Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5675 25 May 2025, 12:42

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 39:25.703 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:29.892
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:48.415
And I update APT using apt 15.408
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 23.384
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 2.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.792
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 12.687
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.468
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.425
And persistence is disabled 0.386
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:6.777
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 15.862
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.434
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.139
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.286
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.068
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.836
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:11.709
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.367
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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56.725
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 10.818
And the system is very low on memory 3.390
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.124
When I try to create a persistent partition 21.922
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.299
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.507
And I free up some memory 3.508
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.564
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.001
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 12.851
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.743
And all tps features are active 2.416
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.896
When I disable the first tps feature 6.092
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.206
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.623
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:6.158
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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21.294
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 11.000
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.453
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.112
When I disable the first tps feature 5.988
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.092
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.061
When I enable the first tps feature 3.321
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.348
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 9.921
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.575
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I disable the first tps feature 6.001
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.674
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.642
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 9.688
And the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 50.954
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.597
When I write some files expected to persist 1.463
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.602
# 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" 24.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:4.296
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 10.288
And the network is plugged 0.127
And Tor is ready 19.935
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.193
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.669
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:5.545
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 18.899
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.335
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product
57.405
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 12.288
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.156
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.029
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:12.822
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 12.076
When I enable persistence 33.720
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.281
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 23.955
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.759
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.375
When I cold reboot the computer 7.526
And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.328
Given I enable persistence 17.483
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.560
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 37.908
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
3:37.115
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 9.978
# 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 37.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.574
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:2.897
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 34.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
57.878
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 9.980
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.676
Then persistence is disabled 0.413
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.005
And all notifications have disappeared 8.792
When I delete the persistent partition 7.115
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:25.919
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 9.695
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.268
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.883
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:4.529
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
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1:38.020
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 8.705
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.106
When I try to enable persistence 0.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 28.260
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.227
And all notifications have disappeared 8.168
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.153
And all tps features are enabled 3.134
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:24.017
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 3:6.147
And I enable persistence 27.785
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.513
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.355
And persistence is enabled 3.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.373
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 8.638
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.646
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.028
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 9.412
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.029
When I enable persistence 28.837
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.081
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.774
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 8.124
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.672
When I try to enable persistence 0.404
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.025
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.754
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.850
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.180
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:51.990
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 9.213
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 0.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 27.120
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I log in to a new session 41.875
And all notifications have disappeared 9.308
# 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" 0.563
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.450
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.527
Then the Tor Browser starts 19.372
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:46.588
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 8.411
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.397
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.480
When I try to enable persistence 1.449
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 17.850
When I log in to a new session 43.602
And all notifications have disappeared 8.281
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.980
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000