Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4074 15 Nov 2025, 10:00

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 34:37.475 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:15.021
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 1:59.485
And I update APT using apt 7.876
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.397
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.741
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 14.156
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.049
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.436
And persistence is disabled 0.163
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:23.731
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 13.919
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.467
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.957
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.678
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.686
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.582
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.221
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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39.155
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 10.702
And the system is very low on memory 5.053
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.378
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.871
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 2.657
And I free up some memory 1.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.572
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:26.623
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 14.533
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.427
And all tps features are active 2.496
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.927
When I disable the first tps feature 3.351
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.619
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.510
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.988
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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17.457
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 10.934
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 3.239
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.096
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.746
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.872
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 10.663
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.106
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I disable the first tps feature 3.299
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.664
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.762
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 10.567
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 14.327
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.611
When I write some files expected to persist 1.338
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.815
# 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" 18.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.373
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 10.534
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 11.554
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.228
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.948
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.152
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 12.993
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.480
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.111
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.079
Tags: @product
50.604
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 12.387
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.140
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.118
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:40.057
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 14.283
When I enable persistence 19.894
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.023
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.502
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.538
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.214
When I cold reboot the computer 10.988
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.015
Given I enable persistence 12.816
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.515
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.057
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
2:59.890
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 enabled and logged in 13.705
# 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 29.823
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.648
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:43.243
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 26.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
51.318
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 12.229
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.564
Then persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.021
And all notifications have disappeared 10.961
When I delete the persistent partition 2.983
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.139
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 11.443
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.399
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:40.929
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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58.647
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 10.766
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.145
When I try to enable persistence 1.373
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.864
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.257
And all notifications have disappeared 10.528
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.377
And all tps features are enabled 2.316
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:7.580
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 6:21.516
And I enable persistence 29.114
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.532
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.851
And persistence is enabled 2.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.350
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 9.297
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.365
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.483
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 12.365
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.833
When I enable persistence 12.486
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.862
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 10.336
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.005
When I try to enable persistence 1.446
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.892
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.246
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.288
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.722
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.799
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.414
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.753
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I log in to a new session 14.756
And all notifications have disappeared 11.794
# 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" 0.287
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.591
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.362
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.000
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.078
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 10.533
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.544
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.457
When I try to enable persistence 1.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.904
When I log in to a new session 13.064
And all notifications have disappeared 10.196
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.808
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000