Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 79 02 Jun 2025, 17:39

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 45:6.962 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:56.721
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:45.048
And I update APT using apt 41.715
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 27.098
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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54.081
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 13.378
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.693
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.572
And persistence is disabled 0.394
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:45.872
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 15.140
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.578
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.212
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 33.886
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.023
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.814
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:40.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.639
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:13.774
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 13.634
And the system is very low on memory 4.639
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.275
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.409
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.174
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.576
And I free up some memory 3.966
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.515
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:23.697
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 enabled and logged in 27.076
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.276
And all tps features are active 2.424
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.834
When I disable the first tps feature 6.205
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.810
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.885
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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22.330
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.187
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.251
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.113
When I disable the first tps feature 6.385
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.199
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 3.895
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.189
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 9.746
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I disable the first tps feature 6.895
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.302
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:12.809
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 8.862
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 26.609
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.679
When I write some files expected to persist 1.860
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.448
# 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" 26.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:55.559
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 10.413
And the network is plugged 0.139
And Tor is ready 53.436
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.233
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.488
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:21.655
And I capture all network traffic 0.028
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 20.270
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.506
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.096
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
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1:3.303
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.789
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.233
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.560
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:3.735
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.879
When I enable persistence 54.423
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.016
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 31.083
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.547
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.655
When I cold reboot the computer 7.914
And the computer reboots Tails 1:14.516
Given I enable persistence 19.829
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.614
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.746
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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4:0.916
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 10.739
# 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 38.221
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.114
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:15.638
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 43.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:4.526
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 10.892
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.165
Then persistence is disabled 0.345
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.295
And all notifications have disappeared 10.104
When I delete the persistent partition 6.180
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:44.406
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 10.619
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.002
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:21.204
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:47.075
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 9.154
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 0.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 33.090
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 46.996
And all notifications have disappeared 8.192
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.202
And all tps features are enabled 2.905
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:45.349
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 3:20.173
And I enable persistence 33.512
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.788
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.719
And persistence is enabled 3.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.939
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 9.587
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.552
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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55.080
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.723
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.102
When I enable persistence 35.242
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.101
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.629
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 10.215
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.134
When I try to enable persistence 0.445
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 30.011
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.346
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.047
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.765
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.237
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:0.158
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 10.110
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.119
When I try to enable persistence 0.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.200
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.871
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.160
When I log in to a new session 37.098
And all notifications have disappeared 8.586
# 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" 0.771
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.124
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.602
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.038
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:7.802
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 10.571
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.110
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.549
When I try to enable persistence 0.464
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 21.538
When I log in to a new session 52.235
And all notifications have disappeared 9.168
Then the Tor Browser starts 26.085
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000