Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4056 05 Nov 2025, 19:42

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 34:23.410 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.904
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:55.428
And I update APT using apt 7.035
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.681
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.362
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.115
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.984
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.416
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.463
And persistence is disabled 0.167
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:25.613
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 13.587
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.519
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.089
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.541
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.466
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:35.017
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.222
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
40.297
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 12.062
And the system is very low on memory 5.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.317
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.703
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 2.571
And I free up some memory 0.998
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.684
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:18.777
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 13.757
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.371
And all tps features are active 2.255
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.314
When I disable the first tps feature 2.724
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.132
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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16.995
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 enabled and logged in 10.803
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I disable the first tps feature 3.181
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.519
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.260
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 enabled and logged in 10.828
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I disable the first tps feature 3.143
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.039
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.181
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 10.369
And the network is plugged 0.099
And Tor is ready 13.393
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.692
When I write some files expected to persist 1.533
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.066
# 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" 18.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:23.560
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 enabled and logged in 10.240
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 10.784
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.926
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.291
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 12.312
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.467
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.096
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
Tags: @product
52.348
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 13.208
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.152
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.128
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:40.879
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 12.967
When I enable persistence 22.616
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.417
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.235
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.793
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 10.284
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.126
Given I enable persistence 12.299
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.666
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.150
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:50.258
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 enabled and logged in 12.475
# 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 29.269
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.349
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:39.784
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product
50.892
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 11.317
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.858
Then persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.822
And all notifications have disappeared 11.392
When I delete the persistent partition 2.918
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:3.275
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 enabled and logged in 10.825
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.027
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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58.862
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 11.028
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.582
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.151
And all notifications have disappeared 10.015
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.336
And all tps features are enabled 2.224
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:8.753
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 6:22.185
And I enable persistence 29.854
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.463
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.835
And persistence is enabled 2.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.357
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.380
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.235
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.375
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 11.759
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.744
When I enable persistence 10.890
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.083
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.238
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.835
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.901
When I try to enable persistence 1.479
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.769
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.298
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.302
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.235
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 10.660
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.415
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.427
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I log in to a new session 14.506
And all notifications have disappeared 11.085
# 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" 0.282
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.563
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.351
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.210
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.978
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 10.890
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.627
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.425
When I try to enable persistence 1.362
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.503
When I log in to a new session 14.380
And all notifications have disappeared 9.921
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.298
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000