Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4087 25 Nov 2025, 07:56

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 36:48.844 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:31.454
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 2:11.820
And I update APT using apt 9.021
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.586
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.783
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 14.267
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.413
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.421
And persistence is disabled 0.132
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:40.400
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 14.953
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.414
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 34.489
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.599
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.149
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.383
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.224
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.096
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41.116
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.042
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.086
And the system is very low on memory 4.915
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.264
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.897
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 2.587
And I free up some memory 1.186
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.376
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:29.008
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 13.703
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.453
And all tps features are active 2.373
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 3.493
When I disable the first tps feature 3.242
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.254
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:47.116
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
17.702
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 11.237
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 3.315
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.644
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.843
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 10.685
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 3.267
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.691
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.414
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 9.920
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 13.722
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.623
When I write some files expected to persist 1.468
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.861
# 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" 19.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:5.241
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 9.625
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 43.974
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.224
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.465
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.336
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 13.840
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
56.689
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.648
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.090
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:52.527
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 14.128
When I enable persistence 25.932
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.017
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.350
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.529
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
When I cold reboot the computer 10.752
And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.034
Given I enable persistence 13.137
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.551
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.744
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product
3:0.737
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 13.193
# 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 30.340
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.703
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:45.748
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product
53.298
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 10.670
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.871
Then persistence is disabled 0.274
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.509
And all notifications have disappeared 10.753
When I delete the persistent partition 3.364
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:16.498
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 enabled and logged in 11.720
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.885
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:52.551
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product
58.212
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 11.176
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.236
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.832
And all notifications have disappeared 9.871
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.369
And all tps features are enabled 2.345
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:18.202
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 6:23.110
And I enable persistence 39.136
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.697
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.727
And persistence is enabled 2.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.451
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025
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 9.938
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.793
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.203
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 11.546
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.540
When I enable persistence 12.504
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.494
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 10.657
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.536
When I try to enable persistence 2.113
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.632
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.346
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.248
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.613
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.275
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.511
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 10.063
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.326
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.108
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.483
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 13.934
And all notifications have disappeared 12.201
# 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" 0.315
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.604
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.310
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.005
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:2.050
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 10.467
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 15.761
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.952
When I try to enable persistence 1.429
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.534
When I log in to a new session 12.229
And all notifications have disappeared 11.078
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.331
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 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000