Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4051 03 Nov 2025, 21:12

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 33:2.175 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:14.050
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 1:58.654
And I update APT using apt 7.518
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.434
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.543
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 12.655
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.471
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And persistence is disabled 0.143
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:23.826
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 13.353
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.558
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.221
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.894
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.845
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.333
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.292
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.232
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
39.589
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 11.044
And the system is very low on memory 5.241
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.448
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.979
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.144
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.517
And I free up some memory 1.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.329
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:16.048
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 12.582
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.349
And all tps features are active 2.309
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.397
When I disable the first tps feature 3.103
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.921
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.971
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
16.658
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 10.252
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 3.211
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.079
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.124
When I enable the first tps feature 2.645
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.283
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.224
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I disable the first tps feature 3.060
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.775
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.119
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 10.298
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 13.873
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.734
When I write some files expected to persist 1.367
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.741
# 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" 18.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:27.014
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 10.582
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 11.108
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.565
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:40.338
And I capture all network traffic 0.017
And the network is plugged 0.094
And Tor is ready 12.429
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.405
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
Tags: @product
52.067
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 12.728
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.093
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.285
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:38.227
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 13.448
When I enable persistence 22.094
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.292
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.872
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.823
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
When I cold reboot the computer 7.779
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.924
Given I enable persistence 12.677
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.699
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.249
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
2:50.012
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 13.507
# 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 29.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.718
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:38.053
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
53.446
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 13.499
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.491
Then persistence is disabled 0.141
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.825
And all notifications have disappeared 10.716
When I delete the persistent partition 3.329
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.687
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 12.007
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.148
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
57.708
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 11.545
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 1.367
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.959
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.035
And all notifications have disappeared 9.777
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.414
And all tps features are enabled 2.429
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:4.755
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 5:19.362
And I enable persistence 31.236
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.379
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.643
And persistence is enabled 2.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.212
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.777
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.708
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.508
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 11.688
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.653
When I enable persistence 12.473
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.141
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 11.112
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.624
When I try to enable persistence 1.366
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.591
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.301
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.425
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.118
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 9.894
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.106
When I try to enable persistence 1.360
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.753
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 12.811
And all notifications have disappeared 10.512
# 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" 0.248
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.502
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.322
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.039
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.153
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 11.100
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.279
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.315
When I try to enable persistence 1.388
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.626
When I log in to a new session 13.251
And all notifications have disappeared 9.118
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.940
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000