Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4046 31 Oct 2025, 13:50

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 36:10.493 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:7.080
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 1:49.048
And I update APT using apt 7.386
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.447
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.588
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 11.843
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.726
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.376
And persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:28.833
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 12.712
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.660
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.806
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.732
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.260
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.196
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.244
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
39.002
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 11.587
And the system is very low on memory 5.196
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.221
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.672
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.216
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.801
And I free up some memory 1.042
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.572
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:21.467
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 enabled and logged in 12.919
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.381
And all tps features are active 2.325
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.197
When I disable the first tps feature 3.279
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.576
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.344
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
17.130
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 enabled and logged in 10.813
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 3.180
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.084
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.601
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.800
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 10.264
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.144
And I disable the first tps feature 3.254
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.997
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.958
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 10.133
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 14.679
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.941
When I write some files expected to persist 1.683
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.019
# 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" 18.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:53.996
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 enabled and logged in 10.033
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 11.007
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.018
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.840
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 42.024
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.425
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.090
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product
50.653
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.390
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.130
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.287
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:42.720
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 13.406
When I enable persistence 22.533
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.169
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.056
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.232
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 11.191
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.886
Given I enable persistence 14.111
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.544
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.230
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
2:54.933
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 enabled and logged in 11.656
# 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 29.397
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.444
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:42.191
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product
48.732
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 11.359
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.532
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.200
And all notifications have disappeared 10.664
When I delete the persistent partition 3.404
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:2.433
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 9.829
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.147
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.149
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
59.427
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 10.180
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.324
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.977
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.241
And all notifications have disappeared 9.983
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.888
And all tps features are enabled 2.603
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
8:39.910
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 7:53.458
And I enable persistence 30.464
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.140
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.652
And persistence is enabled 2.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.419
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 8.998
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.622
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.723
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 10.996
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.912
When I enable persistence 12.103
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.065
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 9.478
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.949
When I try to enable persistence 1.352
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.179
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.234
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.087
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.328
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.912
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 10.119
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.102
When I try to enable persistence 1.363
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.111
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I log in to a new session 12.875
And all notifications have disappeared 10.376
# 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" 0.325
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.550
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.471
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.055
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.704
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 9.601
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.595
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.364
When I try to enable persistence 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.975
When I log in to a new session 11.778
And all notifications have disappeared 9.967
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.885
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000