Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4108 08 Dec 2025, 15:45

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 32:49.628 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:25.606
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:6.898
And I update APT using apt 7.899
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.643
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
44.820
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 14.209
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.553
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.542
And persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:14.926
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 15.544
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.379
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.988
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.671
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.824
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.825
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.490
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
42.452
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 11.879
And the system is very low on memory 5.540
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.310
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.405
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.195
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.009
And I free up some memory 1.344
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.005
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:3.990
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 14.996
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.438
And all tps features are active 2.332
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.712
When I disable the first tps feature 3.310
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.399
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.016
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.011
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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22.359
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 11.911
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 6.628
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.137
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 3.220
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
18.466
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 10.857
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.111
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I disable the first tps feature 3.174
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.175
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.183
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.678
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 15.522
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.621
When I write some files expected to persist 1.341
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.271
# 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" 19.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:11.274
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 10.874
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 11.392
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.143
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:24.221
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 12.640
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.421
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
55.395
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.617
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.107
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.151
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:29.471
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 15.125
When I enable persistence 25.223
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.878
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.039
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.659
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.228
When I cold reboot the computer 11.005
And the computer reboots Tails 44.255
Given I enable persistence 12.777
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.594
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.533
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
2:37.590
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 13.525
# 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 30.613
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.559
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:21.248
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
54.453
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 12.770
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.481
Then persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.594
And all notifications have disappeared 11.128
When I delete the persistent partition 2.945
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.338
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.032
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.874
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:25.036
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:0.239
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 10.021
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.558
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.238
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.894
And all notifications have disappeared 10.084
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.447
And all tps features are enabled 2.644
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:19.879
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 5:33.008
And I enable persistence 30.820
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.068
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.738
And persistence is enabled 2.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.445
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 9.494
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.467
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 2.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.001
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 11.271
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.697
When I enable persistence 10.043
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.184
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 10.905
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.508
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.223
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.221
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.329
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.981
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 10.720
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.419
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.550
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I log in to a new session 14.242
And all notifications have disappeared 10.737
# 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" 0.271
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.571
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.448
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.294
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.564
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 10.813
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.409
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.392
When I try to enable persistence 1.366
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.364
When I log in to a new session 13.666
And all notifications have disappeared 9.756
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.588
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000