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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4062 09 Nov 2025, 12:11

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 33:31.403 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:45.510
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 2:26.915
And I update APT using apt 10.702
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.806
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.847
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 12.106
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.478
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And persistence is disabled 0.142
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:26.513
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 13.170
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.444
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.131
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.100
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.856
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.226
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.913
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.603
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
38.763
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 10.781
And the system is very low on memory 5.421
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.304
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.859
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.156
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.510
And I free up some memory 1.033
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.000
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:16.141
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 enabled and logged in 12.331
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.523
And all tps features are active 2.204
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.494
When I disable the first tps feature 2.843
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.874
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.526
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.262
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
16.548
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 10.719
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.739
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.119
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.193
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 10.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I disable the first tps feature 3.213
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.305
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.770
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 10.300
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 13.750
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.650
When I write some files expected to persist 1.408
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.822
# 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" 17.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:26.952
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 10.635
And the network is plugged 0.096
And Tor is ready 11.073
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.908
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:40.927
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 12.293
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.469
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.095
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product
53.235
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 13.231
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.139
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.237
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:42.030
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 13.572
When I enable persistence 23.129
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.525
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.216
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.037
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.252
When I cold reboot the computer 11.025
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.831
Given I enable persistence 12.383
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.547
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.310
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:51.822
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 12.284
# 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 28.662
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.476
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:40.913
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
49.659
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 10.782
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.808
Then persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.251
And all notifications have disappeared 10.590
When I delete the persistent partition 3.694
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:0.738
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 11.212
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.008
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.155
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
58.672
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 11.096
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.337
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.628
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.007
And all notifications have disappeared 9.828
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.388
And all tps features are enabled 3.025
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:2.204
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 5:18.769
And I enable persistence 28.829
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.548
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.754
And persistence is enabled 2.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.966
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.350
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.010
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.040
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 11.588
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.827
When I enable persistence 13.667
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.779
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 10.443
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.547
When I try to enable persistence 1.419
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.328
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.262
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.278
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.271
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 10.184
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.275
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 12.616
And all notifications have disappeared 11.194
# 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" 0.260
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.544
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.416
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.897
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 1.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.739
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 9.960
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.003
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.394
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.532
When I log in to a new session 11.897
And all notifications have disappeared 9.408
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.032
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000