Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4110 09 Dec 2025, 17:40

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 29:17.160 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:4.657
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:49.183
And I update APT using apt 8.061
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.329
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.294
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 10.489
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.822
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.572
And persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.917
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 logged in 9.790
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.324
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.106
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.149
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.788
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.245
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.230
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.220
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
32.952
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 9.999
And the system is very low on memory 0.958
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.193
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.481
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.192
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.777
And I free up some memory 1.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.591
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.789
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 10.251
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.392
And all tps features are active 2.147
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.247
When I disable the first tps feature 2.521
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.911
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.208
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product
16.092
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 10.364
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.651
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.008
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 10.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.125
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 3.118
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.104
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
48.820
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 enabled and logged in 9.327
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 10.184
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.662
When I write some files expected to persist 1.547
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.118
# 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" 18.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:4.818
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 9.733
And the network is plugged 0.094
And Tor is ready 10.307
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.904
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.203
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 15.314
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.628
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.118
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
Tags: @product
44.807
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 9.982
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.114
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.621
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:3.975
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 10.755
When I enable persistence 12.445
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.964
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.258
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.282
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
When I cold reboot the computer 9.259
And the computer reboots Tails 40.784
Given I enable persistence 13.359
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.624
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.829
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
2:25.039
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 10.385
# 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 28.481
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.837
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:17.026
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
52.952
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 19.361
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.883
Then persistence is disabled 0.112
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.823
And all notifications have disappeared 10.630
When I delete the persistent partition 3.586
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.211
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 10.675
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.155
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.002
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product
1:8.005
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 10.321
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.330
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 20.754
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 18.093
And all notifications have disappeared 10.093
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.920
And all tps features are enabled 3.011
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:1.238
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:23.515
And I enable persistence 21.732
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.018
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.727
And persistence is enabled 2.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.040
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 8.803
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.546
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.507
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 9.746
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.620
When I enable persistence 9.741
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.223
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 9.373
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.686
When I try to enable persistence 1.436
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.728
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.275
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.272
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.488
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 10.028
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.962
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.305
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I log in to a new session 12.822
And all notifications have disappeared 9.969
# 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" 0.284
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.636
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.321
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.485
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.319
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 9.784
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.258
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.384
When I try to enable persistence 1.353
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.986
When I log in to a new session 12.313
And all notifications have disappeared 9.765
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.368
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000