Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4140 28 Dec 2025, 11:25

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 20:3.847 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.202
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.216
And I update APT using apt 5.925
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.249
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.457
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 8.480
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.942
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.228
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.790
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 8.409
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.834
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.443
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.141
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product
27.820
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 7.453
And the system is very low on memory 3.835
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.142
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.569
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.334
And I free up some memory 0.830
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.498
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.540
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 8.116
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And all tps features are active 1.050
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.811
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.470
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.060
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
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12.587
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 enabled and logged in 7.291
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.460
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.656
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 enabled and logged in 7.176
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.466
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.821
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.262
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 enabled and logged in 7.207
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.934
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.179
When I write some files expected to persist 1.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.297
# 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" 11.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.743
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 7.068
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.369
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.318
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.577
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 41.713
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.397
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
36.498
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.462
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.066
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.499
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:37.551
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 8.508
When I enable persistence 13.494
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.252
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.261
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.616
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 8.616
And the computer reboots Tails 34.854
Given I enable persistence 6.376
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.358
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.924
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product
2:4.977
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 8.247
# 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 27.564
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.103
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.530
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
36.210
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.991
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.834
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.175
And all notifications have disappeared 8.007
When I delete the persistent partition 2.731
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.205
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 enabled and logged in 7.936
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.239
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.772
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
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38.977
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 7.460
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 8.873
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.973
And all notifications have disappeared 7.745
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.214
And all tps features are enabled 1.203
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.391
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 29.659
And I enable persistence 18.221
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.325
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.511
And persistence is enabled 1.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.800
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.123
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.148
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.214
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 8.158
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.933
When I enable persistence 6.425
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.654
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 7.579
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.021
When I try to enable persistence 2.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.382
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.169
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.141
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.117
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 7.479
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.763
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 9.826
And all notifications have disappeared 9.684
# 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" 0.174
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.451
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.184
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.204
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.185
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 7.790
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.493
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.298
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.822
When I log in to a new session 10.641
And all notifications have disappeared 7.826
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.190
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000