Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4039 28 Oct 2025, 14:31

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 38:6.227 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:16.502
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 1:58.159
And I update APT using apt 7.558
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.515
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.915
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 13.004
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.218
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:24.300
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 14.666
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.523
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.163
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.599
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.242
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:35.709
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.206
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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39.431
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 11.293
And the system is very low on memory 5.222
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.307
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.141
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.228
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.620
And I free up some memory 1.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.789
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 7.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.666
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.090
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 24.402
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.382
And all tps features are active 2.050
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.292
When I disable the first tps feature 3.172
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.457
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.369
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:7.307
Then all tps features but the first one are active 17.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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18.668
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 12.271
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.104
When I disable the first tps feature 2.913
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.087
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.117
When I enable the first tps feature 2.734
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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23.555
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 14.834
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I disable the first tps feature 3.645
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.819
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:42.992
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 31.777
And the network is plugged 4.277
And Tor is ready 30.791
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.570
When I write some files expected to persist 1.777
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.168
# 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" 18.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.162
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 21.212
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 11.492
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.934
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:49.142
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 13.420
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
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52.109
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.613
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.124
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.896
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:53.400
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 14.130
When I enable persistence 23.196
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.613
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.783
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.108
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
When I cold reboot the computer 11.058
And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.261
Given I enable persistence 12.854
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.565
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 16.503
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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3:30.025
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 13.960
# 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 30.843
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.758
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:2.175
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 32.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
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1:2.506
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 13.861
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.427
Then persistence is disabled 0.188
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.762
And all notifications have disappeared 11.439
When I delete the persistent partition 9.086
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:11.520
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 11.341
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:51.179
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.080
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1:3.121
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.594
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.906
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.548
And all notifications have disappeared 9.915
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.454
And all tps features are enabled 3.049
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:1.384
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 6:12.618
And I enable persistence 31.524
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.546
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.744
And persistence is enabled 2.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.087
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.424
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 31.925
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.576
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 11.047
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.207
When I enable persistence 13.510
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.536
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 10.024
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.436
When I try to enable persistence 1.419
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.254
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.434
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.256
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.839
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 10.498
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.375
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.485
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.410
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I log in to a new session 14.822
And all notifications have disappeared 12.275
# 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" 0.280
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.676
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.453
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.182
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:3.925
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 10.323
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.526
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.406
When I try to enable persistence 1.413
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 6.226
When I log in to a new session 16.964
And all notifications have disappeared 10.593
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.133
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000