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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4115 11 Dec 2025, 13:42

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 32:48.588 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:18.876
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 2:0.701
And I update APT using apt 7.755
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.442
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.157
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 13.599
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.258
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
And persistence is disabled 0.156
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.386
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 14.328
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.514
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.282
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.715
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.359
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.755
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.229
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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39.272
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 11.234
And the system is very low on memory 4.946
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.440
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.907
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.165
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.622
And I free up some memory 0.935
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.431
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.060
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 14.880
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.392
And all tps features are active 3.555
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.696
When I disable the first tps feature 2.888
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.975
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.758
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:27.809
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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17.330
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 11.047
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.093
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I disable the first tps feature 3.146
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.083
When I enable the first tps feature 2.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.592
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 10.372
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.144
And I disable the first tps feature 2.708
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.197
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.571
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.904
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 40.228
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.879
When I write some files expected to persist 1.420
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.841
# 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" 18.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.210
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 10.309
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 11.452
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.111
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.006
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 12.325
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.438
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
Tags: @product
53.791
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 12.982
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.123
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.733
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:22.789
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 13.576
When I enable persistence 24.533
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.413
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.665
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.413
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
When I cold reboot the computer 12.788
And the computer reboots Tails 42.239
Given I enable persistence 12.746
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.566
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.452
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:32.588
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 13.000
# 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 30.326
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.680
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:18.113
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
54.051
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 12.803
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.413
Then persistence is disabled 0.132
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.823
And all notifications have disappeared 10.965
When I delete the persistent partition 3.444
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.560
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 11.197
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.906
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.110
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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58.691
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 11.915
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.346
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.723
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.691
And all notifications have disappeared 9.977
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.420
And all tps features are enabled 2.471
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:13.555
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 5:24.753
And I enable persistence 31.554
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.970
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.661
And persistence is enabled 2.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.594
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
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 9.895
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.958
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.154
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 12.775
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.733
When I enable persistence 10.772
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.081
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.049
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 11.856
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.972
When I try to enable persistence 1.486
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.321
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.357
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.221
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.400
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.566
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 12.470
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.100
When I try to enable persistence 1.340
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.514
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.288
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 13.270
And all notifications have disappeared 11.818
# 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" 0.326
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.655
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.458
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.099
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:26.736
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 11.302
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 27.384
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.491
When I try to enable persistence 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 14.440
When I log in to a new session 14.501
And all notifications have disappeared 10.903
Then the Tor Browser starts 4.002
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000