Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5694 02 Jun 2025, 16:00

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 46:46.640 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:58.197
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:13.689
And I update APT using apt 14.624
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.309
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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55.193
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 15.411
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.631
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.130
And persistence is disabled 0.506
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:42.153
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 14.805
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.559
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 35.812
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.978
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.710
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:33.707
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.327
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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1:8.596
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 15.406
And the system is very low on memory 4.308
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.863
When I try to create a persistent partition 28.918
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.333
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.667
And I free up some memory 3.264
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.507
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.900
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 29.693
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.727
And all tps features are active 2.395
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.778
When I disable the first tps feature 5.917
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.273
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:17.767
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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19.281
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 9.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I disable the first tps feature 5.953
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.099
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.073
When I enable the first tps feature 3.262
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.267
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.826
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I disable the first tps feature 6.103
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.092
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.592
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 9.799
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 23.738
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.631
When I write some files expected to persist 1.533
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.345
# 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" 24.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:17.938
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 9.153
And the network is plugged 0.076
And Tor is ready 20.120
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.301
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.867
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:18.064
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 20.711
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.324
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
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1:3.001
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 13.603
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.145
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.846
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:41.727
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 12.174
When I enable persistence 42.989
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.260
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.013
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.882
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.607
When I cold reboot the computer 7.658
And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.149
Given I enable persistence 19.053
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.632
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 33.741
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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3:47.450
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 10.231
# 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 33.433
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.770
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:20.053
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 30.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:2.167
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 10.733
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.045
Then persistence is disabled 0.365
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.176
And all notifications have disappeared 10.217
When I delete the persistent partition 6.762
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:38.215
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 10.312
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.151
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.190
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:44.752
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 9.058
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 0.370
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 30.428
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.923
And all notifications have disappeared 9.063
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.522
And all tps features are enabled 3.076
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:49.363
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 6:32.966
And I enable persistence 35.818
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 35.004
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.936
And persistence is enabled 3.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.911
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.269
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.778
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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53.410
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 9.778
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.865
When I enable persistence 29.421
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.102
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.745
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 9.399
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.847
When I try to enable persistence 0.489
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 26.945
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.432
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.298
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.251
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:18.409
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 9.386
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.120
When I try to enable persistence 0.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 43.078
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I log in to a new session 50.179
And all notifications have disappeared 11.370
# 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" 0.576
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.357
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.918
Then the Tor Browser starts 17.898
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:10.362
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 9.982
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 23.323
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.583
When I try to enable persistence 0.443
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 19.564
When I log in to a new session 47.173
And all notifications have disappeared 8.877
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.764
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000