Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4130 19 Dec 2025, 08:15

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 19:54.564 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.292
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.689
And I update APT using apt 5.505
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.301
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.594
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 8.597
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.755
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.212
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.198
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.404
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.514
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.468
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.277
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.964
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.169
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product
27.690
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.618
And the system is very low on memory 3.413
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.189
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.434
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.358
And I free up some memory 0.826
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.705
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.620
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.008
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And all tps features are active 1.355
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.763
When I disable the first tps feature 2.692
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.116
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
12.922
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.623
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.480
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.577
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.058
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.520
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.855
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.655
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.192
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.357
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.202
When I write some files expected to persist 1.214
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.363
# 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" 11.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:3.532
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 7.382
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 39.135
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.331
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.728
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.340
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.326
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.087
Tags: @product
36.701
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 8.467
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.056
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.366
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.694
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.567
When I enable persistence 12.501
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.817
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.229
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.492
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
When I cold reboot the computer 8.757
And the computer reboots Tails 35.111
Given I enable persistence 6.126
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.358
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.366
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:6.581
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.159
# 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 26.424
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.528
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.856
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
36.452
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.829
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.413
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.993
And all notifications have disappeared 8.126
When I delete the persistent partition 2.650
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:19.771
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 7.690
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.363
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.434
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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38.771
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.047
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.340
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.093
And all notifications have disappeared 7.868
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.241
And all tps features are enabled 0.954
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.387
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 30.868
And I enable persistence 18.134
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.120
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.600
And persistence is enabled 1.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.781
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 7.076
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.171
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.244
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.997
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.314
When I enable persistence 6.299
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.636
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.748
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.649
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.408
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.199
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 1.178
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.829
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.589
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.479
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.417
And all notifications have disappeared 8.532
# 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" 0.138
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.079
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.157
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.180
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.627
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 7.840
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.320
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.298
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.799
When I log in to a new session 9.467
And all notifications have disappeared 8.409
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.339
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000