Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5724 18 Jun 2025, 21:01

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 47:50.496 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:34.435
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:48.215
And I update APT using apt 15.344
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 27.768
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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55.684
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 15.829
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.587
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 2.459
And persistence is disabled 0.524
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:51.421
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 18.737
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.551
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.134
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.678
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.165
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.801
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:49.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.713
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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1:8.840
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 logged in 12.443
And the system is very low on memory 6.615
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.083
When I try to create a persistent partition 24.653
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.231
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.573
And I free up some memory 2.916
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.941
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:31.365
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.097
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 18.690
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.799
And all tps features are active 5.536
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.606
When I disable the first tps feature 6.307
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.989
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.442
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:33.404
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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21.740
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 10.611
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.510
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.331
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.388
When I disable the first tps feature 6.319
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.154
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 3.222
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.818
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 10.643
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.103
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I disable the first tps feature 6.217
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.667
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.993
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.971
And the network is plugged 0.078
And Tor is ready 19.450
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.673
When I write some files expected to persist 1.598
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.561
# 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" 29.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:33.354
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 11.543
And the network is plugged 0.096
And Tor is ready 22.765
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.270
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.079
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.487
And I capture all network traffic 0.025
And the network is plugged 0.134
And Tor is ready 23.312
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.321
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.113
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
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1:5.689
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.765
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.810
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.073
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:13.805
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 16.838
When I enable persistence 46.721
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.700
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 32.787
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.101
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.678
When I cold reboot the computer 8.124
And the computer reboots Tails 1:12.803
Given I enable persistence 21.552
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.726
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.127
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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4:12.201
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 12.283
# 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 33.528
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.587
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:33.634
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 36.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:18.325
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 10.958
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 30.264
Then persistence is disabled 0.402
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.493
And all notifications have disappeared 13.802
When I delete the persistent partition 12.050
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:0.747
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 10.018
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.719
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:37.604
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:59.603
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.082
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.138
When I try to enable persistence 0.749
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 37.738
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.662
And all notifications have disappeared 9.366
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.940
And all tps features are enabled 3.278
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:15.357
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 4:21.906
And I enable persistence 46.604
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 56.319
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.484
And persistence is enabled 5.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.663
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.020
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.376
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.053
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.345
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.545
When I enable persistence 34.476
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.359
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.313
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 9.329
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.877
When I try to enable persistence 1.525
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 28.884
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.866
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 2.505
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.861
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.404
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:16.754
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 8.783
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.107
When I try to enable persistence 0.720
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 39.033
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 1.133
When I log in to a new session 46.698
And all notifications have disappeared 8.981
# 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" 0.716
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.186
When I close the "whisperback" window 3.821
Then the Tor Browser starts 23.089
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:17.326
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 9.098
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.518
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.765
When I try to enable persistence 1.482
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 24.765
When I log in to a new session 58.747
And all notifications have disappeared 13.381
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.163
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000