Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4044 30 Oct 2025, 18:24

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 38:34.245 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.833
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 1:51.426
And I update APT using apt 9.000
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.382
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.997
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 13.074
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.538
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
And persistence is disabled 0.142
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:27.674
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 14.408
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.415
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.326
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.664
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.472
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.911
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.265
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
41.164
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 logged in 11.343
And the system is very low on memory 6.219
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.361
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.043
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.150
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.542
And I free up some memory 0.961
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.874
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:25.861
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 12.966
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.446
And all tps features are active 2.718
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.571
When I disable the first tps feature 3.223
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.339
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.390
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.934
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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17.686
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 11.311
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 3.204
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.094
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.198
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 10.577
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I disable the first tps feature 3.175
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.224
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.023
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 10.486
And the network is plugged 0.093
And Tor is ready 43.253
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.750
When I write some files expected to persist 1.698
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.930
# 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" 18.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:37.710
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 10.701
And the network is plugged 0.092
And Tor is ready 13.503
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.348
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:48.084
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 14.060
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.414
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
Tags: @product
55.806
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 13.236
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.514
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:2.078
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 18.022
When I enable persistence 27.752
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.842
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.230
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 35.301
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.198
When I cold reboot the computer 7.670
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.387
Given I enable persistence 14.207
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.514
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.785
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
3:23.914
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 13.586
# 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 35.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.810
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:3.039
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
53.547
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 12.119
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.664
Then persistence is disabled 0.165
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.967
And all notifications have disappeared 11.829
When I delete the persistent partition 3.365
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.634
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 11.864
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.084
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.454
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:48.542
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
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1:2.551
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 11.266
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.602
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.323
And all notifications have disappeared 9.447
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.194
And all tps features are enabled 2.895
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
8:45.025
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 7:52.230
And I enable persistence 34.580
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 15.222
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.648
And persistence is enabled 2.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.389
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.264
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.338
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.446
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 12.307
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 21.198
When I enable persistence 13.328
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.610
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.265
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.677
When I try to enable persistence 2.341
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.393
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.341
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.305
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.577
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.314
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:6.062
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 15.269
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.325
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.096
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 0.050
When I log in to a new session 16.258
And all notifications have disappeared 10.242
# 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" 0.263
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.537
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.342
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.121
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.027
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 11.365
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.369
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.355
When I try to enable persistence 1.376
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.076
When I log in to a new session 14.145
And all notifications have disappeared 8.754
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.463
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000