Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4096 01 Dec 2025, 22:27

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 34:41.753 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:48.211
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 2:32.689
And I update APT using apt 7.864
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.475
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.293
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 14.464
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.788
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.338
And persistence is disabled 0.166
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:18.875
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 15.890
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.445
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.418
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.752
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.934
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.972
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.280
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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39.540
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 12.382
And the system is very low on memory 4.580
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.273
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.817
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.183
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.602
And I free up some memory 1.047
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:2.703
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 13.796
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.404
And all tps features are active 2.234
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.781
When I disable the first tps feature 3.111
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.275
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.681
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.920
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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18.809
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 12.629
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 2.928
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.075
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.076
When I enable the first tps feature 2.652
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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17.067
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 10.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 3.272
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.148
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.156
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 10.180
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 44.096
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.660
When I write some files expected to persist 1.479
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.325
# 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" 18.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:20.072
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 10.405
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 12.274
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.196
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.091
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:34.357
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 13.874
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.393
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.124
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
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1:0.256
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 13.893
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.133
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.060
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:27.093
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 13.623
When I enable persistence 25.551
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.797
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.613
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 31.022
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 8.357
And the computer reboots Tails 46.675
Given I enable persistence 12.697
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.530
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.883
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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2:50.584
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 13.512
# 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 31.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.695
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:22.069
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 34.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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53.256
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 11.929
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.885
Then persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.289
And all notifications have disappeared 10.551
When I delete the persistent partition 3.997
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.281
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 11.372
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:32.004
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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1:12.897
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 11.676
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.430
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 29.435
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.660
And all notifications have disappeared 9.850
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.033
And all tps features are enabled 2.580
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:27.770
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.024
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 5:39.876
And I enable persistence 31.636
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.179
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.696
And persistence is enabled 2.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.490
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.276
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.412
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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37.258
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 11.211
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.398
When I enable persistence 10.660
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.203
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 10.490
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.496
When I try to enable persistence 1.485
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.574
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.413
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.237
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.973
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.999
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 10.792
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.420
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.851
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I log in to a new session 16.127
And all notifications have disappeared 10.137
# 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" 1.217
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.687
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.473
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.453
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:2.928
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 10.977
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.966
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.416
When I try to enable persistence 1.419
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 6.170
When I log in to a new session 14.109
And all notifications have disappeared 12.371
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.482
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000