And I update APT using apt 15.580
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 30.319
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.469
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 15.360
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 33.823
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.387
And persistence is disabled 0.692
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:14.694
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 18.455
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.543
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.185
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.795
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.304
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.371
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:5.091
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.844
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:14.906
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 16.557
And the system is very low on memory 5.729
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.261
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.151
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 1.070
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.126
And I free up some memory 3.138
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.328
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:41.239
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 15.105
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.219
And all tps features are active 3.315
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.041
When I disable the first tps feature 7.463
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.019
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.669
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:44.620
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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27.565
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 16.215
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.111
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.090
When I disable the first tps feature 6.489
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.148
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 3.862
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.301
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.372
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.162
And I disable the first tps feature 8.598
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.799
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.226
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 10.998
And the network is plugged 1.206
And Tor is ready 25.212
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.801
When I write some files expected to persist 1.864
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.762
# 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" 31.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:51.810
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 13.103
And the network is plugged 0.241
And Tor is ready 26.663
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.346
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.464
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:31.742
And I capture all network traffic 0.025
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 28.928
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.683
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.118
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
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1:21.290
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 19.002
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.187
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 28.673
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 32.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:24.523
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 15.353
When I enable persistence 1:2.010
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.252
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 34.849
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:11.488
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.529
When I cold reboot the computer 12.068
And the computer reboots Tails 1:28.343
Given I enable persistence 27.147
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.782
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 55.394
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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5:6.632
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.861
# 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 40.318
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.580
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:12.228
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 43.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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1:22.857
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.483
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 30.066
Then persistence is disabled 0.489
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 19.382
And all notifications have disappeared 7.853
When I delete the persistent partition 8.252
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:40.441
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.191
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.825
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:9.644
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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2:23.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.005
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.147
When I try to enable persistence 0.414
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 50.327
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.970
And all notifications have disappeared 14.960
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.064
And all tps features are enabled 3.204
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:50.504
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6:14.548
And I enable persistence 38.071
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 53.411
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.442
And persistence is enabled 3.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.586
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 11.584
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.163
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:19.784
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 14.932
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.434
When I enable persistence 54.462
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.181
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.277
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 11.844
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.416
When I try to enable persistence 0.396
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 39.609
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.076
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.327
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.976
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.477
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:1.766
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.710
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 1.123
When I try to enable persistence 2.337
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 52.240
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 6.696
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.163
When I log in to a new session 58.803
And all notifications have disappeared 15.954
# 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" 0.420
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.691
When I close the "whisperback" window 4.311
Then the Tor Browser starts 27.160
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:50.978
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 14.661
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.969
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.716
When I try to enable persistence 0.384
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 37.825
When I log in to a new session 58.530
And all notifications have disappeared 15.934
Then the Tor Browser starts 33.161
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000