Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4059 07 Nov 2025, 12:14

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 33:28.881 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:21.527
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 1:57.896
And I update APT using apt 15.583
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.823
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.968
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 12.469
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.349
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.415
And persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:25.209
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 14.046
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.415
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.196
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.522
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.566
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.814
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.363
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.218
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
39.151
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 11.382
And the system is very low on memory 5.125
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.273
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.720
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.218
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.682
And I free up some memory 1.156
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.037
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:19.299
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 13.484
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.394
And all tps features are active 2.167
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.469
When I disable the first tps feature 3.189
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.829
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:40.119
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
18.061
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 11.846
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 3.158
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.079
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.524
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.208
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 10.800
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 3.174
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.009
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.412
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 10.320
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 13.525
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.649
When I write some files expected to persist 1.881
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.096
# 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" 17.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:27.455
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 9.930
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 11.894
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.788
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.261
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 12.433
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.439
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.123
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
53.428
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.952
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.114
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.889
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:40.995
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 12.442
When I enable persistence 22.258
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.082
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.562
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.476
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
When I cold reboot the computer 12.160
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.271
Given I enable persistence 10.008
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.733
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.685
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:56.053
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 13.049
# 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 33.013
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.121
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:42.651
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
Tags: @product
49.918
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 11.495
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.918
Then persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.409
And all notifications have disappeared 10.384
When I delete the persistent partition 3.133
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.323
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 11.244
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.922
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.470
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
57.205
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 10.573
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.899
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.675
And all notifications have disappeared 9.917
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.431
And all tps features are enabled 2.201
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:8.023
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:23.053
And I enable persistence 29.518
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.490
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.667
And persistence is enabled 2.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.227
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 9.717
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.829
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.187
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 11.761
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.820
When I enable persistence 11.025
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.821
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.276
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.344
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.060
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.245
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.282
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.983
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 10.054
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.076
When I try to enable persistence 1.309
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.740
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I log in to a new session 12.626
And all notifications have disappeared 11.284
# 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" 0.257
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.520
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.306
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.062
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.419
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 10.125
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.544
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.350
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.328
When I log in to a new session 12.782
And all notifications have disappeared 9.649
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.981
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000