Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3896 04 Jul 2025, 13:06

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 46:22.433 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:30.677
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:46.915
And I update APT using apt 13.677
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.686
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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52.362
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 11.260
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 26.549
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.638
And persistence is disabled 0.672
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:48.267
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.092
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 19.850
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.803
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.326
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.473
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.338
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:41.265
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.474
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:22.743
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 24.185
And the system is very low on memory 4.259
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.725
When I try to create a persistent partition 29.669
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.270
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.602
And I free up some memory 3.921
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 15.819
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:14.187
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.974
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.910
And all tps features are active 2.790
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.958
When I disable the first tps feature 8.645
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:24.182
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
23.893
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 11.748
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.364
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.131
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.145
When I disable the first tps feature 7.385
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 3.799
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.046
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 12.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 6.280
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 4.972
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.880
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.039
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.166
And the network is plugged 0.700
And Tor is ready 27.669
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.683
When I write some files expected to persist 2.217
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.143
# 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" 30.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:51.109
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 10.192
And the network is plugged 0.092
And Tor is ready 21.648
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.231
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.008
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:19.083
And I capture all network traffic 0.014
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 48.928
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.388
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.142
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
Tags: @product
1:7.491
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.938
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.172
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 21.825
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 28.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:2.618
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.747
When I enable persistence 47.880
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.098
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 29.809
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 47.105
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.430
When I cold reboot the computer 10.642
And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.376
Given I enable persistence 24.307
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.738
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.170
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
4:27.460
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.543
# 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 36.948
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.641
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:49.003
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 34.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product
1:3.298
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.518
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.229
Then persistence is disabled 0.486
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.144
And all notifications have disappeared 8.991
When I delete the persistent partition 7.819
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:46.572
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.528
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.695
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:23.838
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1:51.727
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 9.737
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 0.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 33.734
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 49.904
And all notifications have disappeared 7.997
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.948
And all tps features are enabled 2.655
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:17.547
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 3:46.086
And I enable persistence 34.671
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.130
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.974
And persistence is enabled 3.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.911
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 9.977
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.012
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
52.463
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 9.709
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.297
When I enable persistence 32.237
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.088
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.467
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.032
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.605
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.697
When I try to enable persistence 0.450
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 32.364
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.916
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 4.436
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.273
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:14.522
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.787
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.112
When I try to enable persistence 0.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 34.180
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.312
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I log in to a new session 52.628
And all notifications have disappeared 11.341
# 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" 0.412
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.478
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.491
Then the Tor Browser starts 20.258
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:15.185
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 11.416
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.310
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.577
When I try to enable persistence 0.395
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 24.878
When I log in to a new session 54.826
And all notifications have disappeared 10.474
Then the Tor Browser starts 26.148
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000