Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5763 08 Jul 2025, 13:41

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 44:30.301 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:54.041
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 2:8.473
And I update APT using apt 16.929
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.223
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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53.493
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.664
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.640
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.804
And persistence is disabled 0.490
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:31.358
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 14.030
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.571
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.407
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.161
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.807
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:32.082
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.779
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 1.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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1:7.128
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 11.620
And the system is very low on memory 3.409
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.450
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.010
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.438
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.761
And I free up some memory 3.131
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.996
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:23.594
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 16.431
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.640
And all tps features are active 2.883
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.213
When I disable the first tps feature 7.678
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.404
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.441
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:30.686
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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23.112
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 12.411
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.195
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.128
When I disable the first tps feature 6.478
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.098
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.098
When I enable the first tps feature 3.352
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.148
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 10.033
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.189
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I disable the first tps feature 6.285
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.468
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.493
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 10.970
And the network is plugged 0.208
And Tor is ready 23.330
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.758
When I write some files expected to persist 2.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.034
# 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" 28.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:44.977
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 11.480
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 21.567
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 10.066
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:35.461
And I capture all network traffic 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.147
And Tor is ready 25.024
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.426
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.106
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.082
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1:9.379
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 13.624
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.190
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 26.331
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:54.278
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.404
When I enable persistence 41.905
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 18.952
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.317
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.954
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.663
When I cold reboot the computer 7.499
And the computer reboots Tails 1:15.737
Given I enable persistence 19.187
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.548
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.621
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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4:0.784
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 11.775
# 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 34.752
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.873
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:19.385
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 41.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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59.120
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 10.494
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.301
Then persistence is disabled 0.440
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.837
And all notifications have disappeared 10.674
When I delete the persistent partition 6.437
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:40.969
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 9.927
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.803
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.671
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:42.655
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 8.998
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 0.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 34.611
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.668
And all notifications have disappeared 8.019
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.130
And all tps features are enabled 2.819
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:45.066
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 3:16.209
And I enable persistence 35.195
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.200
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.253
And persistence is enabled 3.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.222
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 10.050
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.373
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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53.280
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 10.205
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.931
When I enable persistence 32.674
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.114
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.158
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 9.694
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.149
When I try to enable persistence 0.496
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.899
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.305
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.329
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.142
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.267
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:8.617
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 8.901
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.127
When I try to enable persistence 0.336
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.552
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.362
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.089
When I log in to a new session 51.590
And all notifications have disappeared 10.760
# 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" 0.343
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.610
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.333
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.518
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:10.417
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.587
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.153
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 2.178
When I try to enable persistence 1.468
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.481
When I log in to a new session 54.312
And all notifications have disappeared 8.742
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.493
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000