Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4103 06 Dec 2025, 12:49

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 34:5.189 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:54.804
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 2:37.677
And I update APT using apt 9.345
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.479
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.029
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 14.076
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.578
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
And persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:17.195
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 14.412
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.497
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.546
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.114
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.804
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.586
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.522
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.602
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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44.176
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 12.212
And the system is very low on memory 6.453
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.340
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.266
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 2.671
And I free up some memory 1.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.226
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.342
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 14.241
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.419
And all tps features are active 2.611
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.477
When I disable the first tps feature 3.187
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.612
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:28.218
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
18.664
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 12.297
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.134
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 3.150
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.066
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.068
When I enable the first tps feature 2.605
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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18.357
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 11.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I disable the first tps feature 3.247
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.274
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.330
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 12.010
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 15.782
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.613
When I write some files expected to persist 1.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.167
# 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" 19.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:14.421
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 11.577
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 10.399
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.371
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.953
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:27.201
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 13.049
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.440
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.085
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
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58.666
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 13.364
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.176
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.938
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:34.058
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 14.311
When I enable persistence 26.011
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.866
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.747
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.767
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.197
When I cold reboot the computer 11.125
And the computer reboots Tails 46.107
Given I enable persistence 15.306
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.570
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.879
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:36.488
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 11.838
# 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 28.922
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.712
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:23.654
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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55.467
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 11.738
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.051
Then persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.640
And all notifications have disappeared 11.259
When I delete the persistent partition 4.187
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:48.175
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 11.540
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.809
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:27.085
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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1:0.296
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 10.655
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.098
When I try to enable persistence 1.366
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.807
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.972
And all notifications have disappeared 10.258
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.920
And all tps features are enabled 2.345
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:30.416
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 5:43.538
And I enable persistence 29.879
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.328
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.072
And persistence is enabled 2.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.164
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.445
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.873
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.958
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 12.538
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 15.222
When I enable persistence 12.519
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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34.522
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.741
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.778
When I try to enable persistence 1.421
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.243
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.334
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.301
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:3.214
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 11.060
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.392
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I log in to a new session 14.947
And all notifications have disappeared 11.690
# 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" 0.371
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.682
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.309
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.642
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:2.435
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.649
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.841
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.408
When I try to enable persistence 1.350
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.251
When I log in to a new session 13.840
And all notifications have disappeared 11.950
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.788
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000