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test_Tails_ISO_devel 4144 31 Dec 2025, 13:27

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 30:56.507 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:15.465
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:0.107
And I update APT using apt 7.577
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.297
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.617
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 13.261
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.858
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.286
And persistence is disabled 0.173
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:4.664
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 14.007
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.409
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.586
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.944
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.343
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.629
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.542
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
39.188
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.716
And the system is very low on memory 5.899
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.229
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.564
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.147
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.542
And I free up some memory 0.972
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.442
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.434
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 10.810
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.423
And all tps features are active 2.136
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.308
When I disable the first tps feature 3.091
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.158
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.254
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.860
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
16.690
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.221
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 3.196
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.719
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 10.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.787
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.257
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.546
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 10.447
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 13.656
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.653
When I write some files expected to persist 1.483
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.309
# 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" 17.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.982
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 10.609
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 11.169
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.006
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.984
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 13.165
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.443
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.090
Tags: @product
54.584
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 13.136
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.147
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.239
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:21.555
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 13.358
When I enable persistence 24.113
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.816
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.275
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.435
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.213
When I cold reboot the computer 11.927
And the computer reboots Tails 42.428
Given I enable persistence 12.365
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.612
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.840
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
2:21.344
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 10.899
# 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 28.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.354
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:16.486
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
48.934
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 10.775
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.000
Then persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.523
And all notifications have disappeared 10.769
When I delete the persistent partition 3.312
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.669
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 10.217
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.853
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.227
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
57.871
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 10.255
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.778
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.766
And all notifications have disappeared 9.656
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.441
And all tps features are enabled 2.522
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:15.685
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:29.512
And I enable persistence 30.750
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.201
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.765
And persistence is enabled 2.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.040
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 9.770
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.453
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.340
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.193
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 14.241
When I enable persistence 12.326
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.605
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 11.160
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.901
When I try to enable persistence 1.350
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.263
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.251
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.229
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.333
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.056
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 10.227
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.374
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.296
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I log in to a new session 11.538
And all notifications have disappeared 11.734
# 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" 0.269
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.532
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.262
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.134
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.510
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.724
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.138
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.359
When I try to enable persistence 1.308
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.813
When I log in to a new session 11.865
And all notifications have disappeared 10.614
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.534
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000