Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4041 29 Oct 2025, 14:03

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 37:28.447 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:6.544
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 1:48.160
And I update APT using apt 7.807
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.416
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.547
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 9.696
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.819
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And persistence is disabled 0.242
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:24.229
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 12.881
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.411
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.157
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.279
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.717
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.416
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.717
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.587
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
39.979
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 10.429
And the system is very low on memory 5.540
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.319
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.408
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.194
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.499
And I free up some memory 1.036
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.930
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:18.082
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 11.503
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.498
And all tps features are active 2.565
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.414
When I disable the first tps feature 2.696
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.472
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.773
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.568
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
17.212
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 10.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.103
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.133
When I disable the first tps feature 3.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.092
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.070
When I enable the first tps feature 2.691
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.775
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 10.401
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I disable the first tps feature 3.416
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.700
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.432
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 10.312
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 13.615
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.708
When I write some files expected to persist 1.502
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.603
# 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" 19.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:32.828
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 10.239
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 12.399
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.163
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.924
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.025
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 13.158
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.481
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product
52.834
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 12.927
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.128
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.395
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:40.134
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 11.256
When I enable persistence 24.393
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.749
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.767
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.639
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
When I cold reboot the computer 7.302
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.255
Given I enable persistence 11.492
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.705
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.123
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
3:29.702
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 11.344
# 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 39.607
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.528
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:4.698
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
53.980
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.208
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.097
Then persistence is disabled 0.182
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.401
And all notifications have disappeared 10.882
When I delete the persistent partition 3.644
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.280
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 10.595
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.861
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:46.434
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:6.249
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 11.473
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.683
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 16.338
And all notifications have disappeared 9.789
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.647
And all tps features are enabled 2.832
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
9:9.079
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 8:20.327
And I enable persistence 31.405
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.377
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.627
And persistence is enabled 2.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.964
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 9.476
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 28.681
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.549
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 10.801
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.973
When I enable persistence 16.128
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.887
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 10.936
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.654
When I try to enable persistence 1.426
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.770
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.247
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.337
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.209
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.901
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.352
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.856
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.795
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I log in to a new session 13.691
And all notifications have disappeared 11.359
# 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" 0.294
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.593
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.381
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.662
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.940
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 10.031
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.764
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.399
When I try to enable persistence 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.965
When I log in to a new session 12.973
And all notifications have disappeared 10.629
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.716
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000