Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4080 20 Nov 2025, 14:43

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 37:41.043 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:30.780
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:11.454
And I update APT using apt 8.298
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.507
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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47.797
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 14.172
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 23.504
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.410
And persistence is disabled 0.195
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:45.621
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 15.568
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.429
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.678
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.651
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.577
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:47.288
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.231
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:4.294
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 12.852
And the system is very low on memory 5.016
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.221
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.005
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.172
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.601
And I free up some memory 1.427
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 35.298
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:30.543
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 13.554
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.528
And all tps features are active 2.327
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.537
When I disable the first tps feature 3.431
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.254
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:47.354
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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20.226
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 13.313
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.115
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.086
When I disable the first tps feature 3.148
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 3.127
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.174
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 13.419
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 3.258
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.303
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.681
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 12.479
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 14.706
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.620
When I write some files expected to persist 1.407
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.960
# 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" 19.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:48.684
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 11.396
And the network is plugged 0.099
And Tor is ready 11.173
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.587
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:54.118
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 19.328
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.447
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
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1:1.772
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.818
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.106
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.944
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:3.717
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 13.908
When I enable persistence 29.751
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.548
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.989
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 31.615
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.622
When I cold reboot the computer 9.630
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.812
Given I enable persistence 18.472
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.734
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.440
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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3:14.196
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 13.777
# 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 34.333
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.681
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:55.255
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product
55.833
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 12.471
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.784
Then persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.756
And all notifications have disappeared 10.876
When I delete the persistent partition 4.332
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:9.312
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 10.745
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.568
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:47.645
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 6.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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1:15.509
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 17.011
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.403
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.387
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.441
And all notifications have disappeared 11.772
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.358
And all tps features are enabled 9.794
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:2.365
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6:14.302
And I enable persistence 29.833
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.616
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.698
And persistence is enabled 3.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.081
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 9.963
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.350
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.951
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 14.678
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.082
When I enable persistence 9.647
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.559
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.121
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.011
When I try to enable persistence 1.485
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.805
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.290
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.290
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.899
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.054
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.888
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.345
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.674
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I log in to a new session 13.696
And all notifications have disappeared 9.992
# 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" 0.249
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.566
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.449
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.047
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.039
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 10.647
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.615
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.387
When I try to enable persistence 1.384
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.919
When I log in to a new session 14.005
And all notifications have disappeared 9.792
Then the Tor Browser starts 4.070
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000