Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4081 20 Nov 2025, 16:01

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 32:58.844 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:6.665
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:52.232
And I update APT using apt 7.113
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.287
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.915
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 12.908
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.965
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And persistence is disabled 0.306
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:30.718
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 13.942
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.528
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.295
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.995
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.879
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.597
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.283
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.710
Tags: @product
36.898
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.250
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.794
And the system is very low on memory 1.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.429
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.317
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.735
And I free up some memory 1.214
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.121
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:17.673
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 13.374
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.425
And all tps features are active 2.379
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.088
When I disable the first tps feature 3.266
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.216
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.334
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.493
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product
15.986
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.557
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 2.553
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.059
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.964
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.765
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.115
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.450
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 10.238
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 42.188
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.648
When I write some files expected to persist 1.434
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.699
# 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" 18.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:32.127
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 10.337
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 15.774
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.056
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.848
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 14.092
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.394
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.090
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
44.473
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.671
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.123
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.302
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:36.415
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 12.986
When I enable persistence 15.007
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.184
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.808
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.158
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 9.140
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.634
Given I enable persistence 12.686
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.584
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.917
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
2:56.519
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 13.645
# 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 22.908
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.385
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:41.341
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 29.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
42.235
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 11.799
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.287
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.127
And all notifications have disappeared 10.564
When I delete the persistent partition 2.952
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.538
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 10.790
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.250
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.170
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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55.598
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 12.070
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.945
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.081
And all notifications have disappeared 10.385
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.979
And all tps features are enabled 2.454
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:16.330
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 5:33.356
And I enable persistence 27.848
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.896
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.871
And persistence is enabled 2.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.047
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
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 9.115
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.917
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.360
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" 7.522
When I enable persistence 12.703
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.922
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.954
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.598
When I try to enable persistence 1.355
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.645
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.355
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.261
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.362
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.113
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 10.319
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 2.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 7.086
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I log in to a new session 12.556
And all notifications have disappeared 10.907
# 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" 0.281
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.621
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.289
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.295
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.794
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.472
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.033
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.360
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.754
When I log in to a new session 13.745
And all notifications have disappeared 10.265
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.708
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000