Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5755 02 Jul 2025, 14:45

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 46:9.271 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:28.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.130
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:44.310
And I update APT using apt 13.176
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.775
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.700
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 11.993
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.462
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.584
And persistence is disabled 0.308
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:45.076
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 16.952
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.560
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.176
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.370
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.429
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.723
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:44.043
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.618
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
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1:4.989
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 13.834
And the system is very low on memory 3.764
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.310
When I try to create a persistent partition 25.361
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.287
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.695
And I free up some memory 2.346
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.093
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:13.498
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 13.083
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.557
And all tps features are active 3.579
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.290
When I disable the first tps feature 6.622
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.334
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:27.452
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
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25.061
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 12.621
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.332
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.116
When I disable the first tps feature 8.043
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.132
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.070
When I enable the first tps feature 3.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.621
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 9.616
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.140
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I disable the first tps feature 6.935
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.737
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.532
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 10.663
And the network is plugged 0.215
And Tor is ready 23.239
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.563
When I write some files expected to persist 1.961
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.429
# 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" 32.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:38.365
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 9.515
And the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 27.480
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.270
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.762
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.743
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 30.612
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.538
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.074
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1:2.817
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.561
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.677
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.792
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:59.817
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 12.379
When I enable persistence 43.802
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.631
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 29.284
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.759
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 2.560
When I cold reboot the computer 10.217
And the computer reboots Tails 1:15.170
Given I enable persistence 18.294
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.770
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.571
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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4:13.028
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 12.170
# 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 35.198
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.906
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:28.672
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 44.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:0.044
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 10.475
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.840
Then persistence is disabled 0.554
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.682
And all notifications have disappeared 9.734
When I delete the persistent partition 6.037
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:58.254
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.659
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.225
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:33.895
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:0.134
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 9.216
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.103
When I try to enable persistence 0.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 35.166
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.808
And all notifications have disappeared 9.654
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.608
And all tps features are enabled 2.924
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:18.921
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
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 3:47.431
And I enable persistence 42.753
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.722
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.150
And persistence is enabled 3.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.700
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 11.320
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.411
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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57.207
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 12.513
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.993
When I enable persistence 35.677
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.083
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.451
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 11.596
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.886
When I try to enable persistence 1.653
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 38.216
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.329
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.270
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.666
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.261
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:10.780
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 9.138
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.204
When I try to enable persistence 1.369
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 38.352
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.371
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.765
When I log in to a new session 45.042
And all notifications have disappeared 7.473
# 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" 0.333
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.257
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.756
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.782
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:24.535
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 9.994
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.481
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.991
When I try to enable persistence 0.592
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 24.504
When I log in to a new session 1:2.345
And all notifications have disappeared 9.069
Then the Tor Browser starts 27.580
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000