Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5676 26 May 2025, 08:56

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 45:26.697 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:30.759
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 1:42.611
And I update APT using apt 17.929
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.833
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.621
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 32.176
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.038
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.690
And persistence is disabled 0.379
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:29.205
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.042
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 18.705
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.877
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.153
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.538
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.355
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.765
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.286
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.422
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:1.683
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 12.165
And the system is very low on memory 3.686
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.248
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.631
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.241
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.765
And I free up some memory 3.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.582
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:5.059
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 13.520
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.542
And all tps features are active 2.554
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.778
When I disable the first tps feature 6.416
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.330
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.757
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.525
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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20.529
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 10.327
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.337
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.135
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.112
When I disable the first tps feature 6.046
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 3.278
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.032
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 9.849
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.778
And I disable the first tps feature 6.481
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.658
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.078
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 enabled and logged in 9.711
And the network is plugged 0.177
And Tor is ready 19.980
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.706
When I write some files expected to persist 1.526
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.935
# 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" 26.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:18.631
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 9.833
And the network is plugged 0.108
And Tor is ready 21.602
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.206
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.593
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:14.612
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.171
And Tor is ready 22.874
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.409
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 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069
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1:3.535
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 16.923
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.263
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 23.200
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:36.474
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 11.137
When I enable persistence 39.558
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.838
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.757
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 48.972
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.330
When I cold reboot the computer 7.779
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.721
Given I enable persistence 18.403
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.551
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 40.811
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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4:13.028
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 enabled and logged in 10.513
# 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 44.434
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.594
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:33.694
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 30.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
57.993
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 9.369
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.390
Then persistence is disabled 0.366
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.199
And all notifications have disappeared 8.562
When I delete the persistent partition 6.257
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.059
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 12.183
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.039
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:27.255
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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2:4.432
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 9.174
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 0.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 43.263
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 54.278
And all notifications have disappeared 7.851
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.806
And all tps features are enabled 2.576
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:28.758
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 4:50.398
And I enable persistence 47.501
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 44.518
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.056
And persistence is enabled 4.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.340
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 25.094
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.408
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.056
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 9.840
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.695
When I enable persistence 34.218
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.097
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.723
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 10.985
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.314
When I try to enable persistence 0.572
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.209
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.356
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.288
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.271
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.196
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:2.414
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 9.601
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 0.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 35.501
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.339
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.096
When I log in to a new session 41.304
And all notifications have disappeared 8.151
# 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" 0.449
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.128
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.592
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.774
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:4.276
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 9.668
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.084
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.570
When I try to enable persistence 0.470
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 22.834
When I log in to a new session 47.104
And all notifications have disappeared 8.788
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.744
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000