Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3894 02 Jul 2025, 14:08

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 45:44.227 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:42.110
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:49.186
And I update APT using apt 19.819
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 30.033
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.743
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 11.764
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.121
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.427
And persistence is disabled 1.241
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:48.147
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 14.391
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.879
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.143
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.541
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.904
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.343
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:38.481
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.391
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product
1:19.892
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.632
And the system is very low on memory 5.022
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.139
When I try to create a persistent partition 39.216
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.525
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.934
And I free up some memory 4.044
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.093
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:14.050
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.483
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.583
And all tps features are active 2.962
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.380
When I disable the first tps feature 5.955
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.298
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:32.586
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
23.669
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 11.132
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.126
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.186
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.223
When I disable the first tps feature 7.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.145
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.176
When I enable the first tps feature 3.929
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.117
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 9.912
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.468
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
And I disable the first tps feature 6.620
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.852
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.908
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 10.313
And the network is plugged 0.185
And Tor is ready 23.968
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.630
When I write some files expected to persist 1.796
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.871
# 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" 30.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:28.084
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 10.761
And the network is plugged 1.056
And Tor is ready 20.847
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.314
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.323
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:24.869
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 20.059
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.397
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.096
Tags: @product
1:7.677
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.692
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.376
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.441
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:58.563
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 13.034
When I enable persistence 37.672
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.158
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 32.908
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.060
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.947
When I cold reboot the computer 7.363
And the computer reboots Tails 1:12.679
Given I enable persistence 20.568
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.675
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.148
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
4:9.600
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 12.009
# 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 37.294
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.815
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:31.636
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 32.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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1:3.225
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.238
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.415
Then persistence is disabled 1.220
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.180
And all notifications have disappeared 9.451
When I delete the persistent partition 8.562
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.377
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 11.052
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.412
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.649
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.794
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product
2:5.478
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.720
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.301
When I try to enable persistence 0.364
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 41.522
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 52.489
And all notifications have disappeared 8.039
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.371
And all tps features are enabled 4.406
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:22.859
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 3:56.552
And I enable persistence 38.556
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.510
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.133
And persistence is enabled 3.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.041
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.941
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.680
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 2.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.332
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.701
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.309
When I enable persistence 34.408
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.086
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.352
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 11.093
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.426
When I try to enable persistence 0.440
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.524
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.629
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.058
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.302
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.273
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:15.389
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.474
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.125
When I try to enable persistence 0.337
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 36.294
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I log in to a new session 48.709
And all notifications have disappeared 11.134
# 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" 0.546
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.980
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.797
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.607
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:10.604
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 10.045
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.489
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.635
When I try to enable persistence 0.461
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.496
When I log in to a new session 55.313
And all notifications have disappeared 9.939
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.241
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000