Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5757 03 Jul 2025, 14:43

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 43:46.519 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:49.039
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 2:8.802
And I update APT using apt 13.705
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 23.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.694
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.088
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.116
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.731
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.286
And persistence is disabled 0.554
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.080
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 12.494
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.487
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.155
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 3.003
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.677
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:21.274
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.831
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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58.232
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 10.688
And the system is very low on memory 4.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.303
When I try to create a persistent partition 22.564
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.342
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.629
And I free up some memory 2.467
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.858
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:0.908
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 12.169
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.453
And all tps features are active 2.787
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.065
When I disable the first tps feature 5.467
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.407
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.442
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.823
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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20.761
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 10.607
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.172
When I disable the first tps feature 6.257
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.207
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 3.161
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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20.564
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.101
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.144
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 6.573
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.607
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.396
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 11.207
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 26.403
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.567
When I write some files expected to persist 1.566
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.585
# 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" 25.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:43.344
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 10.494
And the network is plugged 0.094
And Tor is ready 48.909
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.192
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.466
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:13.098
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.096
And Tor is ready 21.292
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.452
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.097
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
Tags: @product
1:17.943
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 27.525
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.179
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 26.533
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:38.077
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 11.619
When I enable persistence 36.184
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.441
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 32.068
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.176
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.365
When I cold reboot the computer 7.468
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.034
Given I enable persistence 17.460
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.550
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.222
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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4:14.070
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 11.471
# 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 35.192
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.229
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:29.561
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 42.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:11.841
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 10.781
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 25.740
Then persistence is disabled 0.643
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.685
And all notifications have disappeared 11.139
When I delete the persistent partition 8.010
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:43.200
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 10.828
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.205
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.687
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.040
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:50.738
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 9.661
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 0.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 31.336
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.310
And all notifications have disappeared 9.381
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.565
And all tps features are enabled 3.778
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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5:0.533
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 3:33.303
And I enable persistence 30.824
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 50.945
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 2.349
And persistence is enabled 3.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.157
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 9.064
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.279
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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48.421
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.043
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.669
When I enable persistence 30.513
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.109
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.327
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 9.423
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.687
When I try to enable persistence 0.405
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 22.827
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.498
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.890
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 2.953
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.246
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:6.279
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 9.835
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.181
When I try to enable persistence 0.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 30.195
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.089
When I log in to a new session 50.364
And all notifications have disappeared 9.611
# 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" 0.276
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.614
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.756
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.737
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:5.904
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 9.433
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.682
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.701
When I try to enable persistence 0.447
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 21.090
When I log in to a new session 51.226
And all notifications have disappeared 9.898
Then the Tor Browser starts 25.451
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000