Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4065 11 Nov 2025, 10:44

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 34:10.144 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.767
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 1:54.569
And I update APT using apt 8.516
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.407
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.613
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 13.329
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.062
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.360
And persistence is disabled 0.159
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:20.650
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 13.433
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.899
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.586
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:34.856
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.224
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
37.455
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 logged in 10.792
And the system is very low on memory 4.885
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.307
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.434
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.207
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.693
And I free up some memory 0.957
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.587
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:17.801
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 13.070
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.390
And all tps features are active 2.445
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.449
When I disable the first tps feature 3.107
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.022
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.726
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.436
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
17.708
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 11.805
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.711
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.079
When I enable the first tps feature 2.661
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.191
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 10.666
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I disable the first tps feature 3.120
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.171
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.215
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 10.360
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 15.000
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.639
When I write some files expected to persist 1.479
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.946
# 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" 17.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:27.069
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 10.318
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 11.290
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.603
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.259
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 12.497
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.433
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product
54.485
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 13.078
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.161
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.502
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:42.505
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 13.587
When I enable persistence 22.929
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.179
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.276
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.134
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.271
When I cold reboot the computer 10.512
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.236
Given I enable persistence 12.280
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.467
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.423
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
3:31.547
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 14.454
# 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 32.783
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.781
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:9.779
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
51.112
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 10.764
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.454
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.718
And all notifications have disappeared 11.621
When I delete the persistent partition 2.921
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.493
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 12.327
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.660
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:43.137
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
57.883
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 11.393
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.090
When I try to enable persistence 1.353
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.057
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.242
And all notifications have disappeared 10.044
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.353
And all tps features are enabled 2.290
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:9.046
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 5:5.476
And I enable persistence 47.093
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.576
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.703
And persistence is enabled 2.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.737
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 9.428
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.634
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.920
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 12.102
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.601
When I enable persistence 11.311
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.942
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 14.828
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.421
When I try to enable persistence 1.404
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.921
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.359
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.307
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.350
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.196
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 10.721
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.347
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.035
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.358
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.146
When I log in to a new session 14.081
And all notifications have disappeared 12.544
# 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" 0.340
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.637
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.347
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.248
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:3.797
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 13.340
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.914
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.378
When I try to enable persistence 1.354
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.988
When I log in to a new session 13.148
And all notifications have disappeared 10.429
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.690
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000