Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4149 04 Jan 2026, 11:29

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 19:23.496 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.145
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 1:15.769
And I update APT using apt 5.394
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.238
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.046
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.852
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.174
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.228
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.103
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 8.455
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.172
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.524
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.773
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.505
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.204
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
28.222
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 7.545
And the system is very low on memory 3.828
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.310
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.365
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.118
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.367
And I free up some memory 0.826
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.796
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.194
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 8.131
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And all tps features are active 1.278
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.823
When I disable the first tps feature 2.582
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.618
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.310
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product
12.586
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 7.329
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.455
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.408
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.715
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 7.149
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.448
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.961
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.147
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 7.291
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.575
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.158
When I write some files expected to persist 1.199
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.375
# 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" 11.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:36.251
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 7.287
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 8.357
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 9.220
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.365
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.335
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.361
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product
35.855
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 8.357
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.058
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.568
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 13.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:41.317
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 8.432
When I enable persistence 13.374
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.478
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.337
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.783
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 9.891
And the computer reboots Tails 35.766
Given I enable persistence 7.348
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.508
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.102
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:4.007
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 8.028
# 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 25.908
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.337
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.561
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
35.900
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 7.847
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.841
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.013
And all notifications have disappeared 8.046
When I delete the persistent partition 2.700
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:12.596
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 7.698
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.368
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.247
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
39.993
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 7.337
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.796
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.838
And all notifications have disappeared 8.061
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.219
And all tps features are enabled 1.305
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.415
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 29.105
And I enable persistence 20.170
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.031
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.592
And persistence is enabled 1.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.293
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 6.947
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.746
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.627
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 7.612
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.870
When I enable persistence 6.426
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.472
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 7.546
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.569
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.450
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.194
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 1.187
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.792
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.361
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.983
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 10.553
And all notifications have disappeared 8.582
# 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" 0.143
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.431
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.214
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.185
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.810
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 7.365
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.759
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.281
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.342
When I log in to a new session 10.290
And all notifications have disappeared 8.519
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.205
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000