Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4119 12 Dec 2025, 23:16

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 34:48.582 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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3:17.474
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:58.558
And I update APT using apt 55.101
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 22.232
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.980
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 12.598
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.905
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.392
And persistence is disabled 0.169
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:17.036
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 13.873
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.372
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.853
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.604
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:24.756
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.310
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
39.921
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 12.501
And the system is very low on memory 5.586
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.329
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.202
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.164
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.562
And I free up some memory 0.993
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.017
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:1.618
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 12.845
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.480
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 3.191
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.923
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.800
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.017
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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17.522
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 11.615
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.092
When I disable the first tps feature 2.782
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.617
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.633
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 10.179
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.109
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I disable the first tps feature 3.141
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.067
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.812
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 10.304
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 14.227
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.670
When I write some files expected to persist 1.466
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.257
# 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" 18.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:36.929
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 10.563
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 10.371
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.190
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.766
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.646
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.090
And Tor is ready 42.505
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.423
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product
54.207
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 13.145
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.121
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.099
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:25.933
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 13.350
When I enable persistence 23.688
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.523
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.255
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.468
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.271
When I cold reboot the computer 12.213
And the computer reboots Tails 42.728
Given I enable persistence 14.009
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.565
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.603
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product
2:31.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.122
# 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 30.034
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.300
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:19.288
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
53.071
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 11.993
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.069
Then persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.284
And all notifications have disappeared 11.641
When I delete the persistent partition 3.496
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.983
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 10.661
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.641
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.311
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product
58.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.997
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.364
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.257
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.139
And all notifications have disappeared 10.680
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.474
And all tps features are enabled 2.583
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:59.251
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 6:12.024
And I enable persistence 30.492
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.011
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.751
And persistence is enabled 2.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.901
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 9.767
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.476
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
51.524
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 14.473
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 17.133
When I enable persistence 11.771
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.940
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 27.302
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.503
When I try to enable persistence 1.442
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.850
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.382
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.639
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.422
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:3.384
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.025
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.173
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.081
When I try to enable persistence 1.325
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.169
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.380
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.101
When I log in to a new session 15.191
And all notifications have disappeared 11.583
# 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" 0.283
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.603
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.391
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.678
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.755
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 11.765
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.568
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.410
When I try to enable persistence 1.351
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.816
When I log in to a new session 14.371
And all notifications have disappeared 10.819
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.050
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000