Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5674 25 May 2025, 09:00

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 46:32.625 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:33.955
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 1:46.781
And I update APT using apt 17.671
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.932
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:6.293
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 32.122
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.197
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.582
And persistence is disabled 0.394
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:8.678
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 14.597
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.643
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.276
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.340
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.039
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.103
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.444
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:3.499
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 14.197
And the system is very low on memory 3.842
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.475
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.579
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.309
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.583
And I free up some memory 3.427
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.769
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:6.098
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 15.073
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.521
And all tps features are active 3.254
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.751
When I disable the first tps feature 6.265
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.341
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.611
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:19.480
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
21.317
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 10.584
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.235
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 6.412
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.126
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.072
When I enable the first tps feature 3.496
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.634
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 9.654
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.155
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.199
And I disable the first tps feature 6.248
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.315
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.047
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 11.129
And the network is plugged 0.090
And Tor is ready 24.854
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.587
When I write some files expected to persist 1.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.290
# 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" 25.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:12.281
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 10.709
And the network is plugged 0.156
And Tor is ready 20.375
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.258
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.910
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:8.209
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.118
And Tor is ready 22.902
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
1:10.333
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 14.353
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.147
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 29.068
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:54.709
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 27.234
When I enable persistence 37.769
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.329
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 30.786
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 52.349
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 1.254
When I cold reboot the computer 7.938
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.043
Given I enable persistence 16.543
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.683
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.344
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
4:0.288
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 10.562
# 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 33.020
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.836
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:27.149
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 35.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:5.440
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 10.147
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.215
Then persistence is disabled 0.324
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.431
And all notifications have disappeared 10.941
When I delete the persistent partition 7.485
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.626
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 10.239
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.637
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:29.204
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:47.252
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 9.277
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 0.339
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 34.147
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.930
And all notifications have disappeared 9.837
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.262
And all tps features are enabled 3.813
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
8:4.384
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 6:32.371
And I enable persistence 34.406
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.090
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.651
And persistence is enabled 2.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.859
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 9.118
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.939
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.595
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 9.932
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.684
When I enable persistence 34.065
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.122
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.781
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 11.091
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.690
When I try to enable persistence 0.436
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.247
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.063
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.307
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.239
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:4.795
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 10.568
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.121
When I try to enable persistence 0.312
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 37.400
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I log in to a new session 39.215
And all notifications have disappeared 10.349
# 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" 0.609
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.635
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.593
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.647
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:7.753
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 11.645
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.708
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.534
When I try to enable persistence 0.539
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 28.322
When I log in to a new session 45.014
And all notifications have disappeared 8.144
Then the Tor Browser starts 25.835
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000