Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4101 05 Dec 2025, 07:01

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 32:51.444 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:12.512
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:56.636
And I update APT using apt 7.988
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.424
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.247
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 13.163
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.480
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
And persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.953
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 13.774
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.382
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.972
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.609
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.765
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.041
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.224
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
42.721
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 11.369
And the system is very low on memory 6.006
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.276
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.832
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.153
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.504
And I free up some memory 1.003
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.911
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.733
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 12.439
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.526
And all tps features are active 2.452
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.508
When I disable the first tps feature 2.706
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.966
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.321
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.337
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
17.608
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 11.106
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.139
When I disable the first tps feature 3.328
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.076
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.580
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.890
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 9.894
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I disable the first tps feature 3.469
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.275
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.342
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 9.827
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 15.091
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.565
When I write some files expected to persist 1.335
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.979
# 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" 20.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.966
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 10.078
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 11.247
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.037
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.937
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 12.555
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.465
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.101
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.079
Tags: @product
57.986
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.509
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.207
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.872
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:28.300
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 13.675
When I enable persistence 24.192
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.304
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.523
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.256
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
When I cold reboot the computer 12.280
And the computer reboots Tails 44.504
Given I enable persistence 13.229
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.562
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.363
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:39.946
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 12.450
# 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 31.642
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.512
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:21.607
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
58.500
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 12.951
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.329
Then persistence is disabled 0.127
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.371
And all notifications have disappeared 11.553
When I delete the persistent partition 6.729
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.065
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 22.690
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:24.481
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
1:4.359
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 12.426
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.434
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.356
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.133
And all notifications have disappeared 9.801
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.918
And all tps features are enabled 4.257
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:35.785
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 5:49.299
And I enable persistence 30.047
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.220
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.746
And persistence is enabled 2.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.826
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 9.452
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.284
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.409
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 13.249
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.886
When I enable persistence 12.446
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.362
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 11.662
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.407
When I try to enable persistence 1.419
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.556
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.454
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.238
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.287
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.602
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 10.714
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.386
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.161
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.343
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 15.781
And all notifications have disappeared 10.364
# 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" 0.297
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.552
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.280
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.069
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.323
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 10.667
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.322
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.428
When I try to enable persistence 1.390
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.250
When I log in to a new session 12.954
And all notifications have disappeared 9.904
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.020
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000