Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4141 29 Dec 2025, 11:26

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 19:30.759 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.015
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 1:15.277
And I update APT using apt 5.669
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.028
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 8.406
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.807
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.321
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 8.516
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.266
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.933
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.487
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.340
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.236
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
27.534
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 7.690
And the system is very low on memory 3.054
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.493
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.337
And I free up some memory 0.836
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.797
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.123
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 8.160
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.318
And all tps features are active 1.137
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.107
When I disable the first tps feature 2.531
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.937
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.606
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
12.958
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 7.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.505
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.567
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 7.026
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.544
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 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.134
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.970
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.187
When I write some files expected to persist 1.211
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.254
# 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" 11.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:37.448
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 7.186
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.177
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.437
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.905
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.987
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
36.380
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 8.539
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.447
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:39.732
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 8.663
When I enable persistence 12.536
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.629
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.401
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.032
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.214
When I cold reboot the computer 10.304
And the computer reboots Tails 34.914
Given I enable persistence 6.314
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.364
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.159
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
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2:2.139
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 8.175
# 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 27.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.979
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.304
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
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36.645
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 8.196
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.184
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.255
And all notifications have disappeared 7.926
When I delete the persistent partition 2.664
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:11.912
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 7.567
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.342
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.760
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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40.155
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 7.885
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.184
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.702
And all notifications have disappeared 7.939
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.247
And all tps features are enabled 0.957
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:1.293
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 30.552
And I enable persistence 19.719
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.955
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.551
And persistence is enabled 1.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.193
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 7.144
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.472
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.026
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 8.289
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.543
When I enable persistence 6.550
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.781
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 7.906
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.751
When I try to enable persistence 1.277
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.298
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.153
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.183
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.709
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 7.268
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.088
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.642
And all notifications have disappeared 8.768
# 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 0.096
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.201
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.213
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.272
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 7.554
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.804
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.367
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.993
When I log in to a new session 10.403
And all notifications have disappeared 7.930
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.244
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000