Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4307 31 Mar 2026, 11:29

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 26:9.898 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:46.904
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 1:31.675
And I update APT using apt 7.868
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.272
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.061
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 9.045
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.686
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.752
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 9.679
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.422
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.288
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.566
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.028
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.416
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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43.481
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 7.915
And the system is very low on memory 17.575
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.931
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.158
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.372
And I free up some memory 0.848
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.524
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.644
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 8.758
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.536
And all tps features are active 1.286
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.056
When I disable the first tps feature 3.017
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.320
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 27.870
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.367
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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13.793
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 7.964
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.941
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.616
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 7.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.197
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.109
And I disable the first tps feature 2.750
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.935
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:3.433
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 enabled and logged in 7.277
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 21.439
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.210
When I write some files expected to persist 1.575
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.945
# 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" 12.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:25.710
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 7.867
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 19.463
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.884
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.819
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.703
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.488
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.120
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072
Tags: @product
58.411
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 8.817
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.260
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.830
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 29.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:24.456
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 9.128
When I enable persistence 41.841
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.344
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.000
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.363
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.360
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.520
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.144
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 10.619
And the computer reboots Tails 40.483
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.331
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.233
Given I enable persistence 6.476
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.252
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.983
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:29.004
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 8.459
# 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 34.976
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.804
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.029
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
54.323
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 8.082
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.499
Then persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.062
And all notifications have disappeared 9.508
When I delete the persistent partition 2.680
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:31.022
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 7.404
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.366
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.799
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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50.974
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 7.888
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.074
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.671
And all notifications have disappeared 8.381
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.325
And all tps features are enabled 1.245
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:25.038
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 42.914
And I enable persistence 27.810
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.670
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.596
And persistence is enabled 2.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.298
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 7.574
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.072
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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36.400
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 7.540
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 19.778
When I enable persistence 7.188
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.306
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 7.690
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.326
When I try to enable persistence 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.649
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.481
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.088
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.200
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.588
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 7.677
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 17.506
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 12.374
And all notifications have disappeared 9.540
# 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" 0.191
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.469
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.163
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.374
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.676
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 7.769
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.274
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.353
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.797
When I log in to a new session 11.820
And all notifications have disappeared 8.913
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.677
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000