Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4064 10 Nov 2025, 17:15

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 33:17.337 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:12.780
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 1:57.836
And I update APT using apt 7.532
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.342
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.890
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 13.705
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.578
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:30.516
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 14.958
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.367
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.136
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.541
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.840
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.660
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.404
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.546
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
38.551
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 11.387
And the system is very low on memory 4.943
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.364
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.629
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.119
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.520
And I free up some memory 1.055
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.896
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:21.762
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 12.582
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.410
And all tps features are active 2.234
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.339
When I disable the first tps feature 3.167
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.895
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.854
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.065
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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17.279
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 11.078
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 3.151
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.571
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.977
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 10.375
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I disable the first tps feature 3.294
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.105
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.735
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 9.823
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 13.119
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.595
When I write some files expected to persist 1.234
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.044
# 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" 17.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:20.706
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 10.118
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 11.063
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.938
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.233
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 12.329
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.445
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064
Tags: @product
53.294
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.539
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.176
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.290
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:45.458
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 12.734
When I enable persistence 24.571
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.087
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.261
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.510
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.243
When I cold reboot the computer 10.565
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.026
Given I enable persistence 12.542
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.541
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.205
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:53.088
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 12.687
# 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 29.661
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.030
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:40.189
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
49.630
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 10.438
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.989
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.087
And all notifications have disappeared 11.150
When I delete the persistent partition 3.453
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.756
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 10.804
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.345
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.277
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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57.559
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 10.748
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.067
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.680
And all notifications have disappeared 10.034
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.420
And all tps features are enabled 2.357
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:14.509
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 5:28.659
And I enable persistence 29.955
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.762
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.730
And persistence is enabled 2.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.450
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 9.397
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.252
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.930
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 11.167
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.966
When I enable persistence 9.358
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.242
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 10.051
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.124
When I try to enable persistence 1.397
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.790
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.378
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.281
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.631
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.301
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.885
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 10.115
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.093
When I try to enable persistence 1.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.311
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I log in to a new session 13.604
And all notifications have disappeared 10.714
# 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" 0.231
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.659
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.316
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.020
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.332
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 9.841
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.167
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.329
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.519
When I log in to a new session 12.415
And all notifications have disappeared 9.691
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.684
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000