Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 112 15 Jul 2025, 17:31

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 49:24.917 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:59.523
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 2:45.300
And I update APT using apt 42.548
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 27.115
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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52.195
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 12.977
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.387
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.219
And persistence is disabled 0.321
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:59.208
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 12.819
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.614
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.155
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.001
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.614
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:56.751
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.443
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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1:11.730
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 11.560
And the system is very low on memory 3.752
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.741
When I try to create a persistent partition 31.201
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.722
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.846
And I free up some memory 4.554
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:23.781
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.099
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.360
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.470
And all tps features are active 3.255
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 5.671
When I disable the first tps feature 6.536
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.217
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.358
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:32.393
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
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23.803
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 enabled and logged in 11.305
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.168
When I disable the first tps feature 8.309
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.204
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 3.295
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.200
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.199
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 12.125
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.425
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.185
And I disable the first tps feature 6.674
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.733
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:7.351
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 12.101
And the network is plugged 0.143
And Tor is ready 22.003
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.625
When I write some files expected to persist 1.558
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.264
# 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" 23.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:45.426
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 12.332
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 21.031
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.263
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.621
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:39.177
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.094
And Tor is ready 22.785
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.557
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.147
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
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1:4.094
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.148
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.197
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.559
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:21.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.031
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.296
When I enable persistence 52.416
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.227
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 31.516
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 58.816
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.772
When I cold reboot the computer 7.611
And the computer reboots Tails 1:13.870
Given I enable persistence 19.167
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.570
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.103
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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4:8.255
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 11.515
# 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 38.433
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.406
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:30.223
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 33.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:4.698
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 10.620
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.029
Then persistence is disabled 0.460
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.449
And all notifications have disappeared 9.785
When I delete the persistent partition 6.453
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:12.665
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 enabled and logged in 11.612
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.997
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:47.605
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
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2:5.951
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.294
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.118
When I try to enable persistence 0.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 36.672
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 52.586
And all notifications have disappeared 11.804
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.218
And all tps features are enabled 3.354
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:3.869
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.036
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 4:18.893
And I enable persistence 47.946
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.013
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.463
And persistence is enabled 3.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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33.598
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.264
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.490
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.568
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.248
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.744
When I enable persistence 38.183
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.125
And persistence is successfully enabled 4.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.531
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 10.003
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.107
When I try to enable persistence 0.439
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.965
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.005
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 5.386
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.732
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.237
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:22.509
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 10.792
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.096
When I try to enable persistence 0.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 36.075
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.865
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.895
When I log in to a new session 52.252
And all notifications have disappeared 12.534
# 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" 0.634
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.127
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.514
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.235
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:18.688
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.629
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.606
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.753
When I try to enable persistence 0.821
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 28.630
When I log in to a new session 49.113
And all notifications have disappeared 11.303
Then the Tor Browser starts 27.428
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000