Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4094 30 Nov 2025, 17:42

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 39:48.423 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:30.591
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:11.390
And I update APT using apt 11.022
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.969
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.407
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 12.857
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.783
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.354
And persistence is disabled 0.161
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:41.908
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 15.812
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.471
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 33.016
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.725
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.398
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.250
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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41.010
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 12.853
And the system is very low on memory 5.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.432
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.019
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.547
And I free up some memory 1.561
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.684
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:27.882
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 13.870
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.368
And all tps features are active 2.245
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.714
When I disable the first tps feature 3.195
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.543
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:48.111
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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18.615
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 10.987
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.090
When I disable the first tps feature 3.935
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.090
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.090
When I enable the first tps feature 3.110
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
18.357
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 enabled and logged in 10.607
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 3.498
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.984
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.772
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 10.402
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 13.892
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.557
When I write some files expected to persist 1.365
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.061
# 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" 19.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:34.321
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 enabled and logged in 11.228
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 13.814
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.253
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.279
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 12.615
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.079
Tags: @product
56.742
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.786
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.117
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.139
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:54.217
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 13.343
When I enable persistence 28.054
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.560
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.217
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.499
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
When I cold reboot the computer 10.549
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.073
Given I enable persistence 12.850
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.718
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.024
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
4:33.659
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 13.333
# 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 39.011
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.270
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 3:8.972
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 8.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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2:6.215
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.027
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 50.916
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 39.461
Then persistence is disabled 0.136
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.898
And all notifications have disappeared 11.062
When I delete the persistent partition 5.139
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:13.522
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 11.342
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.253
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.593
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:15.409
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 11.325
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 2.366
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 31.078
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.251
And all notifications have disappeared 11.266
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.428
And all tps features are enabled 2.451
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:29.077
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 6:25.205
And I enable persistence 44.568
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 15.863
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.826
And persistence is enabled 2.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.616
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 9.700
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.097
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.700
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 12.635
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.459
When I enable persistence 13.231
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.532
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 10.510
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.137
When I try to enable persistence 2.425
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.293
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 2.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 2.086
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 1.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.508
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:4.697
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 11.276
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 3.876
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.102
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.825
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I log in to a new session 14.076
And all notifications have disappeared 13.139
# 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" 0.259
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.614
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.345
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.880
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.165
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 11.300
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.547
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.431
When I try to enable persistence 2.314
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.389
When I log in to a new session 13.373
And all notifications have disappeared 10.027
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.544
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000