Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4050 03 Nov 2025, 13:25

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 36:30.425 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.090
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 1:51.084
And I update APT using apt 8.508
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.390
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.621
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 12.495
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.464
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.325
And persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:30.484
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 14.396
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.391
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.225
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.400
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.741
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.368
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.648
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.245
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
39.971
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 11.365
And the system is very low on memory 5.040
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.376
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.617
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.130
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.598
And I free up some memory 1.163
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.115
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:22.688
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 12.680
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.387
And all tps features are active 2.547
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.555
When I disable the first tps feature 3.404
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.421
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.261
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.964
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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18.357
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 11.396
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 3.206
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 3.196
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.078
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 9.519
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.103
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I disable the first tps feature 3.169
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.143
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.739
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 9.804
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 13.945
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.760
When I write some files expected to persist 1.710
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.109
# 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" 18.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:32.416
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 10.695
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 10.687
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.194
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.532
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.218
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 13.202
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.426
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
Tags: @product
52.149
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 12.644
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.137
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.371
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:45.890
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 12.691
When I enable persistence 25.994
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.159
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.731
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.090
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.232
When I cold reboot the computer 7.583
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.277
Given I enable persistence 13.060
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.524
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.362
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:54.814
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 11.853
# 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 29.842
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.140
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:41.547
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product
50.086
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.024
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.047
Then persistence is disabled 0.151
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.701
And all notifications have disappeared 10.642
When I delete the persistent partition 3.016
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.644
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 10.791
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.028
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:43.111
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:0.396
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 10.030
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.233
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.376
And all notifications have disappeared 9.513
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.917
And all tps features are enabled 3.240
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
9:0.462
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 8:14.118
And I enable persistence 30.876
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.423
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.625
And persistence is enabled 2.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.380
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 9.086
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.352
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.005
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 10.250
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.939
When I enable persistence 12.807
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.704
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 9.727
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.741
When I try to enable persistence 1.425
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.659
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.247
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.278
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.764
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 9.790
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.348
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.531
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.355
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 11.858
And all notifications have disappeared 11.188
# 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" 0.273
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.619
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.356
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.215
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 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.676
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 9.830
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.364
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.469
When I try to enable persistence 1.362
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.733
When I log in to a new session 12.719
And all notifications have disappeared 10.227
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.497
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000