Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5914 28 Oct 2025, 09:25

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 37:18.432 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.828
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:56.235
And I update APT using apt 7.090
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.337
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.235
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 14.426
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.549
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.334
And persistence is disabled 0.123
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.870
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 logged in 13.648
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.530
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.843
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.619
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.277
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:55.136
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.596
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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41.876
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 10.954
And the system is very low on memory 6.709
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.248
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.807
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.585
And I free up some memory 0.938
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.864
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.014
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 13.326
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.394
And all tps features are active 2.262
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.281
When I disable the first tps feature 2.946
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.368
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:54.978
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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23.253
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.696
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.192
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 3.280
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.108
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.061
When I enable the first tps feature 8.626
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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17.852
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 10.688
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.129
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I disable the first tps feature 3.221
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.646
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.958
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 10.633
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 14.730
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.710
When I write some files expected to persist 1.708
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.333
# 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" 18.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:51.752
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 10.734
And the network is plugged 1.670
And Tor is ready 23.568
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.159
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.542
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:43.539
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 12.713
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.446
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.099
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product
54.855
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.951
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.176
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.109
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:53.698
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 13.691
When I enable persistence 27.929
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.303
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.562
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.954
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.218
When I cold reboot the computer 11.577
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.485
Given I enable persistence 13.681
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.674
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.422
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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3:49.604
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 12.740
# 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 46.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.144
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:16.434
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
53.986
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 10.868
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.904
Then persistence is disabled 0.138
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.381
And all notifications have disappeared 10.872
When I delete the persistent partition 4.028
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:16.301
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.722
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.535
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:52.672
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:4.366
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 11.585
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.009
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.489
And all notifications have disappeared 10.172
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.037
And all tps features are enabled 3.342
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:6.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
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 6:13.599
And I enable persistence 35.257
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.543
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.693
And persistence is enabled 2.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.673
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 9.894
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.957
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.189
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 11.624
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.760
When I enable persistence 12.475
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.939
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.494
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.617
When I try to enable persistence 1.379
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.978
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.296
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.452
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.449
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.356
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:2.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.783
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.416
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.343
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I log in to a new session 15.216
And all notifications have disappeared 10.970
# 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" 1.066
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.931
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.411
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.167
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:0.815
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 9.952
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.733
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.328
When I try to enable persistence 1.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.683
When I log in to a new session 13.972
And all notifications have disappeared 9.828
Then the Tor Browser starts 5.780
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000