Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_make-cloner-findable-via-backup-keyword 6 26 Oct 2026, 02:49

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 24:4.763 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:5.283
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.823
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.834
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.654
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.383
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.977
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.542
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.178
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.721
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.816
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.474
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.398
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.497
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.158
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.179
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
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30.140
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.265
And the system is very low on memory 4.407
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.175
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.649
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.404
And I free up some memory 0.472
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.619
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.139
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.535
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And all tps features are active 8.819
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.218
When I disable the first tps feature 2.495
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.013
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.480
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.925
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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13.891
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.552
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.392
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.511
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.643
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.643
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.017
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.620
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.905
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 13.579
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.041
When I write some files expected to persist 1.221
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.470
# 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? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.987
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.899
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.032
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 5.324
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.729
And I capture all network traffic 0.013
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.291
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.353
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.097
Tags: @product
40.918
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 9.033
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.130
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.598
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.926
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.027
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.438
When I enable persistence 23.157
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.264
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.514
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.417
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.296
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.527
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.290
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
When I cold reboot the computer 5.814
And the computer reboots Tails 34.308
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
Given I enable persistence 14.657
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.146
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.236
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:6.515
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.241
# 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 26.703
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.299
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.475
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product
39.229
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.286
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.910
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.613
And all notifications have disappeared 8.227
When I delete the persistent partition 2.737
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.206
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.301
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
58.410
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.156
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.692
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.107
And all notifications have disappeared 8.982
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.350
And all tps features are enabled 8.137
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:47.358
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 2:0.803
And I enable persistence 29.148
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.340
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.555
And persistence is enabled 8.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
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 7.744
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.144
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.034
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.999
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.983
When I enable persistence 13.744
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.460
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.027
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.972
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.343
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.104
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.219
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.956
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.983
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.334
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 9.676
And all notifications have disappeared 7.060
# 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" 0.151
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.108
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.245
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.071
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.747
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.190
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.980
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.334
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.567
When I log in to a new session 8.669
And all notifications have disappeared 8.517
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.261
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000