Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5920 30 Oct 2025, 17:27

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 35:20.473 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:25.588
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 2:5.265
And I update APT using apt 11.824
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 7.245
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.830
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 13.198
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.538
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.396
And persistence is disabled 0.138
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:41.352
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 22.891
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.393
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.256
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.401
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.669
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.865
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:41.228
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.581
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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47.347
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 11.882
And the system is very low on memory 5.735
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.295
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.768
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.166
When I close the Persistent Storage app 3.148
And I free up some memory 1.937
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.805
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.680
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 30.764
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.524
And all tps features are active 2.460
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.673
When I disable the first tps feature 3.312
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.292
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.778
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:49.280
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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18.176
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 12.113
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.098
When I disable the first tps feature 2.874
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.085
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.640
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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16.907
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 9.916
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I disable the first tps feature 3.227
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.284
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.249
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 10.684
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 15.012
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.769
When I write some files expected to persist 1.518
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.084
# 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" 19.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.859
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 10.893
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 12.273
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.218
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.598
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.417
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.957
And Tor is ready 12.605
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.455
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.130
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
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53.646
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 13.770
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.118
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.330
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:43.454
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 12.827
When I enable persistence 23.632
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.551
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.368
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.027
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.195
When I cold reboot the computer 10.924
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.216
Given I enable persistence 13.032
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.651
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.875
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:56.812
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 13.457
# 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 29.727
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.213
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:42.058
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
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51.950
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 11.456
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.481
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.544
And all notifications have disappeared 11.531
When I delete the persistent partition 3.395
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:8.132
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 11.551
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.152
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.668
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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1:1.164
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 11.741
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.360
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.993
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.757
And all notifications have disappeared 9.801
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.430
And all tps features are enabled 2.811
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:33.642
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 5:46.911
And I enable persistence 31.603
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.157
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.698
And persistence is enabled 2.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.282
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
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 9.659
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.936
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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37.697
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 10.585
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.035
When I enable persistence 12.558
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.476
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 10.461
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.149
When I try to enable persistence 1.461
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.154
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.383
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.300
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.433
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 10.226
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.095
When I try to enable persistence 1.351
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.938
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.276
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I log in to a new session 13.673
And all notifications have disappeared 10.961
# 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" 0.248
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.494
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.522
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.413
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.787
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 10.419
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.046
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.408
When I try to enable persistence 1.322
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.615
When I log in to a new session 13.197
And all notifications have disappeared 10.285
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.072
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000