Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4126 17 Dec 2025, 21:08

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 32:56.073 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:24.921
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 2:3.626
And I update APT using apt 13.227
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.909
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.655
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.634
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.573
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.452
And persistence is disabled 0.170
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:14.148
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 15.116
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.410
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.123
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.158
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.968
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.472
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.735
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
40.466
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.217
And the system is very low on memory 5.816
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.257
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.703
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.205
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.643
And I free up some memory 1.223
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.775
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:25.787
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 13.881
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.511
And all tps features are active 2.360
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.451
When I disable the first tps feature 3.246
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.170
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.131
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.854
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
18.959
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 12.096
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
When I disable the first tps feature 3.166
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 3.105
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.366
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 13.229
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I disable the first tps feature 3.286
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.573
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.977
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 10.159
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 15.239
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.638
When I write some files expected to persist 1.467
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.198
# 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" 19.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.827
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 10.247
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 11.333
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 10.013
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.866
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 13.310
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.440
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
Tags: @product
1:2.393
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 14.064
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.115
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.345
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:25.883
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 14.650
When I enable persistence 21.420
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.396
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.984
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.469
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.223
When I cold reboot the computer 11.250
And the computer reboots Tails 44.144
Given I enable persistence 14.530
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.669
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.985
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product
2:38.298
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 13.060
# 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 31.651
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.037
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:21.280
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
52.262
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 12.309
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.321
Then persistence is disabled 0.131
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.082
And all notifications have disappeared 10.974
When I delete the persistent partition 2.951
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.170
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 12.237
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.101
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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1:1.194
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 12.054
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.307
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.453
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.121
And all notifications have disappeared 9.641
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.987
And all tps features are enabled 2.507
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:9.149
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:24.952
And I enable persistence 27.519
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.841
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.599
And persistence is enabled 2.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.916
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
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 9.830
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.378
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.147
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 12.825
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.859
When I enable persistence 15.022
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.052
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 11.647
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.467
When I try to enable persistence 1.397
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.019
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.375
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.402
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.085
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.301
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.131
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 10.792
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.424
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.615
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.087
When I log in to a new session 14.585
And all notifications have disappeared 10.563
# 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" 0.278
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.623
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.442
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.139
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.364
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 10.896
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.995
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.390
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.152
When I log in to a new session 14.431
And all notifications have disappeared 9.833
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.969
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000