Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 23 08 Jun 2025, 07:15

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 55:1.958 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:57.917
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 2:11.914
And I update APT using apt 14.813
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 27.364
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:16.463
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 12.119
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 40.229
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.686
And persistence is disabled 0.601
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 22.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:46.640
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 21.764
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.996
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.325
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.277
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.755
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:38.179
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 1.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:10.899
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 12.270
And the system is very low on memory 10.350
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.949
When I try to create a persistent partition 16.674
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.618
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.771
And I free up some memory 3.921
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.981
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:17.649
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 15.322
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.680
And all tps features are active 2.633
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.446
When I disable the first tps feature 5.184
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.085
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.826
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:21.527
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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20.121
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 11.547
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.289
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.107
When I disable the first tps feature 4.679
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.075
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 3.089
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.002
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 10.192
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.270
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
And I disable the first tps feature 4.736
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.581
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:16.983
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 9.958
And the network is plugged 0.105
And Tor is ready 23.781
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.736
When I write some files expected to persist 1.753
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.725
# 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" 25.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:30.273
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 10.945
And the network is plugged 0.126
And Tor is ready 23.897
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.499
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.282
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:12.019
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 27.330
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 1.772
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.146
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
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1:12.510
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 12.560
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.311
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 34.712
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:48.295
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 11.779
When I enable persistence 45.537
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.484
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 36.173
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.139
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.623
When I cold reboot the computer 12.155
And the computer reboots Tails 1:53.398
Given I enable persistence 20.377
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.750
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 35.170
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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5:7.550
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 10.385
# 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 42.689
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.727
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:31.231
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 30.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:28.082
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 9.245
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 31.167
Then persistence is disabled 0.688
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.441
And all notifications have disappeared 27.883
When I delete the persistent partition 5.620
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:35.391
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 9.876
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.439
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:13.654
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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1:58.213
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 9.095
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.190
When I try to enable persistence 1.407
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 39.111
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.240
And all notifications have disappeared 17.640
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.856
And all tps features are enabled 3.292
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:14.948
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:32.177
And I enable persistence 41.656
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.760
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.842
And persistence is enabled 4.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.034
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.491
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.709
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.340
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 9.287
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.153
When I enable persistence 35.585
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.112
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.109
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 9.580
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.180
When I try to enable persistence 0.355
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 33.179
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.345
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.775
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.909
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.294
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:32.999
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 8.658
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.186
When I try to enable persistence 0.478
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 41.368
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.354
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I log in to a new session 53.614
And all notifications have disappeared 27.277
# 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" 8.288
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 3.964
When I close the "whisperback" window 4.321
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.170
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.529
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 8.931
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.223
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 2.205
When I try to enable persistence 0.432
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 24.773
When I log in to a new session 46.880
And all notifications have disappeared 43.944
Then the Tor Browser starts 4.778
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000