Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4066 11 Nov 2025, 14:20

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 38:40.980 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:26.964
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:8.457
And I update APT using apt 10.060
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 7.066
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.308
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 13.549
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.754
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.394
And persistence is disabled 0.140
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:42.064
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 15.765
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.437
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.230
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.038
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.573
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.631
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:46.695
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.623
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product
42.238
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 11.255
And the system is very low on memory 6.563
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.285
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.715
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.225
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.539
And I free up some memory 0.930
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.080
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:29.665
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 13.741
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.451
And all tps features are active 2.511
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.784
When I disable the first tps feature 3.214
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.303
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.777
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:48.560
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
18.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.742
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.086
When I disable the first tps feature 3.150
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.119
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.753
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
18.149
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.155
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 3.175
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.607
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.506
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 10.983
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 14.109
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.654
When I write some files expected to persist 1.674
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.253
# 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" 18.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:41.379
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 11.313
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 11.519
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.537
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.996
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:50.110
And I capture all network traffic 0.072
And the network is plugged 1.801
And Tor is ready 14.184
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.423
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.084
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
Tags: @product
1:4.150
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.827
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.117
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.215
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:49.209
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.202
When I enable persistence 21.272
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.958
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.162
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 32.023
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
When I cold reboot the computer 11.375
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.718
Given I enable persistence 13.499
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.693
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.978
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
3:19.331
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 14.123
# 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 33.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.964
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:0.239
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
57.781
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 14.360
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.245
Then persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.019
And all notifications have disappeared 11.725
When I delete the persistent partition 2.894
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:12.793
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 14.732
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:49.029
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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1:16.163
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 13.665
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 28.967
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.667
And all notifications have disappeared 10.055
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.470
And all tps features are enabled 3.356
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:30.840
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 5:39.844
And I enable persistence 35.904
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.913
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.736
And persistence is enabled 2.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.397
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 12.816
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.931
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
48.272
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 13.523
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.166
When I enable persistence 17.349
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.270
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.826
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 17.952
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 22.900
When I try to enable persistence 1.405
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.114
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.275
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.093
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.321
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:20.108
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 23.649
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.329
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.590
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.292
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I log in to a new session 23.220
And all notifications have disappeared 10.438
# 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" 0.238
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.511
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.251
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.212
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:33.629
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 39.775
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 30.788
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.433
When I try to enable persistence 1.422
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 32.719
When I log in to a new session 32.167
And all notifications have disappeared 11.235
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.887
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000