Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5921 30 Oct 2025, 18:13

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 39:46.403 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:5.709
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:49.341
And I update APT using apt 8.281
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.471
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.161
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 12.828
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.418
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.451
And persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:37.976
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 13.715
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.432
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.140
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.124
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.609
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.378
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.931
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.576
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
40.912
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 11.300
And the system is very low on memory 5.910
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.214
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.659
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.139
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.542
And I free up some memory 0.945
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.585
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.032
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 18.190
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.381
And all tps features are active 2.598
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.504
When I disable the first tps feature 3.632
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.651
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.434
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:48.621
Then all tps features but the first one are active 3.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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17.751
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 10.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.124
When I disable the first tps feature 3.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 3.168
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.290
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 10.281
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 3.514
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.281
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.523
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 10.309
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 15.504
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.692
When I write some files expected to persist 1.523
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.237
# 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" 20.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.307
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 10.965
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 14.173
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.453
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.198
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 13.387
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.450
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.075
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
56.196
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.588
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.117
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.267
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:53.557
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 13.950
When I enable persistence 25.619
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.889
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.874
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.749
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.244
When I cold reboot the computer 10.703
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.696
Given I enable persistence 14.344
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.624
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.688
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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3:1.305
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 13.053
# 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 31.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.964
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:45.957
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
53.713
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 12.479
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.982
Then persistence is disabled 0.145
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.724
And all notifications have disappeared 11.459
When I delete the persistent partition 3.425
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:11.471
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.625
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.387
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:47.835
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
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1:5.580
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.464
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 20.839
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.315
And all notifications have disappeared 10.336
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.139
And all tps features are enabled 2.710
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
11:2.906
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10:10.908
And I enable persistence 34.670
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.846
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.899
And persistence is enabled 2.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.232
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 9.926
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 27.473
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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42.236
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 12.669
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.055
When I enable persistence 14.978
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.016
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 12.144
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.826
When I try to enable persistence 1.486
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.674
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.385
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.308
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.638
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.269
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
59.707
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 10.623
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.384
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.069
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.365
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I log in to a new session 13.960
And all notifications have disappeared 11.651
# 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" 0.307
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.570
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.400
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.159
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.814
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 10.179
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.457
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.342
When I try to enable persistence 1.447
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.679
When I log in to a new session 13.289
And all notifications have disappeared 11.283
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.846
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000