Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5754 02 Jul 2025, 10:13

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 54:13.125 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:45.119
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 1:53.376
And I update APT using apt 19.874
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 27.719
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 4.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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54.725
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 13.223
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 30.221
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.192
And persistence is disabled 0.537
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:11.489
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 15.213
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.522
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 36.321
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.396
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:59.126
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.442
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
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1:18.343
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 10.962
And the system is very low on memory 5.882
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.471
When I try to create a persistent partition 32.039
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 1.871
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.275
And I free up some memory 3.899
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.656
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:40.332
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 14.947
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.373
And all tps features are active 2.879
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.981
When I disable the first tps feature 11.292
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.891
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.612
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:44.241
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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24.432
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 enabled and logged in 13.503
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.210
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.294
When I disable the first tps feature 6.558
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.082
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.068
When I enable the first tps feature 3.305
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.793
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 12.599
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.112
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 6.723
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 6.205
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.419
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 10.527
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 28.186
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.697
When I write some files expected to persist 2.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.235
# 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" 33.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:47.717
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 enabled and logged in 10.982
And the network is plugged 0.420
And Tor is ready 21.624
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.335
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.849
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:38.154
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 26.505
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.454
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.127
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
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1:17.705
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 18.495
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.125
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 30.965
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:32.360
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.399
When I enable persistence 55.903
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.341
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 31.125
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 58.359
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.512
When I cold reboot the computer 11.364
And the computer reboots Tails 1:12.272
Given I enable persistence 24.073
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.820
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.932
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
4:37.227
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 13.530
# 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 36.430
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.655
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:48.855
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 40.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:27.856
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 17.034
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 35.589
Then persistence is disabled 0.366
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.394
And all notifications have disappeared 15.013
When I delete the persistent partition 11.549
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:31.372
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.379
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 1.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.985
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 3:5.624
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 1.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
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2:29.006
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.585
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.183
When I try to enable persistence 1.430
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 51.758
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:2.046
And all notifications have disappeared 7.327
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 7.874
And all tps features are enabled 3.610
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:19.826
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 4:17.753
And I enable persistence 51.118
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 1:7.206
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.851
And persistence is enabled 2.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.332
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 13.915
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 34.105
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 2.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.911
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 12.541
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.281
When I enable persistence 56.777
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.113
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.953
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 18.593
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.661
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 39.647
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 5.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 3.996
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 5.600
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 2.224
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:1.316
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 10.235
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 1.121
When I try to enable persistence 2.124
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 52.511
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.344
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I log in to a new session 57.959
And all notifications have disappeared 18.235
# 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 1.421
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.819
Then the Tor Browser starts 32.950
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
3:18.883
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 17.100
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.669
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.633
When I try to enable persistence 0.949
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 47.326
When I log in to a new session 1:11.473
And all notifications have disappeared 14.105
Then the Tor Browser starts 27.413
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000