Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4084 23 Nov 2025, 12:06

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 30:8.479 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:9.175
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 1:51.279
And I update APT using apt 10.303
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.633
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.003
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 12.016
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.293
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.349
And persistence is disabled 0.152
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:20.319
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 12.568
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.599
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.578
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.490
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:33.977
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.526
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
32.570
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 10.322
And the system is very low on memory 0.963
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.296
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.611
And I free up some memory 1.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.392
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:11.492
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 11.558
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 2.096
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.434
When I disable the first tps feature 2.715
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.223
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.468
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.588
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
15.910
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 10.095
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I disable the first tps feature 2.672
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.625
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
15.704
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 9.261
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 3.138
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.095
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.068
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 9.351
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 10.075
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.647
When I write some files expected to persist 1.488
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.605
# 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" 17.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:14.763
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 9.493
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 9.158
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.093
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.405
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 12.624
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.406
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.088
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
Tags: @product
43.904
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 1.134
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.979
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:28.962
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 12.335
When I enable persistence 12.785
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.115
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.054
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.737
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 10.345
And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.999
Given I enable persistence 13.671
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.544
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.048
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
2:40.813
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 11.936
# 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 23.264
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.503
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:37.960
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
39.522
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 10.045
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.420
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.633
And all notifications have disappeared 9.888
When I delete the persistent partition 3.007
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.712
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.102
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.910
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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45.076
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 9.882
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 8.033
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.667
And all notifications have disappeared 9.446
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.385
And all tps features are enabled 2.316
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:45.622
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:7.902
And I enable persistence 23.149
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.765
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.623
And persistence is enabled 2.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.243
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 9.180
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.230
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.041
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.355
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 6.109
When I enable persistence 9.236
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.427
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 10.186
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.081
When I try to enable persistence 1.478
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.579
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.352
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.314
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.301
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 9.952
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.353
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.617
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 12.304
And all notifications have disappeared 10.249
# 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" 0.441
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.693
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.494
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.539
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.843
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 10.098
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.173
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.320
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.850
When I log in to a new session 12.150
And all notifications have disappeared 9.588
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.274
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000