Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5767 15 Jul 2025, 13:13

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 45:32.642 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:35.775
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:52.217
And I update APT using apt 13.661
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.448
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.019
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 10.447
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.959
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.741
And persistence is disabled 0.448
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:17.768
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 logged in 13.194
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.747
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.183
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.137
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.869
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:23.697
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.751
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:5.448
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 12.653
And the system is very low on memory 2.922
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.114
When I try to create a persistent partition 27.382
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.396
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.711
And I free up some memory 3.776
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.134
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:4.576
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 12.889
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.593
And all tps features are active 3.510
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.419
When I disable the first tps feature 6.573
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.191
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.823
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.153
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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21.411
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 10.928
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.125
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.202
When I disable the first tps feature 6.557
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.093
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.074
When I enable the first tps feature 3.166
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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21.407
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 10.684
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.225
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.128
And I disable the first tps feature 6.495
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.817
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.868
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 11.223
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 20.304
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.664
When I write some files expected to persist 1.808
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.619
# 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" 20.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:47.080
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 11.180
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 46.084
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.254
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.011
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:20.264
And I capture all network traffic 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 21.333
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.429
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.118
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069
Tags: @product
57.401
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 11.160
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.180
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.458
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:45.192
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 11.853
When I enable persistence 37.632
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.731
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 29.735
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 53.658
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.448
When I cold reboot the computer 7.771
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.436
Given I enable persistence 17.972
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.679
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.547
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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4:37.424
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 11.108
# 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 41.480
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.059
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:44.909
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 43.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
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1:4.438
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 10.029
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.564
Then persistence is disabled 0.703
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.557
And all notifications have disappeared 12.828
When I delete the persistent partition 7.888
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.009
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 11.421
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.208
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.845
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
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1:50.387
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 9.175
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 0.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 35.744
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 45.258
And all notifications have disappeared 10.392
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.283
And all tps features are enabled 2.731
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:14.922
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
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 4:38.806
And I enable persistence 34.491
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.172
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.574
And persistence is enabled 6.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.950
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 9.836
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.198
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.181
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 9.772
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.685
When I enable persistence 33.920
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.099
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.333
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 9.858
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.392
When I try to enable persistence 0.792
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 29.485
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.752
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.250
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.235
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.239
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:14.381
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 9.378
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 0.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 35.006
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.092
When I log in to a new session 53.022
And all notifications have disappeared 12.188
# 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" 0.429
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.606
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.121
Then the Tor Browser starts 18.784
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:18.661
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 9.799
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.607
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.531
When I try to enable persistence 0.514
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 27.745
When I log in to a new session 58.243
And all notifications have disappeared 9.065
Then the Tor Browser starts 24.889
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000