Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4195 27 Jan 2026, 20:21

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 20:29.491 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.945
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.892
And I update APT using apt 5.892
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.328
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.822
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 9.053
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.623
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And persistence is disabled 0.157
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.958
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 8.782
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.678
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.483
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.452
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.868
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.196
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product
29.054
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 7.783
And the system is very low on memory 3.383
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.263
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.898
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.396
And I free up some memory 0.854
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.315
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.677
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 8.882
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.366
And all tps features are active 1.381
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.939
When I disable the first tps feature 2.478
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.373
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.506
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 7.435
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.123
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.147
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 3.047
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.475
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.159
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 7.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.254
And I disable the first tps feature 2.496
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.838
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.694
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 7.660
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 8.452
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.269
When I write some files expected to persist 1.218
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.197
# 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" 11.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:43.018
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 7.941
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.202
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.576
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.029
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.446
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.456
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
Tags: @product
39.814
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.895
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 12.070
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:46.147
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 9.068
When I enable persistence 13.331
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.357
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.909
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.301
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.250
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.575
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.530
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 6.066
And the computer reboots Tails 36.708
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.287
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 7.076
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.095
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.369
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.714
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
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2:9.877
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 7.994
# 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 27.440
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.465
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.346
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
38.659
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 7.809
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.786
Then persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.636
And all notifications have disappeared 8.150
When I delete the persistent partition 2.696
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.557
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 7.917
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.478
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.855
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
41.070
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 7.925
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.652
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.501
And all notifications have disappeared 7.973
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.304
And all tps features are enabled 1.263
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.678
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 30.142
And I enable persistence 20.888
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.432
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.619
And persistence is enabled 1.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.415
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 7.006
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.852
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.438
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 7.805
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.068
When I enable persistence 6.749
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.769
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.720
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.340
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.531
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.178
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.276
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 7.603
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.176
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.222
And all notifications have disappeared 9.687
# 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" 0.313
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.464
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.256
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.251
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.946
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 7.648
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.692
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.332
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.178
When I log in to a new session 10.862
And all notifications have disappeared 8.567
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.688
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000