Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5743 27 Jun 2025, 00:05

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 41:55.831 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:36.183
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:53.540
And I update APT using apt 12.815
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.485
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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49.634
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.700
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.838
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.513
And persistence is disabled 0.479
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:24.120
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 12.626
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.129
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.480
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.024
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.768
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:30.287
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.367
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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1:2.170
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 logged in 11.373
And the system is very low on memory 3.943
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.255
When I try to create a persistent partition 27.283
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.669
And I free up some memory 2.849
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.328
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:16.109
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 13.044
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.466
And all tps features are active 3.429
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.440
When I disable the first tps feature 6.292
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.716
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.480
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:28.541
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
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20.943
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 11.044
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.132
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 5.821
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.196
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.123
When I enable the first tps feature 3.309
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.117
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 10.745
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.121
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
And I disable the first tps feature 6.266
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.765
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.066
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.213
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 19.550
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.728
When I write some files expected to persist 2.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.561
# 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" 25.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:16.617
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 10.061
And the network is plugged 0.090
And Tor is ready 22.010
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.233
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.329
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:15.596
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 19.567
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.115
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
Tags: @product
56.187
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 11.289
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.408
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.952
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:33.862
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 11.061
When I enable persistence 35.767
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.029
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 25.436
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.077
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.667
When I cold reboot the computer 7.428
And the computer reboots Tails 1:14.169
Given I enable persistence 17.413
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.596
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 38.776
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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3:43.376
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.074
# 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 33.964
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.627
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:13.279
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 30.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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58.397
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 9.582
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.582
Then persistence is disabled 0.237
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.328
And all notifications have disappeared 9.212
When I delete the persistent partition 6.615
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:46.421
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 12.963
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:23.735
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:45.471
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 9.324
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 0.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 29.042
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.087
And all notifications have disappeared 9.673
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 5.029
And all tps features are enabled 2.805
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:0.444
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 3:31.679
And I enable persistence 34.341
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.599
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.779
And persistence is enabled 3.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.260
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.484
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.797
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.557
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 9.684
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.398
When I enable persistence 27.346
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.098
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.278
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 8.814
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.410
When I try to enable persistence 0.478
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 23.734
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.072
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.065
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.858
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.237
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:53.031
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 10.283
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.218
When I try to enable persistence 0.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.112
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I log in to a new session 37.262
And all notifications have disappeared 9.512
# 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" 0.336
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.862
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.414
Then the Tor Browser starts 21.357
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:56.577
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 9.202
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.211
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.532
When I try to enable persistence 0.459
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 19.243
When I log in to a new session 47.144
And all notifications have disappeared 8.641
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.144
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000