Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4067 11 Nov 2025, 17:16

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 34:6.443 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:18.023
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 1:59.294
And I update APT using apt 8.125
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.504
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.819
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 13.079
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.846
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.351
And persistence is disabled 0.144
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:28.560
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 13.809
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.419
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.945
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.587
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.404
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.746
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.284
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
38.632
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 11.197
And the system is very low on memory 4.926
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.360
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.911
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.546
And I free up some memory 1.207
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.597
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:21.432
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 13.387
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.396
And all tps features are active 2.152
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.413
When I disable the first tps feature 3.337
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.883
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.787
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
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17.638
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 11.220
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 3.119
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.099
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.729
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.928
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 enabled and logged in 10.748
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 3.125
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.861
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.336
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 10.808
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 15.311
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.635
When I write some files expected to persist 1.289
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.799
# 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" 18.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.063
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 10.860
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 12.210
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.480
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.297
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 13.104
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.433
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.124
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product
55.885
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 13.690
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.146
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.693
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:47.895
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.413
When I enable persistence 23.988
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.675
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.956
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.648
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
When I cold reboot the computer 10.978
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.788
Given I enable persistence 12.714
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.616
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.759
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:55.635
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 12.988
# 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 29.323
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.652
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:42.616
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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53.448
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 12.428
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.083
Then persistence is disabled 0.160
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.363
And all notifications have disappeared 11.569
When I delete the persistent partition 3.400
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:4.353
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 10.687
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:43.035
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:1.122
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 12.009
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.404
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.854
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.693
And all notifications have disappeared 10.689
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.426
And all tps features are enabled 2.389
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:19.259
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 5:34.021
And I enable persistence 29.417
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.810
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.691
And persistence is enabled 2.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.806
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 9.730
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.375
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.463
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 11.623
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.217
When I enable persistence 12.849
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.755
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 10.370
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.345
When I try to enable persistence 1.358
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.418
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.493
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.213
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.095
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 10.568
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.644
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I log in to a new session 13.337
And all notifications have disappeared 11.462
# 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" 0.212
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.518
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.237
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.132
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.284
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 9.943
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.410
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.383
When I try to enable persistence 1.312
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.959
When I log in to a new session 12.544
And all notifications have disappeared 12.040
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.575
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000