Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4038 28 Oct 2025, 11:21

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 37:6.247 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.850
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:46.546
And I update APT using apt 7.651
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.421
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.376
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 13.337
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.732
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
And persistence is disabled 0.153
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.638
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 13.878
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.472
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.251
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.147
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.325
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.124
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.237
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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40.611
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 11.172
And the system is very low on memory 6.925
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.302
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.606
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.155
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.581
And I free up some memory 1.148
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.993
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:22.031
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 13.542
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.362
And all tps features are active 2.354
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.485
When I disable the first tps feature 3.285
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.365
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.587
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:43.366
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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17.839
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 11.531
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 3.230
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.072
When I enable the first tps feature 2.554
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.890
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 10.335
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.103
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 3.113
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.214
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.017
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 10.607
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 13.599
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.763
When I write some files expected to persist 1.615
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.008
# 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" 18.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.714
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 10.327
And the network is plugged 0.091
And Tor is ready 11.479
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.110
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:46.698
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 12.906
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.404
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073
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56.352
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 12.472
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.112
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.773
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:2.873
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 12.611
When I enable persistence 27.421
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.880
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.841
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.794
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 12.106
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.284
Given I enable persistence 24.750
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.625
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.228
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
3:27.228
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 13.086
# 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 36.293
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.837
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:59.637
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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53.419
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 13.795
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.009
Then persistence is disabled 0.134
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.504
And all notifications have disappeared 11.085
When I delete the persistent partition 3.429
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.397
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 10.732
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.256
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.057
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:1.483
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 11.857
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.087
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.768
And all notifications have disappeared 10.264
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.371
And all tps features are enabled 2.572
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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8:39.238
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 7:50.181
And I enable persistence 32.774
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.178
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.692
And persistence is enabled 2.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.500
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 10.012
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.724
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.219
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 11.510
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.828
When I enable persistence 13.238
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.232
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 9.803
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.456
When I try to enable persistence 1.452
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.066
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.322
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.291
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.109
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.413
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.368
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 10.212
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.112
When I try to enable persistence 1.377
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.192
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I log in to a new session 14.515
And all notifications have disappeared 10.747
# 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" 0.249
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.629
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.440
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.299
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.963
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 9.711
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.685
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.400
When I try to enable persistence 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.748
When I log in to a new session 12.924
And all notifications have disappeared 9.817
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.099
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000