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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4143 31 Dec 2025, 07:52

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 20:11.101 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.415
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 1:16.622
And I update APT using apt 5.601
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.232
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.444
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 8.594
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.290
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.886
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 logged in 8.421
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.265
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.628
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.480
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.338
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.426
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product
28.461
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.733
And the system is very low on memory 3.751
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.154
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.498
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.121
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.540
And I free up some memory 0.857
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.735
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.745
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 7.969
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And all tps features are active 1.268
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.179
When I disable the first tps feature 2.986
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.877
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.744
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product
12.769
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 7.489
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.069
When I enable the first tps feature 2.435
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.883
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 7.407
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.513
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.804
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.377
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 7.117
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 9.894
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.175
When I write some files expected to persist 1.090
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.328
# 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" 11.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.986
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 7.262
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 39.939
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.444
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.303
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.387
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.048
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.089
Tags: @product
37.468
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 8.465
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.536
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:41.558
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 8.276
When I enable persistence 14.164
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.511
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.429
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.520
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 10.131
And the computer reboots Tails 35.068
Given I enable persistence 6.623
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.352
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.161
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:7.229
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 8.129
# 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 28.382
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.917
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.267
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
35.982
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 7.669
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.078
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.195
And all notifications have disappeared 7.887
When I delete the persistent partition 2.753
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.607
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 7.508
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.660
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
39.306
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.029
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.665
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.784
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.337
And all notifications have disappeared 7.997
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.256
And all tps features are enabled 0.979
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.359
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 29.749
And I enable persistence 18.071
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.517
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.512
And persistence is enabled 1.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.318
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 7.111
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.560
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.810
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 8.184
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.378
When I enable persistence 6.616
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.035
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 7.538
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.520
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.121
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.196
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.175
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.177
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 7.407
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.909
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 9.665
And all notifications have disappeared 9.179
# 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" 0.179
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.104
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.174
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.202
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.276
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 7.624
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.520
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.293
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.773
When I log in to a new session 9.999
And all notifications have disappeared 7.761
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.217
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000