Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_make-cloner-findable-via-backup-keyword 3 23 Oct 2026, 02:40

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 22:47.973 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.738
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:30.491
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.906
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.579
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.061
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 8.324
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.292
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:29.924
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 8.567
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.261
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.725
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.332
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.714
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.151
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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27.149
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 7.923
And the system is very low on memory 3.644
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.189
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.201
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.430
And I free up some memory 0.439
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.160
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.722
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 8.209
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.368
And all tps features are active 7.743
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.585
When I disable the first tps feature 2.432
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.552
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.950
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.219
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.945
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.400
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.091
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 7.501
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.147
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.536
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.797
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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45.380
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 7.626
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.760
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.492
When I write some files expected to persist 0.991
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.358
# 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" 11.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.249
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 7.403
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.214
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.180
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.281
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.446
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.370
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
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36.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.252
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.116
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.781
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 8.318
When I enable persistence 20.884
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.516
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.995
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.400
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.316
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 5.101
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.571
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.122
When I cold reboot the computer 5.774
And the computer reboots Tails 32.192
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.157
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.115
Given I enable persistence 12.549
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.311
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.260
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:5.209
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.926
# 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 27.023
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.151
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.073
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
36.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.906
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.719
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.883
And all notifications have disappeared 8.242
When I delete the persistent partition 2.658
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.543
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 7.910
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.386
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.989
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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55.615
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 7.854
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.415
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.956
And all notifications have disappeared 8.565
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.276
And all tps features are enabled 7.459
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:34.305
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:54.702
And I enable persistence 24.733
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.819
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.495
And persistence is enabled 7.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.611
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.340
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.813
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.264
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 8.251
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.327
When I enable persistence 12.625
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.036
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 8.265
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.477
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.348
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.137
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.198
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.854
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 7.847
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.600
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.152
And all notifications have disappeared 7.839
# 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" 0.126
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.066
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.136
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.980
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.505
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 8.160
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.583
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.237
When I try to enable persistence 1.136
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.760
When I log in to a new session 7.605
And all notifications have disappeared 7.235
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.985
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000