Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4060 07 Nov 2025, 20:46

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 37:29.623 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:55.759
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 2:39.962
And I update APT using apt 8.191
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.393
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.044
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 13.991
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.087
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.384
And persistence is disabled 0.164
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:39.930
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 15.352
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.436
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.135
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.389
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.687
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.420
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.146
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.281
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product
40.971
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 11.852
And the system is very low on memory 5.581
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.341
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.874
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.154
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.853
And I free up some memory 1.074
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.592
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:24.337
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 14.227
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.368
And all tps features are active 2.328
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.349
When I disable the first tps feature 3.326
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.286
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.487
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:43.173
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
17.784
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 11.178
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I disable the first tps feature 3.097
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.070
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 2.972
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.433
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 10.227
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.801
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.196
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.106
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 18.583
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 14.529
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.609
When I write some files expected to persist 1.397
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.331
# 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" 19.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:42.069
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 20.253
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 10.959
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.473
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.052
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 14.262
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.441
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070
Tags: @product
57.699
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.779
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.128
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.057
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:58.263
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 13.728
When I enable persistence 26.611
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.849
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 42.615
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.178
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.193
When I cold reboot the computer 11.107
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.958
Given I enable persistence 15.253
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.509
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.059
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 6.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
4:15.057
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 35.887
# 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 39.604
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.482
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:27.109
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
55.123
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 11.450
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.773
Then persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.775
And all notifications have disappeared 11.469
When I delete the persistent partition 3.056
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:10.237
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.920
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.358
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:49.614
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:5.282
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 11.444
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.366
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 20.555
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.510
And all notifications have disappeared 9.837
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.983
And all tps features are enabled 3.207
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:29.055
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 5:33.246
And I enable persistence 38.883
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.994
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.654
And persistence is enabled 2.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.346
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 10.312
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.219
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.437
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 11.333
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.827
When I enable persistence 11.430
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.100
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 11.008
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.172
When I try to enable persistence 1.432
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.749
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.339
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.300
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.428
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.379
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:2.913
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 10.048
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.115
When I try to enable persistence 1.889
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.560
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 14.683
And all notifications have disappeared 12.970
# 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" 0.353
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.624
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.299
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.806
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.666
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 10.525
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.596
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.420
When I try to enable persistence 1.696
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.360
When I log in to a new session 13.770
And all notifications have disappeared 10.112
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.012
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000