Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3907 15 Jul 2025, 17:56

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 48:37.506 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:49.582
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 2:5.845
And I update APT using apt 13.874
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.861
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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52.496
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.186
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.440
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.500
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.876
And persistence is disabled 0.572
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:40.302
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 15.967
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.402
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.139
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.620
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.064
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.948
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:41.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.509
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
1:7.880
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 14.071
And the system is very low on memory 3.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.024
When I try to create a persistent partition 27.133
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.356
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.644
And I free up some memory 3.014
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.717
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:14.971
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 13.989
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.646
And all tps features are active 3.086
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.948
When I disable the first tps feature 6.455
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.912
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.702
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:27.399
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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24.585
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 11.579
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.123
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.301
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.135
When I disable the first tps feature 7.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.125
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.123
When I enable the first tps feature 4.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.023
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 11.681
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.206
And I disable the first tps feature 6.847
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.132
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.109
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.402
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 53.385
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.826
When I write some files expected to persist 2.615
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.054
# 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" 22.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:44.841
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 13.451
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 26.037
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.362
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.553
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:30.636
And I capture all network traffic 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 23.499
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.764
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.097
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073
Tags: @product
1:6.621
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.886
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.140
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.775
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:24.993
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 15.316
When I enable persistence 42.177
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.163
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 30.158
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:5.658
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.144
When I cold reboot the computer 8.397
And the computer reboots Tails 1:13.078
Given I enable persistence 22.166
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.955
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.333
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
4:35.526
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 12.639
# 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 37.688
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.604
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:43.924
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 45.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:10.981
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 13.034
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.670
Then persistence is disabled 0.444
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.540
And all notifications have disappeared 8.650
When I delete the persistent partition 9.745
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:1.409
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 11.935
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.536
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:39.510
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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2:3.707
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 12.881
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 0.362
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 36.687
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.424
And all notifications have disappeared 11.966
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.460
And all tps features are enabled 3.149
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:1.824
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 4:18.867
And I enable persistence 43.882
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.862
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.070
And persistence is enabled 6.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.668
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 9.524
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.266
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 2.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.493
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.653
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.051
When I enable persistence 42.105
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.120
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.013
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 9.715
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.264
When I try to enable persistence 0.566
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.157
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 2.839
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.153
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.244
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:7.329
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 9.214
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.680
When I try to enable persistence 0.558
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 36.821
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.937
When I log in to a new session 37.072
And all notifications have disappeared 10.992
# 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" 0.948
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.617
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.391
Then the Tor Browser starts 25.870
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:26.144
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.748
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.146
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 2.297
When I try to enable persistence 0.572
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 28.767
When I log in to a new session 57.597
And all notifications have disappeared 10.358
Then the Tor Browser starts 29.110
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000