Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3890 28 Jun 2025, 14:03

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 41:43.158 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:19.899
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:38.405
And I update APT using apt 12.743
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.483
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.336
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 10.692
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.209
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.454
And persistence is disabled 0.362
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:16.789
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 11.472
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.517
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.805
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.302
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.661
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.866
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.892
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:4.065
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 12.123
And the system is very low on memory 4.646
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.157
When I try to create a persistent partition 26.131
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.175
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.718
And I free up some memory 3.279
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.566
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:4.172
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 13.342
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.365
And all tps features are active 2.131
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.629
When I disable the first tps feature 6.979
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.465
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.485
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:19.335
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
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22.347
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.735
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 7.743
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.088
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.081
When I enable the first tps feature 3.323
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 2.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.186
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 10.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 7.675
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.854
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:12.455
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 10.567
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 24.299
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.592
When I write some files expected to persist 1.471
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.012
# 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" 26.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:19.995
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.828
And the network is plugged 0.094
And Tor is ready 21.697
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.275
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.824
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.452
And I capture all network traffic 0.019
And the network is plugged 0.093
And Tor is ready 22.082
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.433
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product
58.994
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 11.197
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.098
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.877
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:29.738
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.027
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.440
When I enable persistence 37.580
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.546
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 26.379
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.771
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.837
When I cold reboot the computer 7.511
And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.958
Given I enable persistence 19.251
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.555
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.521
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product
3:49.248
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 enabled and logged in 11.424
# 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 38.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.863
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:6.966
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 38.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
59.859
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 9.583
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.450
Then persistence is disabled 0.510
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.368
And all notifications have disappeared 10.770
When I delete the persistent partition 6.332
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:36.853
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 11.450
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.086
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.980
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.939
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:43.342
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 9.422
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.081
When I try to enable persistence 0.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 35.243
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 39.740
And all notifications have disappeared 8.256
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.114
And all tps features are enabled 3.205
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:51.218
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 3:27.486
And I enable persistence 34.340
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.327
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.268
And persistence is enabled 2.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.798
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 9.741
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.170
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.023
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
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" 5.672
When I enable persistence 32.690
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.135
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.340
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 8.967
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.084
When I try to enable persistence 0.518
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 24.316
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.103
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.218
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.367
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.259
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:0.027
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 9.410
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.127
When I try to enable persistence 0.392
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.374
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.577
When I log in to a new session 41.761
And all notifications have disappeared 8.660
# 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" 0.667
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.239
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.684
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.924
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:5.464
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 9.410
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.271
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.656
When I try to enable persistence 0.436
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 20.931
When I log in to a new session 52.227
And all notifications have disappeared 8.638
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.932
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000