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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4075 15 Nov 2025, 13:34

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 30:30.931 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.322
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 1:49.015
And I update APT using apt 5.919
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.392
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.603
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 11.740
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.736
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:21.269
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 12.510
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.327
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.258
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.537
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.403
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.803
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.234
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
35.943
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 10.800
And the system is very low on memory 1.215
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.212
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.547
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.117
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.677
And I free up some memory 1.058
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.691
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:15.939
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 13.732
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
And all tps features are active 2.006
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.304
When I disable the first tps feature 2.566
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.228
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.331
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.516
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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15.639
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 10.034
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.631
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.081
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.524
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
19.746
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 13.986
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I disable the first tps feature 2.532
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.012
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.049
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 9.874
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 12.300
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.599
When I write some files expected to persist 1.509
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.794
# 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" 17.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:18.031
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 9.468
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 9.321
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.231
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.787
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.947
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 12.403
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.417
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
Tags: @product
45.575
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.365
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.349
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:24.931
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 12.394
When I enable persistence 14.845
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.348
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.942
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.688
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.183
When I cold reboot the computer 9.073
And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.544
Given I enable persistence 9.711
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.542
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.492
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:39.297
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 11.566
# 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 21.221
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.769
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:37.814
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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44.467
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 12.146
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.076
Then persistence is disabled 0.134
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.635
And all notifications have disappeared 10.013
When I delete the persistent partition 2.946
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:58.300
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 10.649
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.648
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.554
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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50.975
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 11.017
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.535
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.809
And all notifications have disappeared 10.232
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.865
And all tps features are enabled 2.281
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:46.412
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 5:7.144
And I enable persistence 25.778
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.562
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.694
And persistence is enabled 2.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.378
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 9.425
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.271
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.037
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 11.418
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.447
When I enable persistence 8.353
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.920
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 9.862
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.145
When I try to enable persistence 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.349
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.321
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.324
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.285
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.075
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 9.685
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.871
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.410
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 11.639
And all notifications have disappeared 9.793
# 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" 0.232
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.581
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.243
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.036
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.013
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 10.040
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.245
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.394
When I try to enable persistence 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.958
When I log in to a new session 11.908
And all notifications have disappeared 9.002
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.957
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000