Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5917 29 Oct 2025, 14:21

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 38:8.798 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:21.249
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 1:52.908
And I update APT using apt 17.081
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 10.026
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.023
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 14.556
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.172
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
And persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:39.750
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 13.211
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.708
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.174
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.404
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.347
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.585
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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40.895
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.757
And the system is very low on memory 6.845
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.242
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.035
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.150
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.516
And I free up some memory 1.057
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.522
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:28.407
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 12.483
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.529
And all tps features are active 2.799
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.544
When I disable the first tps feature 3.200
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.228
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.040
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:49.166
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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18.609
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 11.713
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.089
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 3.162
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.079
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 3.198
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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18.732
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 11.566
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I disable the first tps feature 3.182
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.744
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
58.731
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 11.347
And the network is plugged 0.146
And Tor is ready 14.291
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.888
When I write some files expected to persist 1.650
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.199
# 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" 19.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:34.319
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 enabled and logged in 11.446
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 11.944
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.248
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.345
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.752
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 12.737
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.452
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
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56.337
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 13.407
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.089
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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4:6.803
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 18.467
When I enable persistence 33.447
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.224
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.249
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 31.496
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.183
When I cold reboot the computer 11.471
And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.193
Given I enable persistence 14.054
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.642
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.206
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:17.804
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 13.167
# 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 33.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.406
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:59.350
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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52.301
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.603
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.556
Then persistence is disabled 0.136
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.541
And all notifications have disappeared 11.487
When I delete the persistent partition 3.492
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:6.197
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 11.025
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.388
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:46.419
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:3.895
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 11.109
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.917
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.017
And all notifications have disappeared 10.313
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.594
And all tps features are enabled 2.937
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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8:50.158
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8:0.010
And I enable persistence 33.478
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.774
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.638
And persistence is enabled 2.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
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 10.237
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.074
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.117
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 11.290
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.941
When I enable persistence 15.185
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.669
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 11.105
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.540
When I try to enable persistence 1.422
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.290
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.404
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.273
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.981
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 10.518
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.087
When I try to enable persistence 1.339
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.022
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.329
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I log in to a new session 14.654
And all notifications have disappeared 11.143
# 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" 0.308
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.551
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.543
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.334
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.802
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 10.042
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.641
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.473
When I try to enable persistence 1.414
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.427
When I log in to a new session 14.211
And all notifications have disappeared 11.389
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.115
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000