Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5922 31 Oct 2025, 09:04

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 35:41.096 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:19.188
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 1:59.969
And I update APT using apt 8.721
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.415
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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53.521
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 20.441
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.673
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.386
And persistence is disabled 0.170
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:37.610
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 15.430
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.854
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.178
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.729
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.661
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.849
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:44.572
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.272
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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46.798
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 11.084
And the system is very low on memory 5.570
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.489
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.332
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.133
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.529
And I free up some memory 0.993
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.030
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:24.645
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 12.768
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.537
And all tps features are active 2.563
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.568
When I disable the first tps feature 3.130
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.021
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.402
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.495
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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17.733
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 11.359
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I disable the first tps feature 2.776
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 3.074
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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17.460
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 10.962
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I disable the first tps feature 3.190
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.095
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.480
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 10.033
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 13.765
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.631
When I write some files expected to persist 1.863
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.611
# 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" 19.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:35.650
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 9.518
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 11.932
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.156
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.333
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:48.763
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 13.051
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.439
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product
1:4.106
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.048
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.134
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.311
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 31.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:57.971
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 12.956
When I enable persistence 26.437
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 16.085
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.030
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 35.530
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.199
When I cold reboot the computer 11.034
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.726
Given I enable persistence 12.470
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.642
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.680
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:59.201
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 12.983
# 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 31.214
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.012
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:44.841
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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56.313
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 12.063
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.253
Then persistence is disabled 0.190
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.141
And all notifications have disappeared 11.716
When I delete the persistent partition 3.457
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.975
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 9.932
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.741
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:42.835
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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1:3.530
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 12.585
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.375
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.945
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.365
And all notifications have disappeared 9.825
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.410
And all tps features are enabled 2.774
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:34.486
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:47.297
And I enable persistence 30.559
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.272
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.684
And persistence is enabled 2.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.899
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.690
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.495
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.269
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 10.984
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.680
When I enable persistence 11.862
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.255
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 10.318
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.299
When I try to enable persistence 1.428
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.946
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.297
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.303
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.760
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.045
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.648
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I log in to a new session 15.545
And all notifications have disappeared 10.128
# 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" 0.316
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.631
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.322
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.201
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:6.237
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 10.143
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.035
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.415
When I try to enable persistence 1.348
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 5.833
When I log in to a new session 18.107
And all notifications have disappeared 11.592
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.568
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000