Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4123 15 Dec 2025, 17:51

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 34:27.108 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:35.322
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 2:22.576
And I update APT using apt 5.451
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.295
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.778
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 10.052
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.970
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
And persistence is disabled 0.200
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.240
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 10.786
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.412
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.138
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.900
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.778
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.679
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.853
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.629
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
37.329
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 10.578
And the system is very low on memory 1.200
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.149
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.299
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.219
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.716
And I free up some memory 1.205
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.257
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.805
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 10.277
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.393
And all tps features are active 2.224
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.807
When I disable the first tps feature 3.279
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.972
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.972
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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16.502
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 enabled and logged in 10.319
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.675
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.093
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.152
When I enable the first tps feature 2.731
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.284
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 10.359
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I disable the first tps feature 2.546
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.170
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.005
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 10.926
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 10.740
And I take note of which tps features are available 1.016
When I write some files expected to persist 1.759
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.986
# 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" 19.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:34.564
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 9.856
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 10.546
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.832
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.940
And I capture all network traffic 0.023
And the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 44.088
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.565
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
52.838
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 10.231
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.136
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.986
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:12.479
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 11.097
When I enable persistence 15.044
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.934
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.035
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.872
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 9.680
And the computer reboots Tails 43.228
Given I enable persistence 12.922
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.987
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.341
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:31.021
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 10.832
# 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 21.693
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.947
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:27.721
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
51.866
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 10.354
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.692
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.805
And all notifications have disappeared 11.986
When I delete the persistent partition 7.503
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.114
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 15.150
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.809
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:26.811
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
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2:20.914
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 31.084
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 29.101
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 41.029
And all notifications have disappeared 12.973
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.408
And all tps features are enabled 20.439
And all tps features but the first one are active 3.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
7:41.954
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.042
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 6:47.187
And I enable persistence 37.216
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.915
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.870
And persistence is enabled 2.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.275
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 9.115
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.372
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.827
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 10.300
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.790
When I enable persistence 11.350
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.594
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 10.384
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.616
When I try to enable persistence 1.375
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.067
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.322
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.582
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.119
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.825
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.474
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 10.087
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.603
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I log in to a new session 12.222
And all notifications have disappeared 11.200
# 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" 0.249
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.621
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.354
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.230
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.913
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 10.098
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.895
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.351
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.749
When I log in to a new session 14.497
And all notifications have disappeared 13.947
Then the Tor Browser starts 9.652
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000